The prototype PLM class 161-AE electric loco is seen at Chambery depot in 1963. This was the only loco of its type built in 1926 for the 1,500v DC lines.

This 2-6-2T was originally built by SLM Winterthur in 1905 for the Gurbetalbahn in Switzerland. It was from a batch of three pairs of similar engines that were for the TSB, GTB and EZB railways an... (more)

A scene at the loco depot in Lucerne showing 2-6-0 No 1602 and Ae 3/6 I 4-6-2 electric No 10314 (later renumbered 10614). No 1602 was built by SLM in 1898 and was the second engine in a series of ... (more)

SBB Be 4/6 2-8-2 (1B+B1) electric No 12326 has just arrived at Fluelen with a southbound train on the Gotthard line in c1927. There were 40 locos in this series, Nos 12303-12 that were of 1,760hp ... (more)

Another view of Be 5/7 No 163 standing in Goppenstein station in c1927. Compare this photo with my view taken 50 years later (photo id 290641) in 1977. Scanned from a quarter plate film negative b... (more)

One of the 13 2-10-2 (1E1) 2,500hp electric locos, Nos 151-63, built for the opening of the Bern-Lotschberg-Simplon Railway in 1913 stands in Goppenstein station at the south end of the Lotschber... (more)

An SNCF Saurer engined diesel railcar built in 1946 to a pre-war PLM design stands beside Bo-Bo diesel-electric loco No BB-66021 at Grenoble depot.

Another early Canadian 3ft 6in gauge 4-4-0 belonging to the Prince Edward Island Railway. Sadly not a very good negative but quite historic.

Another early Canadian negative in my archive. Toronto & Nipissing Railway 3ft 6in gauge 4-4-0 No 6 'Uxbridge' is seen in the period 1871-81 before the line was converted to standard gauge as part... (more)

One of the two prototype 4-6-0s designed by G.J. Churchward for the Great Western Railway, No 98 is seen with a group of admirers when new in 1903, waiting to leave Paddington station with a train... (more)

On seeing the excellent photo by Matthew Wilson (Photo id 268229) of a Midland Mainlne HST at the former Midland station at Nottingham I thought members might like to see a shot taken 75 years ear... (more)

Geldersche Tramwegen tram engine No 47 leaves the Utrechtse Poort at Naarden with a passenger train during the German occupation in 1941.

This was one of a hundred diesel-electric A1A-A1A locos built by Baldwin in the USA for the SNCF in 1946-47. It is seen with empty coaching stock that includes a typical French 'Fourgon' and a Nor... (more)

Here is a much more recent archive photo taken by the late O.S. Nock of the prototype TGV having a break during a test run. The date and location of this photo is unknown - over to you Jean-Marc! ... (more)

A photograph taken in circa 1865 of Canadian Great Western Railway tank engine No 88 'Geo. Smith'. Note the track in the foreground which is dual 5ft 6in and standard gauge. From a very old half p... (more)