The Encanche station is still used as passing place, but only for diesel trains. So the remnants of the steam era are no longer used, but still there. Even if we are here in one of the earth's dri... (more)

During the winter times when the Furka line is closed, the DFB rolling stock is stored on different locations. These passenger cars were stocked in the MGB Glisergrund depot. As preparation of the... (more)

Freaky manifest! BNSF ES44DC #7373 with leased MRL SD45-2 #318 and BNSF SD60M #1407 are hauling this grain unit train through the stunning Montana landscape along the Clark Fork River near Noxon... (more)

Flying high in the sky...
but first these B737 fuselages have to be completed in Boeing's Renton facility. A single BNSF ES44C4 #6720 is hauling a short Boeing train over MRL's 3rd Sub on thi... (more)

Led by a foursome of aged and weathered EMD veterans the daily local from Trona to Searles is slowly climbing out of the Searles Valley. Westend Facility, Lake Searles and in the background Trona ... (more)

Directly on the outskirts of the small French town of Chaumont the famous ligne 4 crosses a small valley on a gigantic stone bridge. The viaduc du Chaumont is built like an ancient Roman aqueduct.... (more)

More or less sunny winter days are high peak days for the Wengernalpbahn. The trains are used as an additional ski lift and so every wheel is running. The modern trainsets getting additional help ... (more)

Spectacular is the upper Meienreuss-bridge on the Gotthard line. Out of the tunnel directly onto the bridge and then seconds later in the next tunnel. Here the historic RBe 4/4 1405 is shooting ou... (more)

Fleeing from the bad wheater
In the French Pyrenees the SNCF operates a small narrow gauge train - the "Train Jaune" (Yellow Train). The line runs from Villefrance-de-Conflent up to La... (more)

Up to the 1960ies this former station has an important role as water station for the steam engines of the FCAB. Nowadays the steam is gone and the diesel locos are running through the station with... (more)

Fog in the lower regions, sun and nothing else in the mountains and the last day of the summer season means always a high peak in traffic on the Wengernalpbahn. In such occasions the older veteran... (more)

Today you have to get luck to take a picture of a so called "Knie-Zug". The "Knie" is the biggest national circus in Switzerland and he is still moving his material between two shows by rail to th... (more)

A bit of luck was needed to get some sun through the layer of fog at exactly the right time and location for getting a picture of these two T44 diesel locos, hauling the weekdaily intermodal freig... (more)

In the region of Purroy there are some nice bridges on the LAV (Linea Alta Velocidad). Unnoticed by the passengers which are travelling at 300km/h in this series 103 train, the train has just left... (more)

Before getting to the steep grade between Montandon and Potrerillos, trains often make a cooling stop in the old Montandon station. Even if the steep 3.9% is still ahead, the previous section is n... (more)