Having descended the Neumarkter Sattel incline on Austria's Rudolfsbahn line, a class 4024 EMU will soon arrive on Platform 2 of Unzmarkt station on the shore of the Mur river, while another class... (more)

A standard 68-wagon iron ore train on its way to Narvik.

Insects swirl in the last rays of the Sun as two ÖBB class 1144s as helpers and a class 1116 haul a freight train up the Semmeringbahn line in Austria. The pair of red & green dots on the right a... (more)

On a late summer evening, a push-pull train as local service from Ústí nad Labem to Lysá nad Labem passed the locks of the Elbe (Labe) rive under Střekov Castle. The locomotive carries an ... (more)

A double-deck S-Bahn (suburban rapid transit) train from Tharandt went around parked Vogtlandbahn Desiro DMUs and will soon arrive on platform 12 in Dresden's main station, while ICE-T tilting sem... (more)

Back before the advent of open access on EU rails, if two railways shared a service across their networks, the railway contributing less "paid" the other by letting its locomotives be us... (more)

A standard 68-wagon MTAB iron ore train passes Abisko Östra station.

In morning lights shining on the shore of the Elbe river, a Metrans container train from the port of Hamburg to the Czech Republic passes under the massive fortress of Königstein (built atop a na... (more)

A twin railbus reached the derelict last stop before end of the steep branchline from Hronská Dúbrava to Banská Štiavnica, on a service that started in the central Slovakian city of Zvolen. Pa... (more)

Having started its long journey to the port of Narvik/Norway two minutes earlier, an MTAB iron ore train negotiates the tight curve between the mine yards and Kiruna main station.

Minutes before the Sun set behind the mountains, a Sunday-only intercity from Lienz to Vienna descends the Neumarkter Sattel incline into the Mur river's valley on Austria's Rudolfsbahn.

Having descended the Neumarkter Sattel incline on Austria's Rudolfsbahn line, a freight train with tank cars crosses the Mur river and the tracks of the narrow-gauge Murtalbahn railway.

The crew gets ready for the return trip to Payerbach Lokalbahn. Apart from Covid-19 protection gear, this little-known narrow-gauge electric heritage railway near the world-famous Semmering Railwa... (more)

In the last rays of the mountain Sun, ÖBB 1216 025, with its special livery indicating its historical achievement (prior to delivery, Siemens used it for test runs to attain the current world spe... (more)

A very clean Railjet push-pull express train from Villach to Vienna mirrors the other track on its descent of the Semmeringbahn line in Austria. The forest above the Klamm Tunnel was cleared last ... (more)