The driver of BLS Re 4/4 No 169 gives a friendly wave as they appropach Kandersteg with one of the frequent car shuttle trains through the Lotschberg tunnel from Goppenstein.

A permanent way gang stand aside as one of the troubled SBB, former Cisalpino, ETR 470 tilting trainsets No 8 'Insubrico' passes Kandersteg running south empty over the Lotschberg line when its no... (more)

Just 12 minutes after my previous shot the North of London Eurostar set heads away from Calais Frethun on the last leg of its journey as the 15.46 Paris Nord to Boulogne. In the background a Three... (more)

Just occasionally luck is on your side and a window of blue sky appears and an unexpected type of train comes along at the right time. In this case the 15.46 Paris Nord to Boulogne, usually formed... (more)

The South Eastern Trains Hitachi 140mph class 395 EMUs have always been known as 'Javelins' as they were destined to provide a high speed service from London St.Pancras to Stratford for the Olympi... (more)

Sheep graze unconcerned across the track as Eurostar set No 373 104/103 passes through the ancient Chilston Park on an un-schduled working from Ashford to London. The same set had passed in the op... (more)

A baureihe 151 Co-Co electric crosses the double-deck road/rail bridge over the River Mosel from Bullay and is about to plunge into the 458 metre long Prinzenkopf tunnel with a southbound freight ... (more)

I would not normally post a photo of a nuclear flask train but yesterday evening saw the last load from Dungeness 'A' nuclear power station to Sellafield on the completion of the stations decommis... (more)

On 20th/21st March La Poste TGV set No 951 made a special run from Lyon in France via Paris to London St.Pancras through the Channel Tunnel carrying freight and mail. This was to demonstrate the p... (more)

DB class 18.6 four-cylinder compound Pacific No 18 620 runs light engine over the causeway into Lindau Hbf on a hot August afternoon in 1964. This is the only Maffei Pacific that I have ever photo... (more)

007 heads for the Lotschberg base tunnel with the Hangartner train from Germany to Italy.

Yesterday the south of England had its first heavy snow fall of the winter but by this lunch time it was already melting from the tracks. Here the 12.24 London St.Pancras to Paris Nord passes thro... (more)

The 15.41 Konstanz to Kassel IR train snakes its way down from Hornberg on the Schwarzwaldbahn behind an almost new class 101 electric loco.

A view of the small motive power depot at Cochem showing former Prussian G10 0-10-0 No 57 1200 and a pair of BR 50 2-10-0s Nos 2646 and 2426. These engines were based here primarily to bank (pushe... (more)

Former Reichsbahn standard light Pacific No 03 032 built in 1931 arrives at Cochem with the 09.22 Koblenz to Trier Eilzug. Cochem bahnbetriebswerk (BW or shed) can be seen in the background with a... (more)