DB 2-10-0 No 50 470 waits on a very wet night to leave Saarbrucken Hbf with the 21.28 personenzug to Neunkirchen (Saar).

Rebuilt 'Battle of Britain' class Pacific No 34052 departs from Waterloo with the 18.00 train to Salisbury as BR Standard '4MT' 2-6-4T No 80012 arrives with an empty stock train.

During the drought of Summer 2006 UK Eurostar No 373 004/003 passes Km post 75 near Lenham on the 15.11 London Waterloo to Paris Nord service.

CSD 475.1 class 4-8-2 No 475.1136, buiit by Skoda, leaves Tabor with an empty stock train for Prague.

DB diesel-hydraulic No 220 083-3 approaches Horb over the River Neckar bridge with the 09.13 Stuttgart to Milan express prior to electrification.

Front-end view of a pair of Lima (Ohio) built 141R 2-8-2s at the loco depot in Boulogne. Lima built 280 members of this 1340 (less 17 lost at sea) strong class.

Another steam export from the United States. Baldwin metre gauge 2-6-2T No 8 "Ponferrada", one of 10 built in 1919 for the Ponferrada-Villablino Railway, is seen just after passing Toreno with a l... (more)

SNCF 0-6-0T No 030TU 3 performs shed pilot duty at Sarreguemines depot in Eastern France. This engine was USATC S100 No 4317 built Vulcan Ironworks in June 1943.

SNCF 2-8-2 No 141R 50, built by Lima (Ohio) in 1946, blasts through Tintelleries station on the climb out of Boulogne with the 08.10 Paris Nord to Calais Maritime Rapide.

38 years earlier, RENFE oil-fired 4-8-4 No 242F-2008 storms uphill through the pass of Pacorbo with a southbound freight train.

RENFE Bo-Bo electric loco No 252-061-7 powers uphill through the pass of Pancorbo with the 07.03 Barcelona to A Coruna Talgo train formed of the same rolling stock that was running back during my ... (more)

The 12.09 London Waterloo to Paris Nord streaks past lorries parked on the M20 motorway during "Operation Stack". This occurs when cross-channel traffic is disrupted due to rough seas or strikes e... (more)

Former Etat Pacific No 231G558 is getting into its stride in the rain with a special train returning from Noyelles-sur-Mer to Rouen after the steam festival at the Baie de Somme Railway.

A pair of SNCF diesels Nos 63741 and 63737 pause at Arques station for the level crossing gates to be opened with a loaded cement train from Lumbres. This is also the base for the Chemin de Fer T... (more)

SNCF Eurostar set No 373 210/209 in the Da Vinci Code livery passes Km post 84 at Tutt Hill on the 16.39 London Waterloo to Brussels service. This vinyled livery was removed after about one month.