BNSF 4402 and 7386 in front and 763 / 5132 as DPU are hauling a long crude oil train unit train westwards along the Flathead River.

Definitely gone are the De 110 locos hauling fast trains like the Golden Pass Express train on the brunig line. These 1940ies built metre gauge engines with additional rack impulsion were ultimate... (more)

Some old ladies....
Only on several days the steam lady H 2/3 #5 - built 1894 - is used in passenger service. Here it brings up the freshly overhauled coach #21 (major 2 year overhaul ... (more)

Even here in Switzerland cows are more interested in the photographer than in standing accurate in the field to complete the scene for the picture... Nevertheless it was worthy to shot the scene ... (more)

On a marvelous summer evening Re 460 064-9 is crusing with its IC-2000 double decker intercity train along the lake Thun towards Thun. IN the background the famous mountains Eiger, Mönch and Jungf... (more)

Passing the Volcán San Pedro. Clyde GL26C-2 #2004 (former Queensland Rail) and EMD GT22CU-3 @2404 (former Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Colombia) are hauling a bolivian box car train with goods do... (more)

Two immigrants on the way through the emptiness of the Ascotán pass. Clyde GL26C-2 #2004 (former Queensland Rail) and EMD GT22CU-3 @2404 (former Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Colombia) are hauling a... (more)

Up to the 1960ies this former station has an important role as water station for the steam engines of the FCAB. Nowadays the steam is gone and the diesel locos are running through the station with... (more)

Cumbre in the evening. EMD GR12U #1405, Clyde GL22C #1454 and EMD GR12U #1404 are hauling a fully loaded sulphuric acid train up western side of the Cumbre line. The acid is used in the big copper... (more)

Waiting for work.... Brand new wheelsets are waiting for their future use in the bogies of newly built freight cars at the "Josef Meyer, Rheinfelden" shops. The company, situated in Rhein... (more)

Long live the dead. Predicted to be out of service by the end of 2013 the RBDe 566 I trainsets are still in daily business and help transporting people on the former Emmentalbahn line from Thun to... (more)

During the winter times when the Furka line is closed, the DFB rolling stock is stored on different locations. These passenger cars were stocked in the MGB Glisergrund depot. As preparation of the... (more)

One of MRL's finest work is the Gas local between Missoula and Thompson Falls. Here three of MRL's SD40-2XR (units 251, 254 and 256) are hauling the evening westbound train to Thompson Falls up on... (more)

For long years foreign territory (the CPR line is on the opposite side of the Fraser River), nowadays daily business. A coal train hauled by CP #8628 is running on CN's main through the Fraser Riv... (more)

The Encanche station is still used as passing place, but only for diesel trains. So the remnants of the steam era are no longer used, but still there. Even if we are here in one of the earth's dri... (more)