Shortly before the invasion of 1940, Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij diesel tram No 318 prepares to leave Rosestraat in Rotterdam with a pair of bogie trailer carriages. Scanned from a 116 size... (more)

Another of the 40 inside-cylinder 4-6-4Ts built by Beyer, Peacock & Co., in Manchester, England for the Dutch State Railways in 1913-16 is seen at Hook of Holland depot together with Werkspoor 4-4... (more)

One of the 40 inside-cylinder 4-6-4Ts built by Beyer, Peacock & Co ., in Manchester, England for the Dutch State Railways in 1913-16 departs from Rotterdam with the 10.41 train to Rosendaal. Fourt... (more)

Here is another Paris suburban tank loco seen at the Gare St.Lazare in Paris around 1926. The ETAT 2-6-2T was working from Versailles depot. Scanned from a glass negative taken by O.J. Morris.

Following my two previous posts of suburban locos at Paris Nord we move on nearly ten years and see an almost brand new 2-8-2T waiting to leave the station with a push/pull train in 1935. These en... (more)

In contrast to the British built 4-6-4T that I posted just before this one, here is a French built 4-6-4T of the Nord Railway waiting to work a suburban train at the Gare du Nord in Paris. These e... (more)

One of the 14 British built 4-6-4Ts built by Beyer, Peacock & Co., originally from a batch of 40 destined for the Dutch State Railway but which were diverted to the ROD (Railway Operating Division... (more)

Another Canadian Northern Railway 4-6-0 from my archive. This is obviously an older slide-valve machine than No 171 posted earlier and probably never made it to the amalgamation with the Canadian ... (more)

Canadian Northern Railway 4-6-0 No 171 is seen before the amalgamation with the Canadian Government Railway in 1919 when it became No 1231. It was built by the Canadian Locomotive Company in 1907 ... (more)

Another anonymous negative in my archive that I know little about. FEC 235 is behind No 621 which I imagine is an EMD SW1200. Photographer unknown.

Here is a photo from a negative in my archive that I know little about. I am guessing that it is taken in New York State. The frist four locos are Alco RS-32 from a batch of ten built in June 1962... (more)

Yet another Baldwin locomotive built for service on the Western Front in World War I. Seventy of these small ten-wheelers, nicknamed 'spiders', were built in 1917-18 for the British Army. After th... (more)

Here is another of the 1,981 2-8-0 locomotives built by Baldwins for service in France from 1917 onwards. This one was built for the British Army ROD and became part of Nord Railway stock after th... (more)

Following my three postings of ALCo built locomotives supplied to the French and Belgian Railways after World War I here is a Balwin 2-8-0, one of 1,981 locos that were sent to France from 1917 on... (more)

ALCo also supplied the Belgian railways after World War I with 75 2-8-0s Nos 5201 to 5275 in 1920 and another 75 Nos 5276 to 5350 came from Baldwin. They later became SNCB class 38 and the last wa... (more)