Heavy cape gauge 4-6-4 tank steamlocomotive of the Feilding & Districts Steam Rail Society, on the occasion of the celebration 100 years north-south main line of New Zealand at Feilding. The 1000 ... (more)

Cape gauge 4-8-4 steamlocomotive Ka # 942 "Nigel Bruce" (owner Ian Welch) of the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust, on the occasion of celebrating 100 years after the last spike of the north... (more)

For me one of the best looking steamlocomotive worldwide, semi-streamlined J # 1211 "Gloria" is sitting in the yard of the easternmost station of New Zealands 1067 mm gauge network, after arrival ... (more)

Cape gauge 4-8-2 J # 1211 "Gloria", former New Zealand Railway, now privately owned by Ian Welch and converted to burn oil, pulling a steam charter of the "Mainline Steam Heritage Trust" at the sm... (more)

Winter railroading on the Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway. Crossing at Bernina Lagalb station, viewed out of the window of "Allegra" railcar ABe 8/12 of train 4621. Train 1636 from ... (more)

Train 4640 from Tirano to St.Moritz, pulled by "Allegra" railcar ABe 8/12 # 3503, left the station of Brusio (on the right lower corner of the picture) shortly and is running on the stea... (more)

Railcar Xe 4/4 # 23201 of the infrastructure department of the RhB at Ospizio Bernina, with the snow plow Xk # 9143. This vehicle was rebuilt from the former passenger railcar ABe 4/4 # 48 in 2012... (more)

Railcars ABe 4/4 # 54 and # 55 in multiple are entering Cavaglia with train 1625 from St.Moritz to Tirano. The view is from the first class compartment through the cab of the "Allegra" r... (more)

A small narrow gauge contractors 0-4-0T is shunting tubs at the site of Colombes station that was being rebuilt. Photo by the late George Grigs.

The direct route from A to B is not always the best. If the gradient is too steep, an additional loop is an advantage. Around 1906, for example, the engineers used this spiral-shaped track guide t... (more)

Side view of the Mallet #404. The locomotive has been built in Switzerland by the SLM in Winterthur (works no. 1492) in 1903.

The Chemin de fer du Vivarais Mallet steam locomotive #404 has been built in Switzerland by the SLM in Winterthur (works no. 1492) in 1903. The locomotive has been in service on this line between ... (more)