An EMD SDL50 and SDL38 prepare to depart with SRO's second passenger train of the day towards Dammam on nice "winter's" day. Notice the extra-large air filters behind the cabs. The train's coaches... (more)

After speaking to the conductor, he took us on a tour of the train, and then proceded to open the rear door of the last coach. This is what it looks like when you're getting pelted with sand at 12... (more)

An EMD SDL38 painted in SRO's passenger colours, but usually used in freight service sits at the locomotive depot in Riyadh. Note the crooked light pole!

A CPTM commuter train waits to depart beautiful Luz Station on the first sunny day in week in Sao Paulo.

One of many SNCF TGV "Patched" ex-Eurostar trainsets at Gare de Nord.

Sitting at the diesel shop, CC109 shows off the paint scheme that the original SNIM order of SDL40s sported.

A handsome SDL40 basks in the African sun next to a SNIM passenger car.

Behind the GPL15 is a crew accommodation unit (kind of like CN's "white-fleet") used for transporting SNIM personnel between the port and the mine. Unfortunately I did not have the "pleasure" of r... (more)

BB210 moves a string of tank cars at SNIM's port. All SNIM locomotives have "SNIM" written in french on one side, and arabic on the other.

No. BB215 shoves a string of ore cars towards the dumper. SNIM mines iron ore in the interior of Mauritania and transports it to Nouadhibou (Cansado) for shipment. Notice the discarded Alstom loco... (more)

SNIM uses EMD GPL15's as switching locmotives at its port in Cansado (near Nouadhibou). The "L" stands for "Light", as it weighs slightly less than a regular GP15. Those boxes behind the cab are s... (more)

Grinding a Thermite weld

Crews sand No. 1800 on the head end of the Northlander at ONR's shops in North Bay. Due to a locomotive breakdown, the Northlander won't be heading down to Toronto but has been turned around to he... (more)