A locomotive of Captrain (subsidiary of French National Railways SNCF) hauls a grain train north along the valley of the Elbe river with its sandstone formations.

Helper service on the Semmeringbahn mountain line in Austria: ÖBB 1144 245 and 062 (notice the sub-series difference in roof corner cooler height) passed me an hour earlier as the lead and second ... (more)

A train of tank wagons hauled by a class 1116 (and pushed by an out-of-view class 1144 as helper) crosses Wolfsbergkogel station and the Kartnerkogel viaduct and will soon enter the Kartnerkogel t... (more)

A steam-powered regular train of the Weißeritztalbahn 750-mm-gauge railway in Saxony, Germany crosses the S-shaped viaduct across the core of the village. This railway was damaged along its entire... (more)

A very clean Railjet push-pull express train from Villach to Vienna mirrors the other track on its descent of the Semmeringbahn line in Austria. The forest above the Klamm Tunnel was cleared last ... (more)

A double-deck EMU with driving trailer ahead operating an S4 suburban passenger service from Prague to Ústí nad Labem. This unit was retrofitted with three pairs of LED headlights. The top sign on... (more)

A train transporting Škoda Karoq cars from the Czech Republic into Germany runs along the Elbe river which is flanked by the spectacular cliffs of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.

A steam-powered regular train of the Weißeritztalbahn 750-mm-gauge railway in Saxony, Germany steams up the Rabenauer Grund canyon of the Rote Weißeritz river. This section of the railway (like ma... (more)

A regional express train from Mürzzuschlag to Vienna descends the Semmeringbahn line in Austria. This is a special weekend-only service outside the regular bihourly clock-face scheduling, meant to... (more)

The first part of the Semmeringbahn mountain line in Austria starts on one side and then climbs the other side of the valley of the Schwarza river. A Railjet from Graz to Vienna Airport is descend... (more)

Having started its long journey to the port of Narvik/Norway two minutes earlier, an MTAB iron ore train negotiates the tight curve between the mine yards and Kiruna main station.

A standard 68-wagon MTAB iron ore train passes Abisko Östra station.

A standard 68-wagon MTAB iron ore train passes the Lapporten (Lapponian Gate), the landmark of the Abisko region.

Running the last train service of the day from Szob to the summit at Nagyirtáspuszta, a 760-mm-gauge diesel rail bus (nicknamed "Tóbi 2" [Toby 2] by its manufacturer, the central worksho... (more)

In the last rays of the mountain Sun, ÖBB 1216 025, with its special livery indicating its historical achievement (prior to delivery, Siemens used it for test runs to attain the current world spee... (more)