One of the second series of V100 diesel-hydraulic locos that were slightly more powerful than those that became the 211 series, No 212 214-1 crosses the River Neckar as it approaches Horb station ... (more)

A pair of former DB V100 (later 211) diesel-hydraulic locos working for the French contractor TSO haul a short train ballasting the new LGV Est line near St.Hillaire au Temple. These two locos wer... (more)

Former Nord Railway four-cylinder compound Pacific No 231E22 enters Calais Ville station with the 18.42 Genoa to Calais Maritime, the 'Italia Express', a much missed train. The Nord was so pleased... (more)

Former Nord Railway four-cylinder compound Pacific No 231E10 passes the Poste B signalbox as it heads out of Boulogne with the 15.25 Boulogne-Maritime to Paris Nord express. This was one of the fa... (more)

Former Nord Railway four-cylinder compound 4-6-0 No 230D109, from a series built in 1908-13, crosses the river bridge as it leaves Boulogne-Ville station with the 17.26 train to Desvres.

Cross border freight. Former Paris Lyon Mediteranian Railway four-cylinder compound 4-8-4T No 242TA27 has just crossed into Belgium with a short freight train from Lille in France.

OBB electric locomotive No 1245.541 dating from 1940 waits to leave Vordernberg with the 17.08 local train to Leoben formed of four-wheeled 'thunder-box' carriages.

Just fifty years ago Gresley class A4 Pacific No 60026 Miles Beevor heads north past Potters Bar with a lunch time Kings Cross (London) to Newcastle express. This was at the start of what was to b... (more)

Former PLM (Paris-Lyon-Mediterainian) four-cylinder compound Pacific No 231K8 reverses into Calais Maritme station before taking the 'Fleche d'Or' (Golden Arrow) to Amiens where an electric loco w... (more)

Even by this date it was rare to find an SNCF electric loco still in its original livery. No BB-25121 approaches the Niederrheinthal tunnel beside the Marne-Rhein Canal at Stambach with a northbou... (more)

Metre gauge Brohltal Bahn B-B diesel loco No D 5 crosses the Toenissteiner viaduct with the 'Vulcan Express' climbing from the Rhein Valley at Brohl. This loco was originally built by Henschel for... (more)

A pair of DB 'Bunnies', Nos 218 405-9 and 218 402-6, approach Sontheim east of Memmingen with the 09.10 Zurich to Munich EuroCity train. What appears to be a lake above the train is actually a fie... (more)

Having seen Georg Trueb's and Markus Gemuer's wonderful photos of the Pilatus Bahn posted in the past week I though viewers might like to see one of the original rack & pinion steam railcars used ... (more)

One of the surperb small SBB Re 4/4 II locos now assigned to working in Germany heads south towards Assmannshausen with a container train from Antwerp to Gallarate in Italy.

Slightly over 50 years ago Gresley A4 Pacific No 60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower accelerates away from its stop at Potters Bar with the 7.15pm Kings Cross, London to Peterborough semi-fast train as my ... (more)