This Durdevik mine was back to service in autumn 2005. The output of this 100-metre deep mine is around 500 tons daily. The class 62-111 locomotive used at Durdevic was overhauled during the time ... (more)

After the station of Pazardzhic the line enters the gorge of the Cepina river, a highly scenic stretch, and the climbing starts in earnest. The line twists and turns through the gorge for some mil... (more)

This Chinese diesel locomotive cannot deny its American origin. Over the years, China has imported a number of foreign diesel locomotives. The most successful are certainly the ND5 class diesel el... (more)

French / German high speed train meeting in a Swiss railway station. The TGV on the right side is arriving from Paris (Gare de Lyon station) running 20 minutes late. Its final destination is Zuri... (more)

The French Pacific steam locomotive 231 G 558 is getting prepared in the Sotteville shed near Rouen. This scene is timeless and could have been taken during the glorious steam days.

The Bulgarian steam locomotive 16-01 is a post war DRB class 42 built by the Wiener Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf in 1949.

The DF4 number 1886 has been named "Zhu De". Zhu De was a Chinese military leader born in Sichuan in 1886.

The Mallet 442-54 is leaving the Massawa port with a short freight train. Massawa was once the largest and safest port on the east coast of Africa but suffered terrible damage during the independe... (more)

The first train to leave Wernigerode at 7.25 am is the railcar to Illfeld. Mist was still hanging around as the train reached the Drei Annen Hohne station.

The WPY Mikado #73 has just left the Gulch tunnel with a regular steam hauled passenger train.

This Bugatti railcar from 1933, referred as “presidential” in memory of its inaugural trip on the Paris-Chartres line with the President of the Republic, Albert Lebrun, was an alternative to t... (more)

The "Parthenay" 2-4-0 steam locomotive has been built in 1882 by Schneider in Le Creusot. It was used on the réseau de l'Etat. The locomotive has been withdrawn from active service in 1947.

The 0-6-0T GJ 1018 was acting as pilot at the Sujiatun Locomotive Works in April 1998. The decoration on the smokebox front stands for: Top left = Renewal of the Chinese nation. Top right = Built ... (more)