CP inside-cylinder 4-6-0 No 283, built by Henchel & Sohn in 1910, is nearing Godim soon after leaving Regua with the 11.05 train to Porto Campanha. The first four carriages are former Prussian Sta... (more)

Seeing photo ID: 203272 by Goncalo Ribera of this locomotive as it is to-day made me look this shot out of the former Minho Douro four-cylinder compound 4-6-0 No 248 as it leaves Sao Mamede do Tua... (more)

In 1966 we thought the mighty 241Ps had finished on the Paris-Basle trains but when our train arrived at Chaumont the diesel was taken off and a 241P backed down and seconds later 241P34 came bowl... (more)

Four-cylinder compound 4-8-2 No 241P10 has just taken over the 'Thermal Express' from electric loco No BB 9286 that had brought this first class only rapide from Paris Austerlitz. The steam loco w... (more)

Warship class diesel-hydraulic B-B No D827 'Kelly' arrives at Farnborough on an Air Show day with an Exeter to Waterloo train. Note the steam escaping from the train heating system supplied by an ... (more)

Warship class diesel-hydraulic B-B No D837 'Ramillies' is seen after arrival at Paddington with the Cornish Riviera Express from Penzance.

Star of yesterdays preview run from Brussels (Belgium) to London St.Pancras in 1hr 43 min and of the high speed run from Paris on 4th Sept (see photo id 200074), SNCF Eurostar set No 373 224/223 l... (more)

The 03.57 train for Paris St-Lazare waits to leave Dieppe Maritime after connecting with the ferry from Newhaven, England. To-day nothing remains of the railway in this harbour, the ships having b... (more)

The final member of the 1,340 strong 141R class of 2-8-2s, oil-fired No 141R1340, built by the Canadian Locomotive Works at Kingston, departs from Angers with the 11.55 local to Le Mans. This trai... (more)

Former ETAT 0-8-0T No 040TA53 performs shed pilot duties at Sotteville depot, Rouen. The wagons contain coal for the stoker-fired 141R locomotives attached to this depot.

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)

Former LMS Converted Royal Scot class three-cylinder 4-6-0 No 46128 "The Lovat Scouts" has just arrived in Euston station, London with the Lakes Express from Windermere.

SNCF four-cylinder compound 4-8-2 No 241P34 departs from Belfort with the 15.40 Basle to Paris Est train. By the end of that year these magnificent engines had been replaced by diesels on this rou... (more)

Evening falls as DB three-cylinder 2-10-0 No 044 558-5 tackles the climb from Schwabish Hall-Hessental with a freight on the line to Crailsheim and points east.

The 10.40 London Waterloo to Paris Nord Eurostar service is about to enter the Channel Tunnel at Cheriton as a Brush Bo-Bo-Bo brings up the rear of a lorry shuttle from Calais.