Bangor station, Wales, in 1963.

 

The last steam loco to be overhauled at Crewe Works Britannia 70013 (Oliver Cromwell) sadly without nameplates on the turntable at Patricroft, 1966.

 

Piscataway, New Jersey.

 BTC-3 529 (MBB, 1987-88) was delivered to the Kinki Sharyo International LLC facility in Piscataway, New Jersey for rebuilding on its own trucks. Due to complications with the contract, the car is seen on October 2021 being prepared for transfer to Delaware Car Company in Wilmington, DE on rubber tires by Silk Road Specialized, where the work will be completed. This car had been stored out of service for several years before the rebuild contract was issued.

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

Kings Cross, London 1955.

 

The Class E956 "ALFA-X" prototype Shinkansen Set S13.

 

Danish diesel-powered train set consisting of three carriages with a total of 140-177 seats and a maximum permitted speed of 160-180 km h. Made by Scandia.

 

Kings Cross 1988. British Rail Class 55 is a class of diesel locomotive built in 1961 and 1962 by English Electric for British Railways. They were designed for the high-speed express passenger services on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) between Edinburgh and London King's Cross. They gained the name "Deltic" from the prototype locomotive, DP1 Deltic.

 

Erie railroad yard and water tower, Jersey City, 1938

 

BR 5MT 73093 in 1963.

 

Paddington Station, London 1976.

 

Clapham Junction, London.

 

Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority.

 MBTA Commuter Rail train, Greenbush, in Scituate, MA. 2020.

A pair of Conrail SD80MACs mingle with typical Boston Line power, GE C30-7As, at the Selkirk Engine Terminal. CSX units are also present, a foreshadowing of what would come two years later. April 10th, 1998.

 

LMS Derby built Beyer Garrett, 4071.

 

The E7 series Shinkansen, are Japanese high-speed train types operated by East Japan Railway Company since 2014.

 

Upgrading Russian railways in 1956.

In 1956 the Russian Railways decided to use the 50 Hz 25 kW system for further electrification. A first line was built south of Moscow and experimental locomotives were ordered. To use the experience of Western European firms, fifty locomotives were ordered in France in 1959 and twenty locomotives in Germany in 1961. The French locomotives were built by Alsthom in three variants, two for goods trains and one for passenger trains. The German locomotives were built by Krupp together with Siemens. More 50 Hz 25 kW locomotives were built in Russia from 1961 onwards.

The NR class are a class of Australian diesel locomotive built by A Goninan & Co for National Rail between 1996 and 1998. They are currently operated by Pacific National. NR 98 hauling a steel train.

 

Series 377 SR arriving at Brighton.

 

BR HST 254 006 in Lincoln, 1978.

 

No. 5027 F1-A Alco-GE (b 1948) with an A-B-B-A consist pulling a freight train through an s curve at New Albany, Mississippi.1954.

 

Romanian, 91 53 0 477 753-4 RO-SNTFC.

 Romanian passenger international train ”Dacia” 347-2 from Wien / Arad to Bucharest.

New R211s on the North Channel Swing Bridge.

 The first 10-car train of Kawasaki built MTA New York City Transit R211A subway cars (4060-4064/4065-4069) descends from the North Channel Swing Bridge on the IND Rockaway Line at Hamilton Beach in Queens, NY during the afternoon of October 12th, 2021. The train is returning to Pitkin Yard after several hours of testing on the Rockaway Test Track at Broad Channel.

With the introduction of this new model of subway railcar, several tests must be performed before the rest of the huge order is built. One of these tests involves running the new train back and forth on the 2-mile long Rockaway Test Track at the Broad Channel flats testing braking, propulsion and various other mechanical features.

One of the C&NW railroad's 400 fleet locomotives, lined up for coal and water.

 

EF 16 29 on the Joetsu line.

 

Brunel's Iconic Royal Albert Bridge, Plymouth, with British Rail Class 43 (HST) 43097, in 1993.

 

The Bombardier–Alstom HHP-8 (High Horse Power 8000) is a type of twin-cab electric locomotive manufactured by a consortium of Bombardier Transportation and Alstom for Amtrak and MARC. The locomotive's electrical drive technology is directly derived from the SNCF BB 36000 manufactured by Alstom. The HHP-8 locomotive, commonly referred to as a "Hippo" by railfans. This locomotive looks quite similar to the Acela, America's fastest train. This decedent of the Acela was only ever produced for Marc and Amtrak but with all of Amtraks HHPs being retired you can only see them here on Maryland's Commuter.

 

1929 Beyer-Garratt locomotive, built in Gorton works, Manchester, for South African railways. Shipped back, and now in Manchester museum.

 

The Siemens Desiro is a family of diesel or electric multiple unit passenger trains developed by Siemens Mobility, a division of the German Siemens AG conglomerate.

 Cologne, Germany.

 

San Bernardino, California. Engines at the roundhouse lasted until 1995.

 

Class 108 crossing the River Mersey.

 

Chicago, Illinois. Engines lined up at coaling station at an Illinois Central Railroad yard.

 

Orient red 112 101-1.

 The DB Class 101 is a class of three-phase electric locomotives built by Adtranz and operated by DB Fernverkehr in Germany. 145 locomotives were built between 1996 and 1999 to replace the 30-year-old and aging Class 103 as the flagship of the Deutsche Bahn, primarily hauling Intercity services. This class encompasses the latest generation of locomotives of the Deutsche Bahn.

In the United States, the Bombardier ALP-46 is derived from the DB Class 101. The Bombardier Traxx shares a common heritage.

9F 92134. Majestic!

 

The sections of the "Marco Polo" from Udine and Trieste meeting in Mestre travel to Bologna where they will meet in the Bolzano section thus forming a composition of 9 units towards Rome in January 1985.

 

Union Pacific EMD SD9043MAC, No 8037 leads 4 units.

 

The Forth Rail Bridge, Sotland.

 

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London October 1961: British rail A4 Pacific 'Quiksilver' prepares to back on to a Leeds express at Kings Cross.

 

Cook Coal Terminal, Metropolis Illinois, May 2006.

 

The British Rail Derby Lightweight diesel multiple units, were the first such trains to be built en-masse for British Railways. The units were built at BR's Derby Works from 1954 to 1955.

                                                      

         A lightweight trailer car awaiting the power car during preservation.                                              

The ALe 801/940 are a series of EMUs built in the 1970s for the Italian state railway FS, now used by its successor, Trenitalia.

 

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 1480 class "Atlantic" number 1491.