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I have added a gallery of pictures taken over a two hour session at Arth Goldau at the northern end of the Gotthard route from Switzerland to Italy. The amount of freight seen was superb with many double headed trains and one led by four locos! A superb couple of hours...

Toulouse is still good for loco haled trains with 7200, 8500, 9300, 22200 and 26000 classes still active. There are also other classes diesel and electric on freight. Sadly the 9300's are gradually being withdrawn from service and I have added the first part of a gallery showing a sample of an...

Network Rail has published its report on the next stage of rail development in the UK. It contains ideas about freight, new electrication projects, rolling stock requirements and many other topics. The hefty report runs to 157 pages and contains much of interest...

Antwerp Central (Belgium) is one the great European stations completed in elaborate style as a terminus. More recently it has seen further development with two underground levels allowing through trains. Add in an extra deck for passenger services and you have a four storey station! The...

I have added a gallery featuring the lunchtime period yesterday at Birmingham Moor Street. Includes 150, 172/2, 172/3 and 153 plus Chiltern 165 and 168s. http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=197

I have just posted a new gallery showing images taken at Mulhouse in eastern France. Mainly rail interest including some big C-C diesels plus trams and tram-trains. http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=167

A short gallery of what you can see at St Gallen. The images wre taken over an hour or so and feature main line and metre gauge traction. http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=166

For the benfit of readers of this forum I have added some descriptive pages about a number of European rail trips. In recent months the big SNCF diesels from Mulhouse to Paris have been discussed together with the Voralpen Express in Switserland and the double headed 218s from Munich on Zurich...

This is a very busy station with stacks of loco hauled trains - intercity, regional and local. This gallery summarises what can be seen and was taken during the course of a morning spent on the station http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=165

As of 1345 today 67015 in plain silver livery together with refurbished coach 10208 (FO/) are standing at Birmingham Moor Street for press and TV coverage which was going out live for the lunchtime news slots. The coach is in the new "Business Zone" livery and looks very plush. Apparently travel...

Liege Guillemins station in Belgium must be one of the great modern stations. The architecture is superb with every detail of the station from waste bins to the overhead supprt masts specially designed. Check out the images here http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=164 As...

This set of images I hope does justice for one of the great stations of Europe. The trains are interesting too. The gallery is at http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=163 Hope you enjoy the station and its motive power.

Can anyone help with the best way of getting loco haulage on the following routes :- Lille to Paris Paris to Strasbourg possibly via Rheims and Nancy Strasbourg to Lille via Metz Any help appreciated.

The sugar mills serving the cane fields of many countries required large narrow gauge systems to bring cane to the mills. The Victorias Milling Company's system on the island of Negros in the Philippines was one of the largest two foot gauge railway systems in the world and this series of images...

A few shots taken in and around the two main stations in Den Haag. Centraal station brings back memories of Birmingham New Street whilst the Holland Spoor station has much more architectural merit. The trams vary from traditional street running to light rail metro trains...

Is there any web site or other method of establishing distances between stations in Switzerland? I am particulalrly interested in the section between Arth Goldau and Luzern but would also be interested in other routes.

These images are the second half of the set featuring a variety of motive power at Dortmund Hbf. Lots of loco-hauled trains, ICE, some non-DB dmus and emus plus the superb preserved Co-Co 103.184 with a great rake of stock. Part 2 is at :-...

Today everything is sleek and modern, yet no so long ago there were plenty of railways operating vintage stock in everyday service. I have been digitising my large slide collection and thought these images from the recent past might put today's railways in perspective. The railway featured, O-C...

A nice selection of images including 0-4-4-0T and 2-4-6-0T Mallets on the metre gauge lines north of the Douro Valley. At this time it was still 100% - just. http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=158 There are also three other galleries from Portugal at this time. Go to...

I have just added part two of the images taken at Brussels Midi station during a rush hour session there. Plenty of variety including a lot of loco hauled traffic. Part 2 is at http://www.world-railways.co.uk/gallery/gallery.php?id=157 For those who missed it first time round Part 1 is at...