Nowadays only two regular freights run on the marvelous Linha do Douro in Portugal per Week. Medway runs on Wednesday and Sunday a cement train from Vila Nova de Gaia to Godim and back. Most of th... (more)

On a beautiful fall day ABeh 161 012 is runing as regional train R9876 through the Aare valley at Brienz. The street towards Axalp once crossed the river by this concrete bridge bevor a newer one ... (more)

After two days of heavy snowfall in the eastern part of Switzerland a sunny day revealed a real winter wonderland. Here we see RABe 502 209 passing Maienfeld on it's journey as Intercity IC568 fro... (more)

Only during autumn and wither months the river Aare is running smoothly enough to get a decent mirroring image at this location. We see here the RegionalExpress RE4073 which just left Interlaken O... (more)

The Rhodopen-Railway - often referred as Rhaetian Railway of the Balkan - is a 760mm narrow gauge line running from Septemvri to Dobrinishte in the Rhodopen mountains in Bulgaria. Since their deli... (more)

Due to ongoing electrification work on the direct line from Hergatz to Buchloe, the Eurocities from Zürich to München run currently diesel-hauled on the Bayrische Allgäubahn. This comes finally... (more)

What a sight: Bhe 4/8 3054 and Bhe 4/6 3084 together bringing another load of tourists to the 3098m high Gornergrat station (peak itself is 3135m). In the background the famous Matterhorn enthrone... (more)

Open Horseshoe-curves are always spectacular photolocations. On Silverzone Pass on the former Western Pacific mainline such a thing exists - the so called Arnold Loop. Since 1982 the line belongs ... (more)

A perfect morning to start the vacation: Standing at the Alviso Sound near San José, having absolutely no wind and therefore a perfect mirror image and then a unexpected (waited there for some sc... (more)

Only Luck. Passing Sonora on a holiday trip I saw a "Railtown 1897" sign on the street and changed my plans immediately to visit this museum. Normally they run trains only on weekends, but due to... (more)

On a quite perfect day regional train 828 from Andermatt to Disentis is climbing out of the Urseren valley up to the 2044m (6706ft) high Oberalppass. This is done through the help of a cograil. Ev... (more)

By crossing the five span truss bridge over the Colorado River, the daily ARZC local to Cadiz is entering the sunny state of California. Three old EMD veterans - SD40M-2 #4001, #4002 and #4004, w... (more)

Just a spectacular view. On top of the rim of the scenic Crozier Canyon the view on the BNSF Seligman Sub is spectacular. Sitting there and watching trains meander through the canyon is a thing I... (more)

Led by a foursome of aged and weathered EMD veterans the daily local from Trona to Searles is slowly climbing out of the Searles Valley. Westend Facility, Lake Searles and in the background Trona ... (more)