Full speed ahead for the PM1225! The power and beauty of steam is summarized here.

Merry Christmas to all. WPY #69 has almost reached the White Pass summit (elevation of 3888 ft) with its short freight train. In less than one mile, the train will cross the international border b... (more)

I was quite exhausted when I reached the top of the hill, but when looking at this picture, I believe that it was well worth the effort.

The two sections of the forest system at Covasna-Comandau were separated by an inclined plane first opened in 1886. The plane was entirely worked by gravity, the heavier loaded wagons pulled up th... (more)

Foggy morning in Bavaria! The P8 38 3156 is waiting the departure signal to open in a small station between Mühldorf and Traunstein

Pacific N°82 is catching the evening sun as she returns to Amman with a local passenger train.

Early morning train to Poznan.

The Eritrean Littorina were built by FIAT in the 1930's. They have been in regular use on the Eritrean Railways until the mid 1970's. Three Fiat-built Littorina railcars survived the civil war and... (more)

The illustrious Micheline was the first rubber-tyred train. André Michelin frequently travelled in a sleeping carriage, and it is said that his insomnia played a major role in the Micheline proje... (more)

The 9.40 train from Wernigerode has just left the Drei Annen Hohne station (altitude 540 m). After 50 minutes of hard work, the 99 7235 and its passenger train will reach the Brocken station (alti... (more)

The Mallet locomotive U47-001 has been buit in Germany by Henschel in 1907. It ended the regular traffic in Jindrichuv Hradec in 1961.

A Syrian Galloping Goose is rusting away in a small station on the line between Damas and Serghaya. From the informations that I could collect, it appears that this unusual vehicle is based on a 1... (more)

Cuba received several used locomotives from sugar mills in Hawaii that shut down their railroad operations in the 1940's and 50's, including the yellow and green GE centercab disel unit seen here.... (more)

This beautiful DB diesel locomotive has been transferred to the DB Museum in December 1984 where it was fully operational and used to haul several charter trains. Unfortunately, the V 200 002 has ... (more)