The Long Bien Bridge was designed by Gustav Eiffel (he of tower fame) and opened in 1903 - at the time it was the longest bridge in Asia. It was then subsequently heavily damaged in the Vietnam Wa... (more)

For a peso or two (5 cents), these enterprising young men will push you the last mile to your village on one of these homemade rail carts. This is however a busy commuter line with trains ever... (more)

The driver prepares himself for the departure of the overnight express train to Hanoi, of which he'll drive for the first 4 hours or so to the town of Yen Bai.

I couldn't not revisit this classic location whilst I was in Hanoi, although sadly the weather wasn't as kind to me this time. Just after a rain storm, a D19E locomotive departs south from Hanoi w... (more)

With its steam heat boiler working overtime in the cold weather, veteran diesel 751 001 waits time at Nezamyslice with an NFP Railtours charter.

Under the magnificent over roof of Prague's main station, 362 039 awaits departure time with an evening regional train.

The Mumbai to Hubli Express blasts out of the small station at Shidavane to attack the steep hill section to Ambale. The day before this Mumbai based locomotive was working the Vishakapatnum to Mu... (more)

The weekly Poorna Express from Pune to Ernakulem pulls into the small town of Kumta. The ALCO entrusted to this 795 mile trip (plus return) is relatively new, having been built in 2011 and fitted ... (more)

Thats more like it! A pair of WDG3 "Shaktis" make the satisfying racket of 32 ALCO cylinders as they haul a heavy train of boxcars up the hill towards Ambale.

The perils of chasing ALCOs in 2016... Working what should be a regular ALCO train, an EMD GT46MAC climbs the Shindavane Ghats with the morning Pune to Kolhapur Passenger. Whilst an increasing num... (more)

Thanks to the work of Lalam and Apurva, the Shindavane Ghat (hill) section can now be called "famous" in railfan circles... Here 14886 descends the ghat with the daily Kolhapur to Pune P... (more)

The staff in the Shimla signal box pause for a photograph before dispacthing the last narrow gauge train of the day down the hill to Kalka.

The Assistant Loco Pilot (second-man in British terms) waves away the Kalka to Delhi Passenger from Ambala - this journey takes 12.5 hours by this all stops local train, whereas the fastest expres... (more)

On the approach to Jaipur, the metre gauge runs parallel to the broad gauge, Here 6623 arrives with a morning commuter train.

The Metre Gauge network of India is rapidly shrinking... Sikar Junction a few years ago was a busy interchange between Metre Gauge lines but now it is merely a terminus station with the line on to... (more)