The EuroSprinter locomotive ES 64 U2 (Siemens) has just left the Kirchberg tunnel near the village of Istein with an Intercity train coming from Basel. This type of trains will in the near future ... (more)
146 011 leaves Cologne Hbf with the 10:51 Aachen to Paderborn Hbf service.
ICE 403 533 departs from Cologne Hbf with train ICE602, 0712 Basel to Dortmund 1/3/2011.
99 7241 rounds the curve towards the summit station of the Brocken on the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen with the last train of the day from Wernigerode.
Let's drag the time machine back to 1970. Two soldiers from the GDR border troops based on the Brocken mountain are returning with their vehicle to Schierke. They had to make a brief stop at this ... (more)
A Class 232 "Ludmilla" diesel brings a lengthy train of finished automobiles through the yard during a light snowfall. As a visitor from the USA, it was interesting to see completely open "auto r... (more)
They do have demo units in Europe. I was lucky enough to catch this one while gadding about by train. Well, a least it sounded good. These were the first asynchronous AC diesels and were never ... (more)
TEE Rheingold at Austria
111 118-6 on the 1225 Koln Hbf to Monchengladbach RE service at the Hohenzollern Bridge, between Koln Deutz and Koln Hbf 29/10/2010.
Pulling loads out of an industrial spur.
A steam locomotive crew watch as one of the three prototype class E320 dual-voltage electric locos passes the freight locomotive depot at Saarbrucken with a freight train bound for France.
German decapod leads a loaded log-train north out of Wernshausen, Germany