Here this morning I could see in action one of the new diesel engine that the new Italian private operator "Arena Ways" used to route its trains.

By 1995 the WC had assembled quite a group of experienced craftsmen at North Fond du Lac Diesel. Always on the look out for ways to upgrade the power on the system, WC had bought three ex CSX GP40... (more)

These little machines are Field Pushers and Pig Pushers. Operated by longshoremen, they move on a narrow gauge track adjacent to the rail yard tracks. These machines are used to move loaded coal c... (more)

DL44, DL46 and VL351 lead a 39-wagon 1877 Patrick PortLink freight at Camellia, forming the last train from the Seatons Transport facility on Sydney's industrial Sandown Line. With the cessation o... (more)

The driver of Z14 is on his cell phone, while the guard waits to hear whatever news he has. Perhaps he was finding out if the mountain top station was open on such a dull, rainy and cloudy day. Th... (more)

One of the only three camelback articlated locos ever built, Erie 'Angus' type 0-8-8-0s Nos 2600-02 built by Alco in 1907 for pusher duty. These Mallets were rebuilt by Baldwin in 1921 as 2-8-8-2s... (more)

General Belgrano Railroad's meter-gauge General Electric 75t. #5767 makes a rare appearance heading through-freight train number 5004, as it enters Saldias Yard in Buenos Aires. Being the premier ... (more)

ALL switcher called "Marianela" crossing Arroyo de la Cruz, following the steam train

Less than 6 months after crossing the Atlantic, GE Class 70 loco 70005 passes Alloa while working a Freightliner Heavy Haul coal train to Longannet power station. Though not to everyone's taste, t... (more)

Looking north on the ARR mainline the new DMU can be seen throttling up as it crests a small rise as it returns to the Spencer "Whistle Stop" to pick up passengers who have been enjoying a stunnin... (more)

What do you do when both of your steam locomotives are on their last legs and you don't have enough dollars in the bank to purchase even a cheap diesel? You build your own, of course. This beaut... (more)

Ugly as sin, but it sounds good. Freightliners new GE 70003 leads DBSs GM 66154 through the little photographed station at Wennington on the Carnforth - Hellifield Little North Western line with T... (more)

Freightliners 70005 ''Ugly duckling'' makes its way towards Carstairs East Jn with the 0Z70 Doncaster - Mossend L/e move which ran via the East Coat Mainline, This was the 1st visit to Scotland fo... (more)

The IC3 is a Danish-built high-comfort medium/long distance diesel multiple-unit train. The sets were built by ABB Scandia (later purchased by Adtranz, which itself was subsequently acquired by Bo... (more)

In March each year, the flowering cosmos on the South African highveld indicates the onset of autumn. The east end of Dryden station provides a colourful trackside display of pink and white flower... (more)