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Flinders Street Station is the central railway station of the suburban rail network of Melbourne.
from wikipedia : English / Flinders_Street_Station
wikipedia : en Français / Flinders_Street_Station
A loaded potash train bound for Saint John, NB is flying east through mile 47 of the Saint-Hyacinthe subdivision.
9 May 2025 - Dolný Turček, Slovakia
The preserved steam locomotive ČSD 475.196, of a series nicknamed Šlechtična ("Noblewoman"), is seen working hard on the climb south of Vrútky, at Dolný Turček between Kremnické Bane and Turček, in central Slovakia (Žilina region).
It is travelling on the scenic Diviaky – Zvolen line (#171), which winds through the Kremnica Mountains, a landscape where railways, forests, and former mining villages coexist.
Built by Škoda in Plzeň between 1947 and 1950, the 475.1 class was designed for long-distance passenger services across Czechoslovakia. With its elegant design, red driving wheels, and distinctive star on the smokebox, the class became one of the icons of post-war steam in Czechoslovakia.
Today, 475.196 is preserved at Vrútky and occasionally hauls special trains in the region.
© Jean-Marc Frybourg – 250509-2718
The mighty Mikado is quiet now - fire is off after the successful weekend.
I could understand that you need to know where to turn that the machine will run perfect!
The nice weather was flying north-east, but on Tuesday I wanted to be more to the south-east. Considering the time, my compromise was to head east for making a photo of the RB37 between Neuss and Krefeld, that is operated with TRI rolling stock.
Under a threatening sky, with a subtle amount of sun barely lighting the scene, TRI E11 112 is seen heading the RB37 towards Neuss.
Bösinghoven, October 20, 2025.
End of my early and late summer series on railscapes.blog.
Slechts een enkele Portugese Interregio-trein (IR) rijdt in Porto door van het hoofdstation Campanhã naar het in het oude centrum gelegen kleine kopstation São Bento dat verder gedomineerd wordt door moderne elektrische voorstadstreinen. Net als de stationshal zijn ook de perronoverkappingen van Porto São Bento fraai, zeker in combinatie met een Interregio-trein uit Pocinho (Linha do Douro). Bij het vallen van de avond legt de 55-jaar oude CP-locomotief 1429 met rijtuigen uit 1948-1949 (!) als IR 876 langzaam vanuit de tunnel de laatste meters af tot het stootblok.
Only a single CP-Interregio train (IR) continues in Porto from the main Campanhã station to the small head-end São Bento station located in the old town, which is otherwise dominated by modern suburban electric trains. Like the station hall, Porto São Bento's platform covers are beautiful, especially when combined with an Interregio train from Pocinho (Linha do Douro). At dusk, the 55-year-old locomotive 1429 with carriages from 1948-1949 (!) as IR 876 slowly makes its final metres from the tunnel to the end of the platform.
© Paul van Baarle - no unauthorised use. Please watch album ¦ PT-Portugal ¦
In de eerste maanden van 1985 viel er een flink pak sneeuw in Nederland. De gemoderniseerde dieseltwee 184 rijdt hier keurig op tijd het station Wijlre binnen. De seinhuiswachter die zojuist de wissels nog schoongeveegd had, geniet vanuit het seinhuis van een warme kop koffie en van de ongestoorde doortocht van de trein.
During the winter of 1985 a Dutch Railways dmu type X ploughs it way through the snow in the hilly south Limburg landscape. Hand operated signals and a classic train from proven design are both a guarantee for a punctual service even in these for the Netherlands uncommon circumstances. In May 1988 this scenic line was closed. Since 1995 museumtrains of the Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij are running on this section.
North of Ceska Trebova, the railway lines curves throught a beautiful valley. It was harder to expect to make photos here, but I managed to get a few. Still in the shade, ELL Vectron 193 227 hauls a RegioJet train from Prague to Kosice.
ELOC 193 227 (RJ), Bezpravi 21.9.2016
In occasione dei festeggiamenti per i 125 anni della MOB - Compagnie du Chemin de Fer Montreux Oberland Bernois - gli scorsi 17 e 18 ottobre si è tenuta una fantastica parata di rotabili storici tra Zweisimmen e Lenk im Simmental. Tra i treni che hanno partecipato all’evento, spiccava l’ABDe 8/8 4001 “Schweiz/Suisse”, tornata a circolare per l’occasione dopo più di sei anni di accantonamento a Lenk. Le 4000, realizzate in quattro unità da SIG, BBC e SAAS e in servizio dal 1968, sono state una vera e propria icona della MOB ed è stata per me una grande gioia poterne rivedere una in servizio!
Oltre alla capostipite, al giorno d’oggi esiste ancora l’ABDe 4004 “Fribourg” anche se non più funzionante. La foto mostra l'elettromotrice doppia poco dopo aver lasciato la stazione di Blankenburg. 17/10/26.
Het stationsgebouw van Vught dateert uit 1868 en heeft de status van een rijksmonument. In de komende jaren zullen de sporen hier verdiept in een open tunnelbak gelegd worden en krijgt Vught een middenperron. Het stationsgebouw blijft behouden maar zal een aantal meters in oostelijke richting verplaatst worden. NS treinstel 2502 arriveert nu nog 'klassiek' langs het monumentale stationsgebouw.
Vught station building dates from 1868 and has the status of a state monument. In the coming years, the tracks here will be laid deeper in an open tunnel and Vught will get a central platform. The station building will be retained but will be moved a few metres eastwards. Now EMU 2502 (class Flirt3 built by Stadler in 2016) arrives still in front of the classic station building.
© Paul van Baarle - no unauthorised use. Please watch album ¦ Stations & More ¦
Het stationsgebouw van Kropswolde stamt uit 1915 en is gelegen aan de spoorlijn Groningen - Bad Nieuweschans. Dankzij de vereniging beeldende kunstenaars station Kropswolde (B.K.S.K.) is het gebouw bewaard gebleven en het kreeg in 2004 de status van rijksmonument. Het herbergt o.a. de huisgalerie van de B.K.S.K en een museum voor handwerktuigen. Het klassieke stationsgebouw met de wegdraaiende sporen is hier altijd een fraaie combinatie.
The railway station of Kropswolde was built in 1915 along the railway line from Groningen to (Bad) Nieuweschans, The Netherlands. The railway line is nowadays operated by Arriva and the building has the status of a state monument, housing an artists'association and a museum.
© Paul van Baarle - no unauthorised use. Please watch album ¦ Stations & More ¦
R0861aAI. A historic moment at London King’s Cross Station on Monday, 14th January, 1963 when Gresley A3 class Pacific 60103 FLYING SCOTSMAN made its last run in B.R. ownership.
It was a lunch time working to Doncaster and Alan Pegler, the new owner, was on the footplate. On arrival at Doncaster, the engine was detached from the train and ownership passed to Alan Pegler.
60103, aka 4472, has since then had numerous adventures at home and abroad and is often described b as the most famous steam locomotive in the world. It now belongs to the National Railway Museum in York.
As an interesting footnote to history, Alan once told us that when he decided to buy an engine from B.R. in 1962, he had his eye on 60100 SPEARMINT as that was his favourite A3. However, when he mentioned this idea to a friend, the friend said that 60103 FLYING SCOTSMAN was due for withdrawal soon and that was the one to go for.
The rest is now history, but it’s interesting to speculate whether SPEARMINT would have become as famous or have such a following if APF had continued with his original plan.
This started out as a colour picture but, unfortunately, the slide deteriorated over the years with large orange spots and blotches all over it. I tried to remove these with Photoshop, but failed miserably. In the end I took the colour out altogether and made it a black and white picture.
However, 63 years later with the magic of A.I., I have enhanced the photo and restored the colour without all spots and splodges. It’s not perfect, but a reasonable record of this historic moment.
Copyright © Ron Fisher 2026.
In may 2018, with 3 friends we managed to get a week off duty in order to undertake a trip to Bulgaria. Purpose of the trip: discover what Bulgaria’s railway scene has to offer. Immediately after getting off the plane we headed to Septemvri for an afternoon on the Rhodopen railway, which connects Septemvri to Dobrinishte. It serves for tourism, but is also an essential means of transportation for the people living in this remote region. We found the section that we visited very charming, and the limited number of trains was compensated by the speed they run at. We saw only 3 trains in total, but were able to shoot them at a variety of different locations.
The pictured train is the second one we saw. It runs uphill towards Dobrinishte and is entering the small station of Tsepina during a brief moment of sunshine.
The full report of the day, with many more pictures, can be read here.
BDZPP 75 005, Tsepina 6.5.2018
Fall is not only the season of the colored leaves, but also that of the short days. On November 25, 2019, a few minutes before sunrise in Gent-Sint-Pieters, I pictured Lineas 186 346. It is finding its way through the southern entrance of Gent's main passenger station.
Kudos to the maintenance crews keeping this complex installation in good working order.
ATLU 186 346 (LNS), Gent-Sint-Pieters 25.11.2019
October 28, 2022 - Right after sunrise, the 2-10-0 #16.27 climbs the grade above Kyustendil on the terminal and scenic section Kyustendil – Gyueshevo of the Line #6 Sofia - Voluyak - Pernik - Gyueshevo. When built, in 1910, this section continued to what was then Turkey, today’s North Macedonia. Today, it does not go any further than Gyueshevo, however the track still seems to remain in place beyond Gyueshevo.
This was a FarRail charter freight photo-train from Kyudenstil to Gyueshevo, that kept me and the other group members busy and happy from 8 am to 4:30 pm.
Photo © JM Frybourg – 221028-0875
A few hours later than previous photo. Fingers frozen, and getting tired. On the way back to the highway we came across a Captrain engine waiting to leave the Alaska section. This would have been a nice one to follow, but me and my friends lights were fading out so it was time to head back to our respective homes.
ASCEN 266 003 (CTB 6603), Antwerpen Bundel Alaska 23-1-2016
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So here she has already run past me and I got this shot from here.
I noticed a person in the cab, which I thought I would know. Later today I learned that this was Georges Trüb going along with the trials.
The camera and politician on the previous spot made me uncomfortable enough to move away quickly. I went to the station of Lorchhausen, mainly because I didn't have immediate inspiration on where to go next, but also because there are shelters for the rain: there was a serious shower coming up. Right before and after the rain, the sun was giving all of its warm self though, and I took the opportunity to shoot some sunny shots from the platform.
DB 185 249, Lorchhausen 26.4.2016
Why wait for another train when the weather turns bad? Well, because every once and a while you just get lucky. Like in Ancy-sur-Moselle on April 17, 2024, at 16:12. One hole in the massive rain clouds lit the tracks at the exact right time.
SNCF 76510, Ancy-sur-Moselle 17.04.2024
Our battery tractor was not strong enough to pull the crocodile and the two cars in. So the 130 tons heavy machine was parked on a different track with electrical power supplied by the wires.
DB Cargo 186 210 (ex 2818) in Alpha trains livrei sleept een set VTG ketelwagons richting Antwerpen.
Dopo anni di lavori, lo scorso 22 dicembre per la prima volta un elettrotreno ha percorso autonomamente i binari della ferrovia della val Venosta.
Lo “Stream” ETR 160 005 di STA ha, infatti, effettuato la sua prima corsa prova sotto il 25 kV CA da Malles a Lasa in quella data: un giorno storico per la ferrovia Merano - Malles!
La foto mostra l’elettrotreno poco oltre la stazione Sluderno, mentre transita sotto Castel Coira.
On a warm summer afternoon, CN's daily Joffre-Taschereau manifest glides through the town of Mont-Saint-Hilaire with a grab bag of power. Consist : CN 8861, IC 2705, CN 4772, CN 4700.
Our Ae 3/6 I on which we are currently working will look similar beautiful in the future.
Please do not ask me when. It seems an endless job :)
A spot I keep returning to is this one close to Kamp-Bornhofen. Is it because of a previous time when I missed this same train hauled by a black class 66 engine? I had taken a group photo using the camera's timer a few moments before, and had forgotten to turn it off. And you only notice it when pressing the shutter button results in beep...beep instead of click.
DB 185 237, Kamp-Bornhofen 26.3.2016
Our yearly family holiday was in the north of Istria, where we could enjoy sun and sea, and visit towns like Poreč and Rovinj. We were also located rather close to Koper, and this led me to spend 1 full day on the Koper ramp between Koper and Črnotiče.
I kicked off the day right after sunrise in Dekani. Here I met fellow holidaymaker Björn, with whom I made photos of the first 3 trains in sunlight leaving the port of Koper that day.
The daily night train from Maribor to Koper, that runs during summer and also carries carriages coming from Budapest, was announced with a delay of approximately 90 minutes. This led to an opportunity in Hrastovlje, at a location where I had not yet made pictures. The hike to the location, which started at the ruin in Zanigrad, was not the easiest. The view was worth it however, and we were treated on a number of freight trains on top of the passenger train.
The report of the full day is published on railscapes.blog.
SZ 363 004 with RG 1605 (Budapest -) Maribor - Koper. Hrastovlje, July 12, 2024.
Er hangt een waterige kilte en de mist hult de einder in nevelen. Vanuit de smoor stoomt de dagelijke goederentrein naar Medemblik. De goederenwagens zijn gevuld met herfstgroenten zoals boerenkool, pastinaak en knolselderij. Een deel van de lading zal via de Zuiderzee verscheept worden. Via het spoor heeft de Duitse ondernemer Johann Carl Weck een lading weckpotten naar Medemblik verzonden. Daar is in de herfstperiode grote vraag naar. Ondanks dat de niet onaanzienlijke goederentram versterkt is met twee rijtuigen heeft de krachtige locomotief 8107 weinig moeite om de tram met een snelheid van 30 kilometer per uur richting eindstation te dirigeren.
Meer beelden rond het thema "stoomtram" zijn te zien in de set stoomtram
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Chemin de fer à la frontière de Villeray, Ahuntsic et Parc Extension. Montréal.
iPhone 4
F/2.8
80 ISO
1/290 sec.
APP Alt Photo (Panatomic-X Film Effect) + Aperture 3
Rail Road. Montréal, Canada.
RENFE 333 ..., Manzanal, 17.09.1990.
Embalse del Esla de Ricobayo nennt sich die Talsperre im Nordwesten Spaniens. Hier wird der Esla, ein Nebenfluss des Duero großflächig aufgestaut. Die Bahnstrecke Madrid - A Coruña im Abschnitt Zamora - Ourense überquert diesen auf einer 1942 gebauten Betonbrücke mit einer Bogenspannweite von 208m (lange Jahre Weltrekord).