A former DR 'Ludmilla' Russian built Co-Co diesel-electric heads one of the freight trains currently being diverted away from the Arlberg line in Austria due to engineering work and bringing the v... (more)

Rebuilt 'West Country' class 4-6-2 No 34046 Braunton heads a Pathfinder tours train from Bristol Temple Meads to Canterbury West which it took over from diesel power at Willesden, London on a rath... (more)

Furka Oberalp Railway HG 3/4 rack and adhesion 2-6-0T No 3 and Rhatische Bahn G 4/5 2-8-0 No 108 at Disentis/Muster. The 2-8-0 had brought a special train from Landquart and passengers then transf... (more)

Brig Visp Zermatt Bahn rack and adhesion electric loco No 15 has just arrived at Brig with the 07.40 train from Zermatt. On the left is Furka Oberalp Bahn 0-4-0 shunting loco No Te 4926 performing... (more)

Furka Oberalp Bahn rack and adhesion electric loco No 35 arrives at Disentis/Muster with the 11.45 Brig to Chur train. Standing on the left is Rhatische Bahn G 4/5 2-8-0 No 108.

SNCF Nord Region 231E Pacific No 231E27, built in 1937 it was the penultimate Chapelon Pacifc to be constructed, has just coupled onto the Rapide BC (Basle-Calais) at Lille having taken over from ... (more)

Furka Oberalp Bahn rack & adhesion 2-6-0T No 3 crosses the Bugnei viaduct with a special train from Disentis to the Oberalp pass summit. No 3 was retired in 1967 and subsequently passed to the Blo... (more)

Furka Oberalp Bahn rack & adhesion 2-6-0T No 3 has just entered the rack section beyond Dieni and is accelerating against the gradient with a special train from Disentis to the Oberalp pass summit... (more)

Furka Oberalp Bahn rack & adhesion Bo-Bo electric loco climbs away from Andermatt, seen far below on the right, with the 08.33 train to Disentis. It is a total climb of 597 metres from Andermatt t... (more)

Former Schollenen Bahn 0-4-0 rack & pinion electric loco built in 1915, now Furka Oberalp Bahn No 23, waits to propel the 13.20 train up the steep gradient to Andermatt - a difference of 330 metre... (more)

An SBB Re 4/4 I of the first series propels the 15.05 Arth Goldau to Airolo local train up the Gotthard north ramp towards the Pfaffenspung spiral tunnel from Gurtnellen. This service was replaced... (more)

A visit to Ersrtfeld depot in 1964 found this withdrawn C 5/6 four-cylinder compound 2-10-0 No 2976 awaiting a tow to the breakers yard. This engine had been converted to oil burning in 1953.

50 years ago to-day I paid my first visit to Wassen on what was a very dull day. Here Ae 6/6 No 11419 Appenzell IRH approaches Wassen station with the 07.46 Basel SBB to Chiasso with through carri... (more)

50 years ago to-day I paid my first visit to the famous curve at Wassen on what was a very dull day long before the Gotthard motorway was built. The first train to pass was this Ae 6/6 No 11410 Ba... (more)

The two re-liveried Eurostar power cars were given a test run on HS1 between St.Pancras and Ashford International. Here the train is seen passing through part of the ancient Chilston Park on the r... (more)