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A gallery of images taken at Breclav which sees Czech, Slovakian, Austrian and Polish locos. Pssenger traffic is busy being almost 100% loco hauled. There is also a steady flow of heavyt freight trains.
http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=255
The Statfold Barn Railway near Tamworth is only three times a year and then by invitation only. Earleir in September there was one of these Enthusiasts Days with 13 locos in steam and working trains. Traffic on the line is very busy and the relaxed attitude of the Railway towards visiting...
I have just added a gallery showing a selection of units at Glasgow Central taken in 2009 when Carmine and Cream was the predominant livery.
http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=259
A small gallery of images taken at Basel and Olten in Switzerland. Included are some Ae 6/6 class in green which probably won't last into 2013.
http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=212
A set of images taken at Leeds and Sheffield showing classes that are not widely seen throughout the UK. Also included is 47580 on a railtour.
http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=241
A set if images taken at Bratislava main station concentrating on the class 240 electrics which date from the 1960s. The use of fibre glass panels has made these locos of a unique design and somewhat reminiscent of American cars of the same period...
This gallery features locos seen during a visit to Breclav loco depot in southern Czech Republic (not far from Vienna). Czech Railways Cargo Division operate this mainly diesel depot.
The images contain working locos including visitors from Poland and Solvakia, older classes in the dump, plus...
I have just completed a succesful visit to Hungary spending some time in Budapest. There have been a number of posts in recent moths about railway photography and I am pleased to report no problems were encountered. I visited two of three terminus stations and was pleased to see many loco hauled...
It was refreshing to visit Zell amd See and the 760mm gauge line to Krimml. The 52.7 km line is known as the Pinzgauer Lokalbahn and is owned and operated by the Salzburger Lokalbahn which sees significant financial assitance from local government.
The line was purchased from Austrian Railways...
Not often featured is the 10.25 inch gauge Rudyard Lake Steam Railway. Featuring 100% steam operation the line boasts one of the largest steam locos operating on this gauge.
http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=238
A short session at Stafford provided some interesting movements including NR HSTs, 86, 90, 66 and 67 classes on freight plus the usual passenger workings.
Gallery is at http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=243
A mixed bag of images showing some of the variety of motive power to be seen in and around this German city.
http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=213
Part 1 of this visit is at
http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=203
Acheres depot lies to the west of Paris city centre and contains 150+ locos at weekends. This is part two of the gallery featuring this visit:-
http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=235
Part one of the gallery can be found here...
Some of you might be heading down to Austria for your holidays this year. Salzburg main station is well worth a visit with plenty of loco-hauled trains including some freight. Gallery at
http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=227
Anyone visiting Germany this summer should consider including Dresden where there is a fabulous tram system. If you arrive by train the routes immediately outside the station are very busy.
The following gallery will give you some idea of what to expect...
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