Another load of lorries (trucks) winds its way up the Brenner pass riding piggy-back by rail. They are coming round the U curve at St.Jodok on a beautuful Autumn day. These trains run approximatel... (more)

Still immaculately turned out, the Venice Simplon Orient Express British Pullman train makes its regular run from London Victoria to Folkestone conveying passengers for Venice as well as those jus... (more)

The 13.15 Lindau to Nurnberg via Immenstadt DMU passes lush green pastures near Heimhofen in the beautiful Algau region of Southern Germany.

This week has seen an extension of the high speed preview services on HS1 between St.Pancras and Ashford with four trains extended beyond the high speed line on to the old third-rail lines to Rams... (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)

Train 103, the 08.45 Paris-St.Lazaire to Le Havre express enters Rouen-Rive Droit station. The young men in the foreground are clearing the ashpit used by the ETAT 231 Pacifics during their stop f... (more)

A close-up view of one of the SNCF 'Monocabine' Bo-Bo electrics, irreverently known as 'Flat-irons' in the UK, has just passed the closed station at Arzviller with a southbbound freight train on t... (more)

One of the SNCF 'Monocabine' Bo-Bo electrics, now all withdrawn, has just passed the closed station at Stambach with a northbound freight train on the Strasbourg to Metz main line. It is running t... (more)

Veteran Sihltal-Bahn 1AA1 444hp electric motor-coach No 84 dating from 1924 departs from Zurich-Giesshubel station with a train from Zurich-Selnau to Langnau-Gattikon.

SBB 2-6-2T No 5829 on hire to the Mittel-Thurgau-Bahn is seen at Weinfelden shed shortly before electric traction took over.

In the days when it was the Furka-Oberalp-Bahn, 2-6-0T rack & adhesion loco No 4 climbs from the Grengiols spiral tunnel on the Abt rack with a special from Brig to Fiesch.

One of the 20 SNCF CC-65000 Co-Co diesel-electric locos, built in 1956-57 as class 0606DB, waits to leave Nantes with a passenger train.

In the days before TGVs, the 07.45 Paris Lyon to Nice express enters Dijon station behind 2D2-9119. There were 35 of these locos built for the SNCF in 1950-51 for working on the 1,500v DC lines.

SBB 0-8-0T No 8913 is captured shunting at Bellinzona. This was one of 17 0-8-0Ts rebuilt from C 4/5 two-cylinder 2-8-0 tender locos in 1930-33. They were from a class of 19 originally built by SL... (more)

SBB 0-8-0T No 8913 is captured shunting at Bellinzona. This was one of 17 0-8-0Ts rebuilt from C 4/5 two-cylinder 2-8-0 tender locos in 1930-33. They were from a class of 19 originally built by SL... (more)