One photo which I'd forgotten about from my trip to Pambam Bridge, 14048 is dwarfed by the Indian Ocean as it heads onto the island of Rameswaram at the southern tip of India.
Passenger train goes along the coast of the Black Sea near Sochi city. Electric locomotive VL10-1300 (Vladimir Lenin) is at the head of the train.
A cross country train near the dawlish sea wall. A beautiful and an amazing place for a french guy !
A southbound Pacific Surfliner heads along the Pacific Coast Highway, bypassing multi-million dollar beachfront homes and the picturesque Left Coast along the way.
The returning southbound TranzCoastal train heads south from Kaikoura in the late afternoon. While in Kaikoura you can whale watch, swim with dolphins, watch the fur seals, eat at Hine's fish-and-... (more)
The crew perform a blowdown on this most photographed bridge, while the waves of the Indian Ocean break on the sand below.
Part 3 of the Pamban Bridge Trilogy - 14048 curves off the bridge and past the fishing village of Pambam on the fi... (more)
Part 1 of the Pamban Bridge Trilogy 14048 crosses the cantilever section of the bridge with a passenger service fr... (more)
At the end of the earth: After being a tourist in New Zealand with the good woman for the past few weeks, I finally get a trainspotting day pass and have to drive 300km north in cloud before fin... (more)
And my vote for world's worst livery goes to... DFT 7023 heads the Picton-bound TranzCoastal passenger right onto the beach beside the Pacific Ocean. It wears the horrid faded-vomit paint scheme a... (more)
Frankenstein DX 5310 leads DC 4784, DFT 7213 and DC 4473 north with a short goods train past the Pacific Ocean coastline north of Palmerston.
Part 2 of the Pamban Bridge Trilogy - 14048 nears the end of the bridge as it heads a passenger service from Tiruc... (more)
The lower section of the ultra-scenic Cape Town - Simonstown line runs adjacent to the sea. In December 2009 the line was damaged by a freak combination of high tide and big storms. At one stage i... (more)
Who would want to live anywhere else? ... expect maybe Pittsburgh :)
6024 King Edward I passes Dawlish heading for Kingswear with the Torbay Express.