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A series of images taken during two visits to Scotland. The reason for the visit was to ride the lines radiating from Inverness. http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=226

The idea of visit depots packed full of locos on Sundays disappeared many years ago on British Railways. This gallery was taken at Acheres depot to the west of Paris with more than 160 locos present on a Sunday covering more than 10 different classes...

I have just returned from a visit to Bratislava in Slovakia. I was amazed at the amount of loco hauled trains at the main station (Hlavna Stanica in Slovakian). Traffic is in the hands of locos dating from the 1960s onwards. I had no problems with photography and railway stafff were friendly...

The 760mm gauge electrified line south from St Polten has returned to normal service earlier this week after a few weeks of partial closure for ungrading the mountain section of the line. During this period of closure all the power was off and all trains diesel worked. The following gallery...

I have posted a gallery taken during a visit to the 760mm electrified narrow gauge line at St Polten near Vienna in Austria known as the Mariazellerbahn. It has a large fleet of electric locos all of which are over or approaching 100 years old. In addition it has a small feelt of B-B diesels...

A selection of loco-hauled trains at some of the main Paris stations. http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=217

I have posted a gallery taken at Szczecin Glowny (the main station for the city). I think the images cover most of the classes currently operating train through this station. Of particular interest is the 1432 Eurocity service from Szczecin to Prague which remains in the hands of German class...

This gallery features a variety of locos including some very handsome British built 2-8-2s. http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=225

I hope you find this gallery interesting. Class British 0-6-0s and 4-4-0s together with British style semapahore signalling yet still active in 1978! These locos were heavily influenced by current design on the Great Central Railway and feature many details that could easily be seen up to the...

A short gallery of trams in Leipzig. This standard gauge system is the second biggest after Berlin and has sections of four-track mainline! http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=205

Remember the days of steam at Bickershaw Colliery? This gallery covers a great afternoon spent there in July 1977 http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=221

Remember when loco depots were stacked full at weekends? This is still the case at some depots in France. I have added a gallery of images taken dusing a visit to Villeneuve St Georges depot to the south of central Paris one Sunday morning. 113 locos were noted with some ready for scrap. The...

Gallery featuring Zurich which is one of the busier European stations with lots of loco-hauled trains. http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=211

A gallery featuring some of the action at Dresden Hauptbahnhof. Czech locos also cross the border and can be seen on freight and passenger duties. http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=203

A few images of the guided busway in Caen. The locals call it a tram! Its days are numbered as it has been announced that the system will be converted to a proper tramway in the next few years. http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=196

Many of you will no doubt head to malaga during the summer. Despite the arrival of the standard gauge high speed line and the reduction of traditional train services over the old broad gauge mainline there is still something to keep most enthusiasts interested in the area. The following gallery...

HDR images are constructed from three or five bracketed images all taken using a tripod. The images are them combined to enhance the ranges of tones within the finished composite frame. The pictures were taken on a Saturday afternoon at one of the best stabling points in Paris for freight...

A mixture of modern traction including some nifty modern 4-wheel railbuses that put 142's to shame, preserved steam, some ancient electrics and one of the first DMUs capable of reaching 100 mph and built in the 1930s. http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=202

A small gallery of images taken at Nantes where there is an extensive tramway within the city. In addition the introduction of tram-trains is being extended with some conventional rail services planned for conversion to tram-train operation. The first section of tram train operation had just...

A set of images taken at Frankfurt (Main) Hbf. This large terminus still sees a wide variety of passenger trains with many loco hauled trains. http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=200