The TCDD 56-009 (ex DR 58 2824) has been built in Esslingen in Germany in 1933. This engine is oil fired.
The 15.00 Bilbao to Madrid Talgo climbs towards the pass of Pacorbo near Bujedo just south of Miranda de Ebro. I gather the last of these, now venerable Talgo trains, is about to be or has been ta... (more)
Suitable for 4 overheadcurrents, today it runs only through Belgium. The 1602 with a rushhourtrain from Schaarbeek to Oostende at the direct line from Brussels to Gent.
The driver of former PLM four-cylinder compound Pacfic No 231K22 oils round his engine before departure with the 14.24 express to Paris. Shades of Papa Boule!
The worldspeedrecordholder for locomotives here in normal service with an intermodal from Regensburg (D) to Trento (I) at the Austrian part of the Brennerline. That worldrecord was established on ... (more)
Test run of the american built (Baldwin 1945) ex french (SNCF) "Mikado" 141 R 568 (2-8-2), now belonging to William Cook Rail. The loc is coal fired with a stoker.
A1A A1A 68000 and 68500 (nicknamed "Yayas") are old french diesel locomotives. 68081 climbs with a ballast train, helped by 68539 unit (unvisible). Here is a track slope of 2.2%.
Nice crome fender - a Russian built diesel-electric Co-Co pilots East German diesel-hydraulic B-B No V180 123 with a tank wagon train for the Ost Zone seen leaving Hof.
Two Train of the Serie 800 meets at Arnhem Mainstaion.
The light blue and yellow Scheme showed off that the Locomotive had a Generator for electrcal train-Heating.
Diesel engines on an electrified track...a common sight on line 24 last year, until the electrification of this line on the border between Belgium and Germany was a fact. Nowadays most trains are ... (more)
160 carefully propels a rake of ballast hoppers into the sidings at Dundalk.
Geldersche Tramwegen tram engine No 47 leaves the Utrechtse Poort at Naarden with a passenger train during the German occupation in 1941.
