This is actually the fastest operational steam locomotive of the world. The engine can reach a maximum speed of 180 km/h. Sorry, I can`t say this in mph. This engine belongs to the privat owner Da... (more)
A pair of DB Co-Co electrics cross the River Mosel from the Petersburg tunnel to Ediger-Eller station with a heavy northbound haul of six-axle hoppers. The vinyards on the slopes beyond the bridge... (more)
Hints of Autumn above the River Mosel as a pair of class 140 Bo-Bo electrics top & tail a Koblenz to Trier local as they leave Bullay and cross the double-deck bridge (rail above road) over the ri... (more)
A northbound FD Inter-City train bound for Hannover passes St.Goar on the west bank of the River Rhein. The ancient castle Burg Katz, actually Neukatzenelnbogen, built at the end of the 14th centu... (more)
Two single railcars run through the vinyards on the Bullay to Traben-Trabach branch as the cruise ship 'Switzerland' sails down the River Mosel.
E 180 007-7 with D 377 "Galileo Galilei" from Dresden to Bratislava waiting for departure at Dresden main station.
Mallet 99 5901 heads a photo charter between the houses on Kirchstrasse. With a dozen or more scheduled steam trains passing through here every day, I wonder how often the window cleaner has to ca... (more)
An 0-4-0+0-4-0T Mallet makes a parallel departure with a 2-6-2T from Alexisbad. The high line leads to Harzgerode, whilst the lower line heads off to Eisfelder Talmuhle. Fellow photographer, Canad... (more)
Looks as if the three means of transportation made a race and the car seems to win. An empty unit train pulled by 2 electric locos runs towards Trier. - The ship is loaded with lots of people enj... (more)
A French Alstom Prima leads an international freight upriver through the vineyards in the Mosel valley.
Staging yard
An ICE approching the main station of Frankfurt am Main with a lot of other Deutsche Bahn wagons standing around. Photo was taken from the observation deck of the Maintower, about 600 feet AGL.
The view through the cab car window of a DB commuter train somewhere between Bingen and Koblenz, Germany.