Polish 2-8-2 No Pt47-129 about to leave Torun with a local train formed of double-deck carraiges early on a cold foggy morning in 1975.

The TER DMU has cleared the section to San Felices and the freight that was waiting in the loop at Haro can get underway (see photo id 27170). The oil-fired Mike has electric loco No 7664 in tow p... (more)

One of the ten maginificent 4-8-4s built by Maquinista in 1955-56 climbs with ease towards Bujedo on the ascent to Pancorbo with the 13.50 Irun to La Coruna express. Sadly their days on the line t... (more)

A beautiful blue liveried Skoda built 4-8-2 heads away from Tabor with the 13.08 Ceske Budjovice to Prague train formed of bone shaking four-wheeled carriages.

A nicely turned out 01 Pacific climbs the last few metres of the Schife Ebene, an incline of approximately 5 miles at 1 in 40, with the 06.04 Wurzburg to Hof Eilzug. A Class 220 diesel-hydaulic is... (more)

Another evening photo on the curve at Haro beside the River Ebro with a standard RENFE oil-fired 4-8-2 heading west with a freight. The Rioja vinyards are on the hillside above the train. A metre ... (more)

Kriegslok 2-10-0 No 52 7612 and 4-8-0 No 33 132 glint in the evening light as they head north with a special train towards the Semmering in connection with the 150th anniversary of Austrian railwa... (more)

The prototype BB-8000 electric Bo-Bo built in 1947 is seen near Jonquires-St.Vincent with an eastbound woodchip train on the Nimes to Tarascon line. The production series of these locos were numbe... (more)

The driver of former PLM four-cylinder compound Pacfic No 231K22 oils round his engine before departure with the 14.24 express to Paris. Shades of Papa Boule!

DB class 18.6 four-cylinder compound Pacific No 18 620 runs light engine over the causeway into Lindau Hbf on a hot August afternoon in 1964. This is the only Maffei Pacific that I have ever photo... (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?

For those who asked to see more French steam, particularly the four-cylinder compound 241P 4-8-2s. Here No 241P10 accelerates away from St-Germain des Fosses past a fine set of signals and 'crocod... (more)

One of the three DB prototype Inter-City electric units, that were later painted into Lufthansa livery to work between Frankfurt Airport and Dusseldorf Airport in lieu of short haul flights, is se... (more)

Super power for the 13.00 Miranda de Ebro to Logrono local in the form a Norte type Four-cylinder compound 4-8-2 that is almost at the end of its days.

The 16.09 Boulogne Hoverport (Le Portel) to Paris train formed of a gas turbine unit has just passed Noyelles-sur-Mer. These units connected with the SeaSpeed hovercraft service across the English... (more)