A coal from Villablino to Ponferrada passes through the loop at Toreno behind metre gauge 2-6-0 No 14 built by Macosa in 1950.

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)

A standard RENFE oil-fired 2-8-2 makes good progress with an eastbound freight on the Miranda de Ebro to Zaragoza line.

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)

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)

The southbound 'Iberia Express' heads away from its stop at Miranda de Ebro where traction was changed from electric to this Alco diesel (later RENFE class 321) for the climb to Pancorbo shortly b... (more)

Shadows lengthen as a two-car express DMU is seen heading away from Haro beside the River Ebro on the 16.05 Zaragoza to Bilbao service. Note the distant steam loco standing in the loop at Haro sta... (more)

A standard oil-fired RENFE two-cylinder 4-8-2 blackens the sky as it works upgrade from Miranda de Ebro towards the pass of Pancorbo with a southbound freight train shortly before electric tractio... (more)

The same pair of Hitachi units Nos 395 002 and 395 004 are seen on the same driver training run as my previous post (photo id 276370) returning from London St.Pancras to Margate. The leading unit ... (more)

A pair of Britain's newest class of high-speed trains built by Hitachi in Japan, Nos 395 004 and 395 002 speed past the camera at close to 140mph on a driver training run from Ramsgate to London S... (more)

The 15.00 Bilbao to Madrid Talgo climbs towards the pass of Pacorbo near Bujedo just south of Miranda de Ebro. I gather the last of these, now venerable Talgo trains, is about to be or has been ta... (more)

The 9.00 Irun to La Coruna Talgo train climbs past the ancient village of Pancorbo. I gather the last of these, now venerable Talgo trains, is about to be or has been taken out of service.

Aigle-Sepey-Diablerets motor coach No 11 dating from 1913 descends towards Les Planches on the 12.44 Les Diablerets to Aigle service.

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!

Nice crome fender - a Russian built diesel-electric Co-Co pilots East German diesel-hydraulic B-B No V180 123 with a tank wagon train for the Ost Zone seen leaving Hof.