A christmas-special on its way uphill between Vejle and Grejsdalen in Jutland. The steam locomotive TKVJ nr. 12 was built by Winterthur in 1916 and withdrawn from service in 1956. After more than ... (more)

The Darjeeling railway in northeast India has a 2-foot track. A train is on its way downhill with the himalayan mountains in the distance - Mount Kanchenjunga reaches 8.598 m (13.850 feet). Steame... (more)

The Kalka-Shimla railway in northwest of India has a length of 60 miles, the gauge is 2½ feet. Railmotorcar RMC 4 was built in 1930 by Drewry Car Co.

The Reunification Express "Thong Nhat" from Hanoi in northern Vietnam is ready to depart for the 1040 miles (1726 km) and 42 hour long run to Saigon in southern Vietnam. The dieselengine in front ... (more)

North of Lhasa, the Shanghai train is on its way, still 4.300 km (2.900 miles) to go. Passengercars on the new Tibet railway has special features, such as oxygen outlet for passengers - and even a... (more)

North Korea dictator Kim Jong-ll leaving Vladivostok headed for north korean capitol Pyongyang in his 14-car amoured train after a summit with russian president Vladimir Putin. No one was allowed ... (more)

Steamer E 991 looses its running permission at the end of 2009. In some unknown future maybe we will see E 991 (built 1947) being renovated and back on the tracks again.

Almost derelict but still working in the sugarfields. Loco E 1382 was built by Baldwin in 1915

Qinghai-Tibet railway has a length of 1.142 km (710 miles). All in all 154 km (95 miles) of the track is placed on bridges and viaducts. This S-shaped highbridge is 2 km (1,3 miles) long. Altitude... (more)

85 units of IC4-trainsets built by Ansaldobreda in Italy will be the future longdistance trains in Denmark. Until now only 3 sets are in operation for a testperiod in local runs

It's december with snow on the ground and a light snow in the air. Steamer K 563, built in 1899, is ready to depart with a Christmas special.

A freighttrain going west near Irkutsk in Siberia. The VL 85-class weighs a massive 288 tons and has a 12.730 horsepower output

The new Qinghai-Tibet railway is 1.142 km (710 miles) long. A total of 960 km track (600 miles) are laid on permafrost - that's soil frozen all year, except for a thin layer in the surface that wi... (more)

According to cuban law cars must wait for the train - even at a highway crossing like this. Only warning is the lady with the flag. The old car is a Oldsmobile of 1957. The locomotive a Baldwin of... (more)

Danish State Railways has bought 83 dieseltrains of type IC4 from italian company Ansaldobreda. The yellow fields are planted with rape-seeds, that will end up as foodoil.