ICE 5 en route to Basel SBB has just left the 9385 meter long Katzenberg tunnel near Efringen Kirchen. The Katzenberg Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the Karlsruhe–Basel high-speed railway that open... (more)

A train composed by five individual DB electric locomotives is returning north. Three different locomotive classes can be recognized in the train. The leading locomotive is of the 185 class. The s... (more)

For the new electric locomotive class 187 Bombardier used its experience with American ALP-45DP locos. The 187 develops 5600 kW in all electric mode and reaches a maximum speed of 140 km/h. A 180 ... (more)

In the warm morning light, the Traxx locomotive 186 104 from the BLS Cargo (rented by Railpool) is heading south with an intermodal freight train.

The locomotives of the HSL Logistik Company are quite attractive in their brown and orange colors.

ICE 200 to Köln Hbf.

I am now taking train pictures since approximately 40 years, and for the first time today I got a photo of the perfect crossing of two ICE's at full speed on the main line. ICE 5 is rushing south ... (more)

Freight train meeting near Haltingen.

The EC52 running between Milano and Frankfurt has left the Basel Badischer Bahnhof a few minutes ago. It is seen here rushing through the Haltingen station in Germany. Unfortunately, graffiti &quo... (more)

The EC52 running between Milano and Frankfurt has left the Basel Badischer Bahnhof a few minutes ago. It is seen here rushing through the Haltingen station in Germany.

The ICE #504 to Amsterdam Centraal has left the Basel Badischer Bahnhof a few minutes ago. It is seen here rushing through the Haltingen station in Germany.

The ICE272 to Hamburg Altona has left the Basel Badischer Bahnhof a few minutes ago and is arriving at Haltingen. It still has a long way to go until he reaches its final destination in northern G... (more)

A tank train hauled by a ChemOil 482 class locomotive is arriving at the Haltingen station in the warm evening light. ChemOil Logistics AG provides integrated logistics and transportation solution... (more)

An InterRegio train running between Basel and Offenburg is arriving at the Müllheim station. The train is hauled by the 146 227. This locomotive is advertizing for the new high speed line that is ... (more)