There's only one place in Switzerland where you can enjoy a real diesel-hauled passenger train: The fabulous Furka Pass line, operated by the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke. Here we're at the summit ... (more)
A SS7G hauls an empty coal train between Ulanqab and Hohhot.
Finally! It took three visits to this place and 10 trains to get this one right, with nice sunlight, the proper train and timing... An ABe 8/12 "Allegra" unit carries hikers and bikers from Filisu... (more)
A DH4-1 "Paradise" from Tehran to Qom passes a small settlement outside Qom at the edge of the desert. In the background you can see one of the many quarries that produce the stones used in constr... (more)
Different power, for a change: A pair of GE U30Cs hauls an ore train towards Bafq, Iran.
Three EMD GT26CW-2 (with 60-819 leading) haul an ore train from Bafq towards Yazd, Iran. The line goes around what appears to be a dry lake bed, as you can see in the background. This is where thi... (more)
A short passenger train from Isfahan to Tehran has just passed the horseshoe curves north of Sejzi, Iran. The train consists of former Korail "Seamaul" passenger cars.
A northbound freight train passes a tunnel in the spectacular Sezar river valley, only minutes before arriving at Dorud, Iran.
Two passenger trains have just passed each other in the desert north of Qom, Iran. A nearby quarry kicked up a lot of sand and dust, which was blown accross the plain, as you can see in the backgr... (more)
60-561 and an unidentified second unit haul a southbound freight train through the Sezar river valley.
Two IranRunners are waiting for the departure time at Tehran main station. The train is the night train from Tehran to Shiraz.
An EMD GT26CW-2 with a colorful passenger train passes "our" rock formation in the vast plain between Tehran and Qom.
Two EMD GT26CW-2 haul a coal train along the Sezar river through the Zagros mountains.
An EMD GT26CW-2 pulls an empty coal train along the Sezar river towards Dorud.
40-12 has just left the tunnel underneath the town of Sepid Dasht with the local train from Chamsangar to Dorud. Note the former DB Regio "Silberlinge" passenger cars.