Basel is the last bastion in Switzerland for the ubiquitous Swiss Standard motor and trailer (many of the trailers being modified with a small low floor section in the center, as here). One such ... (more)

I can’t recall a trip to Zürich in this century when there hasn’t been at least one of the historic fleet travelling about the system on private charters or purposeful trips such as the Fonduetram... (more)

Another look at the train shown in Photo 420037, with no one getting on or off. The only sound is my shutter. The wind cooperated with the video shoot as well, witness the limp air sock.

Train 1640 from Tirano to St Moritz glides across a short bridge and a crossing used by cross-country skiers, fully-protected by flashing lights, warning bells and crossing gates, arriving at unma... (more)

Working between scheduled trains, motor 23201 has a crew working at tidying up a few locations hither and yon where snow needs to be cleared away from points or platforms. While we were here, it ... (more)

Saturday afternoon shoppers scurry about under the Christmas lights on the main street of Linz. The time is 6.39 PM. Taken with a Nikon D800 at ISO 6400, f6.3 @ 1/40th second.

Despite the invasion of Bombardier low-floor trams, the old Duewag-licensed fleet is still fairly well represented, as 4541 passes the famous opera house. This is a full action view, made with a ... (more)

An odd feeling, being the only two humans for miles around at the highest point on the railway. The utter silence we had enjoyed was maintained almost to the moment this train coasted by before c... (more)

One of the newest Bombardier low-floor cars waits for the traffic signal on Burgring. Nikon D800, ISO 6400, f6.3 @ 1/15th.

The temperature has climbed all the way up to -16 celcius as I stand in the middle of the main highway between Pontresina and Tirano, Italy. Were it summer this would be rather foolish but on thi... (more)

What we suffer for art! Standing in the snow west of S-Chanf in -22 degrees Celcius weather (-28 with windchill) my wife and I endured the freezing cold for 18 minutes in order to gain 40 seconds... (more)

European cities still are hives of activity for shoppers, and few suburban malls exist. The time is 6.41 PM. A full action scene taken with a Nikon D800 at ISO 6400, f6.3 @ 1/50th second.

The Märlitram operates daily during the Christmas season conveying happy children (no adults allowed beyond the motorman, who looks suspiciously like a certain jolly old elf, and his angelic assis... (more)

Come rain or shine the FONDUETRAM makes its appointed rounds. It’s 3.45 PM and a light rain is falling while happy riders enjoy their cheesy treats (ns perhaps some wine?) at lamp-lit tables insi... (more)

The bare trees proclaim that winter has not yet turned into spring, belied by the thermometer that went to 24 degrees celcius! The 510 SPADINA route does not operate here except when, as on this ... (more)