Thats more like it! A pair of WDG3 "Shaktis" make the satisfying racket of 32 ALCO cylinders as they haul a heavy train of boxcars up the hill towards Ambale.

The perils of chasing ALCOs in 2016... Working what should be a regular ALCO train, an EMD GT46MAC climbs the Shindavane Ghats with the morning Pune to Kolhapur Passenger. Whilst an increasing num... (more)

Thanks to the work of Lalam and Apurva, the Shindavane Ghat (hill) section can now be called "famous" in railfan circles... Here 14886 descends the ghat with the daily Kolhapur to Pune P... (more)

The staff in the Shimla signal box pause for a photograph before dispacthing the last narrow gauge train of the day down the hill to Kalka.

The Assistant Loco Pilot (second-man in British terms) waves away the Kalka to Delhi Passenger from Ambala - this journey takes 12.5 hours by this all stops local train, whereas the fastest expres... (more)

On the approach to Jaipur, the metre gauge runs parallel to the broad gauge, Here 6623 arrives with a morning commuter train.

The Metre Gauge network of India is rapidly shrinking... Sikar Junction a few years ago was a busy interchange between Metre Gauge lines but now it is merely a terminus station with the line on to... (more)

Whilst Jaipur might be modernising as a city with its new metro system, a size able number of its daily commuters are still arriving on Metre Gauge ALCO power.... Here they file off the train at D... (more)

An early morning train from Mailani to Aishbagh is on the final stretch as it crosses Lucknow's Gomti river behind one of the dying breed of metre gauge ALCO YDM4s. The line on the right is the Br... (more)

There's just something about ALCO cab units.... Preserved A302 stands at Rentis for a photo-call after working the return leg of a PTG special to Athens Airport.

A466 takes a photo run by over the impressive Gorgopotamus Viaduct (most recently repaired by US servicemen following WW2) during the PTG Tours excellent Southern Greece trip .

Recently preserved by KZC 749 253 in its nostalgic communist era red livery is seen at Kacov after arriving with a special from Prague.

One of Czech Railway's multi-voltage 380 locomotives arrives at Prague with one of the through Budapest to Berlin Euro City trains. This engine will have worked the train through from Hungary (via... (more)

37409 sits at Preston awaiting departure time of the 10:04 service to Barrow In Furness. Due to a combination of poor long term planning by the Department of Transport and a shortage of passenger ... (more)

After over 50 years of service, these English Electric type 3s have found themselves back in daily service due to a shortage of passenger rolling stock. Here 37419 rests at Preston after arriving ... (more)