The 27th of September 1981, the first TGV line opened to the public with its first line going from Paris to Lyon and back, making the two cities 425 kilometers (265 miles) apart only at a mere 2 h... (more)

First test run of a new "HVZ-D" train (doubledeck push pull train for peak hours), formed with Re 420 202 (Re 4/4 II 11202) and Re 420 230 (Re 4/4 II 11230) not visible in the rear, and 6 used dou... (more)

Shortly before the invasion of 1940, Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij diesel tram No 318 prepares to leave Rosestraat in Rotterdam with a pair of bogie trailer carriages. Scanned from a 116 size... (more)

An extremly rare meeting of the only two operational "Red Arrows" on a small station in eastern part of Switzerland, crossing each other on this single track line along Untersee (lower lake) betwe... (more)

Another of the 40 inside-cylinder 4-6-4Ts built by Beyer, Peacock & Co., in Manchester, England for the Dutch State Railways in 1913-16 is seen at Hook of Holland depot together with Werkspoor 4-4... (more)

The extra train on the way back from Airolo to Erstfeld with the Ce 6/8 II 14253 in the lead, Ae 8/14 11801 and Ae 6/6 11402.

One of the 40 inside-cylinder 4-6-4Ts built by Beyer, Peacock & Co ., in Manchester, England for the Dutch State Railways in 1913-16 departs from Rotterdam with the 10.41 train to Rosendaal. Fourt... (more)

EuroCity 31 from Hamburg Hbf (Germany) to København H (Denmark) inside ferry-boat M/F "Prins Richard" between Puttgarden and Rødbyhavn.

Re 4/4 I 10034 of association "TEE Classics" pulling a charter train of AKE-Eisenbahntouristik Gerolstein/Germany with 6 former Trans Europ Express cars of DBAG from (Dortmund) Basel to Landquart ... (more)

Passenger train goes through autumn Meshchera Forest.

Following my two previous posts of suburban locos at Paris Nord we move on nearly ten years and see an almost brand new 2-8-2T waiting to leave the station with a push/pull train in 1935. These en... (more)