Finally - a photo stop where the sun played ball! The PTG ALCO railtour pauses at Medina Del Campo during an excellent run from Bilbao to Madrid.

A pair of 2TE116 diesels wait departure at the head of a lengthy freight train at sunset, and on the right a TEP70 waits with a local train to Pushkarne.

A rather smart looking refurbished ChS2 brings the emtpy coaching stock for another express departure into Kharkiv Pas station.

A little pause at Sumy for train 45 heading towards Kyiv.

Train 45 from Lyschansk to Uzhhorod is re-engined from TEP70 0145 (left) to VL82 047 for the electrified run to Kharkiv - the first of 4 loco changes in its 24 hour run from the disputed Russian b... (more)

Another international overnight on the Split line this summer was the OBB operated Bratislava to Split (via Vienna) using ZSSK rolling stock to take people and cars to the Croatian coast. Here the... (more)

A pair of Croatia's EMD machines are provided for the daily cement train to tackle the big climbs on this route. Here its seen rolling downhill through the tiny village of Bakovic on route to Knin... (more)

The overnight RegioJet train to Prague (via Budapest and Bratislava) starts its journey with a big climb up from sea level at Split.

The bright Colas Rail colours catch the last of the sun as they head over Arnside Viaduct with the monthly Network Rail test train visiting the Cumbrian Coast. 37421 brings up the rear.

The bright orange and yellow Colas paint scheme and the Network Rail test train coaches provides a nice flash of colour against the grey and cloudy winter moorland....

Another day, another pair of the Freightliner class 86s seen from the drone on their old stamping ground crossing the River Mersey at Runcorn on their way to the docks around Liverpool.

Rapidly approaching the end of their operational lives, 2 Class 86 electric locomotives (built 1965-1966) are on the very metals they were built for on the West Coast Main Line with a container tr... (more)

Deep under the streets of Sheffield, a class 37 departs on a train towards Lincolnshire.

A train towards Plzen awaits departure from the fantastic main station in Prague.

One of CDs classic looking 242 electrics pulls into Jindrichuv with a train to Brno.