The Darjeeling railway in northeast India has a 2-foot track. A train is on its way downhill with the himalayan mountains in the distance - Mount Kanchenjunga reaches 8.598 m (13.850 feet). Steame... (more)

In 1968 North Vietnam railways built this Mikado class steamer of parts from scapped engines originally delivered in 1953 by Société Alsacienne de Construction Mecaniques in France

The Reunification Express "Thong Nhat" from Hanoi in northern Vietnam is ready to depart for the 1040 miles (1726 km) and 42 hour long run to Saigon in southern Vietnam. The dieselengine in front ... (more)

In 1968 North Vietnam railways built this Mikado class steamer of parts from scapped engines originally delivered in 1953 by Société Alsacienne de Construction Mecaniques in France

GM-powered My 1101 was built in 1954 and is now preserved in running order at the danish national railwaymuseum

Working conditions while cleaning a smokebox were primitive in the shed of Hanoi in northern Vietnam. Engine 141-210 was built in 1968 by Tangshan Works, China.

The international train EC 380 from Berlin in Germany has just arrived to its destination in Denmark. Behind it a IC3-train is passing by

With this photo taken only a few minutes before midnight the last evening of 2007, I wish every railfans on RailPictures.Net a happy new year

Dieselunit MFA 5064 is just about to depart for the 3 hour ride to the danish capitol Copenhagen

85 units of IC4-trainsets built by Ansaldobreda in Italy will be the future longdistance trains in Denmark. Until now only 3 sets are in operation for a testperiod in local runs

Faster than a bullet from a gun - well almost. The speed is app. 100 miles/hour (160 km/t)

Rolling stock from the national railmuseum being moved from Randers to Odense. The doubledecker car sticks out - it is owned by DSB and has been in Randers for repair at the Bombardier facory

Freighttrain going west through Lanzhou - a chinese town with millions of inhabitants - and often wrapped up in smog. Since 1978 app. 1.600 locos of class SS3 has been built

The General Electric built NJ2 0061 and NJ2 0069 are hauling the Lhasa-Xining train K 918 with 14 cars on its way north above a village in the mountains of Tibet. Altitude 4.000 m (12.400 feet).