Solid snow on the Tauern south ramp is just as rare as ÖBB providing a nice toned loco on their trains nowadays. We've just managed to catch it while mist was thin, although I'll ask next time fo... (more)

Last day for Eurocity Croatia to be powered by a pair of older ladies, as new timetables arrived Slovenske Zeleznice took over the job with leased Siemens Vectron locomotives.

"Evening red and morning gray, help the traveller on his way." - says the sailor, and indeed the following day was dark and gray with minor wind. But it was a mayor heatwave (15 degrees ... (more)

Milan-La Spezia intercity just left Rapallo on it's way south along the Ligurian coast.

Thello Eurocity 146 stretches across viaduct Campomorone minutes before dusk. The power is provided by an E402B just repainted into IC-Sun livery, up front the two blue coaches are first class fol... (more)

Eurocity 150 ‘Emona’ glides over a moody after-storm scenery that begins to settle for the night.

Eastbound Transalpin eurocity snakes through Salzachtal with the long 11 car trainset

Train #606 leaves the last stop before the summit on Yablunytskyj Pass enroute for Rakhiv. The overcast made it a bit too dark (it arrived well after 10PM local time) to short but I love the mood.

Unusual snowfall for this year season.

Empty passenger set runs home after it served the weekend as temporary push-pull intercity train between Böckstein and Klagenfurt, because ÖBB doesn't have enough railjets to operate them on bot... (more)

Salzburg-Graz Intercity is about to arrive in Liezen. 1822m hight Hoch-Tausing gives a nice backdrop.

Oil cans rolling through Zidani Most yard.

Afternoon regional headed to Ljubljana.

Ljubljana bound EC151 - Emona takes the 'S' just after it passed Wartberg im Mürztal station. It serves daily on Vienna-Ljubljana line.

Night traffic meets in the hairpin of St. Jodok am Brenner. This part of the line climbs steeply, so 3 sharp curves was needed to construct the pass 150 years ago.