50 Years ago - A Belgian Type 201 diesel loco leaves Roubaix with the 13.17 Antwerp to Lille train. Introduced in 1955 these locos later became class 59.

50 Years ago - SNCF 242TA68 approaches Lille with train 336, the 16.38 Tourcong to Paris Nord on September 2, 1968. The remaining examples of these 4-cylinder compound 4-8-4Ts, originally built ... (more)

50 Years ago - SNCF 141 R 498 is seen near Le Haut Banc on the climb to Caffiers from the south the the 12.20 Paris Nord to Calais-Maritime ' La Freche d'Or' (Golden Arrow) train. The use of a 2... (more)

50 Years ago - Another 'Liberation Mikado' of the SNCF built by the Montreal Locomotive Works, No 141 R 1272 blasts away from Boulogne-Ville station with the 08.45 Paris Nord to Calais-Maritime ... (more)

50 Years ago to-day - SNCF 4-cylinder compound 4-6-2 No 231K22 climbs Caffiers incline with train 84, the 14.24 Calais-Maritime to Paris Nord rapide. This engine, preserved in Germany after some... (more)

50 Years ago - Sister 141R to my previous photo on this day, 141 R 1202 heads away from Boulogne-Maritime with train 24, 13.18 to Paris Nord. Note the later type of smokebox door fitted to this en... (more)

50 Years ago - SNCF 141 R 1201 comes downhill towards Boulogne from Wimille-Wimereaux with train 16, the 08.02 Calais Ville to Paris Nord. This ‘Liberation Mikado’ was from a batch of 100 bui... (more)

A pair of SNCB two-car EMUs leave Welkenraedt on a local service towards Liege. The leading unit is built of stainless under licence from Budd, Philadelphia, USA in 1956.

One of the eight SNCB class 25.5 dual voltage electric locos is about to pass into Belgium with the 'Etoil du Nord', 08.53 Amsterdam to Paris Nord where it will arrive at 14.20. To-day the equival... (more)

A very colourful SNCB single railcar approaches the tunnel at Voneche past some, even then, rare semaphore signals on a service from Dinant to Bertrix.

Luxembourg Railways diesel loco No 1811, fresh from overhaul, approaches Wilwerwiltz heading north on the Luxembourg City to Trosvierges line with a very short freight train.

The 08.04 Hamburg to Freudenstadt Eilzug approaches Klostereichenbach in the north of the Black Forest hauled by a DB 218 diesel-hydraulic. To-day most of the service on this now electrified line ... (more)

A GM in the Algau. Former ECR class 66 No 247 058-1 (1266 458-5) is working hard with a long freight train from Buchs SG to Kufstein during the Arlberg diversions in 2014. It is believed this was ... (more)

The Euro City train 'Gottfried Keller' from Zurich to Munich is seen nearing Oberstaufen at Zell hauled by a DB 218.

The Euro City train 'Gottfried Keller' from Munich to Zurich is seen near Heimhofen hauled by a DB 218 and the carriages are Swiss except for the leading one. The small road bridge from which this... (more)