Rebuilt DR 01.5 Pacific No 01 533 gets under way from Bebra with the morning Frankfurt Main to Cottbus inter-zonal express. In a few kilometres it will pass through the heavily guarded border into... (more)

One of the Soviet built T679 Co-Co diesels approaches Tabor with a freight train on the line from Prague.

DB diesel-hydraulic B-B No V200 086 waits to leave Konstanz with the 15.14 Eilzug to Offenburg as former SBB Eb 3/5 2-6-2T No 5810, then working for the Swiss Mittel Thurgau Bahn (MThB), waits wit... (more)

OBB 1A-Bo-A1 electric loco assists Bo-Bo No 1110.14 for the climb to the Arlberg tunnel with the heavy 09.15 Basel to Wien D-Zug seen leaving Feldkirch. Since this photo was taken the track here h... (more)

One or three swans? The preserved Michelin rubber tyred railcar from Madagascar is seen running on the Baie de Somme railway in Northern France. Note the six-wheel bogies under this vehicle.

Luxembourg Railways Bo-Bo electric loco No BB-3616 on arrival at Luxembourg City with the 14.17 Koblenz to Paris Est train.

The rare sight of a diesel railcar owned by a Swiss railway. Shortly before the Mittel-Thurgau-Bahn was electrified the 15.48 Konstanz to Wil train calls at Siegershausen amongst the orchards of K... (more)

Two single railcars run through the vinyards on the Bullay to Traben-Trabach branch as the cruise ship 'Switzerland' sails down the River Mosel.

SNCF Nord Region 231E Pacific No 231E27, built in 1937 it was the penultimate Chapelon Pacifc to be constructed, has just coupled onto the Rapide BC (Basle-Calais) at Lille having taken over from ... (more)

One of the handsome brown BLS Re 4/4 (or Re 425) Bo-Bo electric locos No 169 'Bonigen' nears at Kumm near Thun with the Hangartner inter-modal train from Italy to Germany.

After three days of snow the sun finally appears for a few minutes as a Hitachi Class 395 'Javelin' unit comes down HS1 near Tutt Hill on a service from St.Pancras (London) to Ashford and beyond.

DB 4-6-2 No 03 089 arrives at Eller with train P2450, the 14.25 Koblenz to Trier personenzug (stopping passenger train). In the far distance the Kaiser Willhelm tunnel portal can be seen. This was... (more)

One of my favourite early photos of former SR Class W three-cylinder 2-6-4T No 31920 storming through West Norwood station in South London watched by waiting passengers at the foot of the climb to... (more)

One of my first reasonably successful action shots showing '9F' 2-10-0 No 92187 passing through Peterborough North station with an up fish train for the Capital.

British Railway class 47 2,750hp Sulzer 12LDA28C engined Co-Co No 47 618 'Fair Rosamund' crosses Combe viaduct at Saltash just after crossing Brunel's Royal Albert bridge over the River Tamar from... (more)