Second unit of the brand new 4 car trainsets RABe 511 from Stadler Rail on first test runs. They are for Regional Express services between main cities in more or less 1 hour distance. Total trains... (more)

For the route between Paris and Lausanne, Geneva and Berne TGV Sud-Est tri-current trains are used, with 7 trains owned by SNCF and 2 owned by SBB (train no. 112 and 114). Lyria is a joint venture... (more)

LONGEST RAILWAY TUNNEL IN THE WORLD: Gotthard Base Tunnel BREAKTHROUGH ! Clearing the final pieces of rock with a massive drilling machine named Sissi, the 35 mile / 57 km long project reached tod... (more)

The Ae 8/14 and her younger sisters the Ae 6/6 11411 and the conditioned Ae 6/6 11402 during the fitness run at Erstfeld station.

VR Group is continuously developing its environmental activities and turn therefore to green livery this year. This makes this double Intercity composition to Joensuu and Kajaani into a hybrid col... (more)

150 years anniversary of VR Finnish Railways. The 4-6-2 steamer provided daily services between Hyvinkää and Hanko during the anniversary weekend. For the trip with 10 stops at passenger station... (more)

The TGV on the way to Germany along the boat channel of the Rhine-Marne channel just before entering the twin tunnel at Arzviller. The 313 km (194 mi) long boat channel was opened in 1853, three y... (more)

The 1116 205-4 Spirit of Europe at the end of Railjet double unit service Zurich-Vienna. The ES 64 U2, Bo'Bo' engine, was built by Siemens 2004 and reconfigurated for D/CH/H/A-service in 2008.

The overnight CarTrain Kolari - Helsinki (almost a 1000 km / 620 miles distance) arrives soon in the main capital in the south of Finland. VR operates the older blue sleeping cars on this route.

After connections from Helsinki to Haemeenlinna and St. Petersburg had been made, connection to the city Tampere (Swedish Tammerfors) was next to get state approval. In 1874 the line was commissio... (more)

Out of service the X 4039 and behind X 3886 belonged to the ABFC, Autorail Bourgogne Franche Comté section. They are nicknamed "Picasso" and were produced 1951 till 1962 by ANF, De Dietrich and R... (more)

A RailJet double unit of Eurocity Zurich - Vienna climbing up the western ramp of Arlberg.

150 years anniversary of VR Finnish Railways: Like in old days, when the passenger trains comes up from seaport Hanko. The passenger steam locomotive Hv1 is approaching, with historic wooden coach... (more)

A heavy container train, pulled by two German TRAXX F140 AC1 units, comes up towards Wassen. For downhill trains, there are two ordinary road signs for warning not to overspeed 80 km/h.