"Crocodile" HGe 4/4 # 15 of the Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (MGB) (former Visp-Zermatt-Bahn VZ) from 1929 is not familiar in Oberwald, because this is former Furka-Oberalp-Bahn (FO) territo... (more)

The very first train which run ever in Greece with electric traction.

18711 and 713 head up the bank between Klapmuts and Muldersvlei with Rovos Rail behind, in the distance fresh snow on the mountain tops from a cold front the previous week.

Mixed local cargo train from Warszawa Praga to Warszawa Glowna Towarowa has just left Warszawa Gdanska. Two other locos in trainset: ET22 and SM42

Freight train 60616 with locomotive 46 125.1 and 35° under the sun.

The train is upright, but the wooden catenary masts are often not. Cogwheel locomotive He 2/2 # 14, one of the railway's newest (!) from 1914, is shoving cars B41 and B42 on the less steep grade a... (more)

18663 in TFR red leading a grain train down through Beacon Hill.

A beautiful summerafternoon in the Swiss Alps in the upper station Schynige Platte (1987 meters over sealevel): The train right is waiting for work, the train left has just arrived from the valley... (more)

The 1500 Volt DC electric locomotive E-4002 from the Compagnie du Midi has been built in 1922 by the Compagnie Électrique de France in Tarbes. The original painting was "porcelain white". These l... (more)

en 1978, la BB 15025 était équipée d'un pantographe TGV pour les essais d'endurance

In 1898, with the Paris Exposition Universelle in view in 1900, the Paris Orleans company decided to extend their line into the very heart of Paris to the new Orsay station, as they considered Aus... (more)

Multi-voltage AC/DC (20 kV 50/60 Hz AC and 1500 V DC) locomotive EF 510-512 of JR East in "Hokutosei"-livery, pulling the "Cassiopeia" overnight train from Tokyo Ueno to Sapporo, passing Uguisudan... (more)

Following successful trials in March 1955, the SNCF ordered 92 units of the BB 9200. These locomotives could haul a train of 1000 tonnes at a maximum speed of 160 kph (99 mph). These engines were ... (more)