A DB class 110 in the beige and turkouise livery leaves St.Georgen with the 12.04 Konstanz to Frankfurt train on the Swarzwaldbahn (Black Forest Railway).

The early moning mist is clearing as this German class 043 (old class 44) oil-fired three-cylinder 2-10-0 gently pulls away from a signal stop for the single line section over the Kusten Cannal br... (more)

One of the clasic DB class 103 electric locos, painted in the later raspberry red livery, approaches St.Goar on the west bank of the River Rhine with the Inter-City train 'Konsul' from Kiel to Mun... (more)

From the first production batch of class E10 (later class 110) electric locos, No 110 107-0 has been rebuilt with a 'bugel' front in place of the orginal flat front probably as a result of acciden... (more)

A Frankfurt to Koblenz train leaves St.Goar on the west bank of the River Rhine behind a class 110 electric still in the original blue livery. Burg Katz can be seen high above the river on the lef... (more)

A southbound IC train passes through the small town of Bacharach on the west bank of the River Rhine. Anyone wanting to join for a glass of Rhine wine on the terrace?

A southbound freight train leaves the Loreley Tunnel on the east bank of the River Rhine hauled by a class 140 electric loco still in the orginal green livery.

English Electric Bo-Bo No 1404 climbs the steep gradient from the Porto Sao Bento terminus to Campanha station with the 12.43 train to Ermezinde. These locos are very similsar to the British Railw... (more)

Broad gauge inside-cylinder 4-6-0 No 286 removes goods vans from the 11am Barca d'Alva to Porto train at Regua. In the background English Electric diesel-electric Bo-Bos Nos 1401 and 1402 wait to ... (more)

A northbound IC train hauled by a class 103 Co-Co electric paces a tourist bus just after passing Oberwesel. Note the typical German turnstyle guarding a foot crossing.

Another Portuguese oldie. Emil Kessler metre gauge 2-6-0T No E86, built in 1886, heads the 14.16 Fafe to Porto Trindade train. This line has now been replaced with a standard gauge metro system.

One of the six inside-cylinder 4-6-0s built for the South & South East Railway of Portugal by Henschel & Sons, Kassel, Germany in 1910, arrives at Tua with a freight train runing in the direction ... (more)

At 06.42 a Hitachi class 395 unit comes off the bridge over the River Medway as it makes its way towards London on an empty stock run.

Eurostar set No 3018/017, specially decorated for the 70th Anniversary of the appeal made by General De Gaulle to his fellow countrymen on 18th June 1940 and broadcast by the BBC on 22nd June foll... (more)

An SNCF Eurostar set climbs from the Channel Tunnel on on 12.13 Paris Nord to London St.Pancras service. In the centre background the Dollands Moor freight yard and old South Eastern main line can... (more)