Tuesday, September 20, 2022

The newly CAF built class 197 on test. These new units will be used to replace Class 158 and Class 175 trains on various regional and regional express routes that form part of the Wales & Borders rail franchise, such as the Cambrian lines. They are also expected to replace Class 150 and 153 units on the Conwy Valley line, and to allow extension of services between Liverpool Lime Street to Chester into both north and south Wales.


 

Buffalo and Pittsburgh engine No 3107 pulling wagons loaded with wind turbines.


 

From left to right: limited express "Soya" with Hamanasu formation, limited express "Suzuran No.2" with 785 series, limited express "Lilac No.2" with forwarding indication, limited express "Furano Lavender Express" with lavender formation, limited express entering Sapporo Station is "Lilac No. 4".


 

West Coast mainline Avanti Pendolino.


 

Great Eastern Railway's line into Fenchurch Street, London, in 1922.


 

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

SLG SPITZKE LOGISTIK GmbH, uses the “Smartron” electric locomotive for a variety of logistical tasks on railway construction sites and for all kinds of rail transportation in domestic German freight traffic.




 

'Doctor Yellow', Japanese high-speed track and wire test train.


 

87002 "Royal Sovereign" guns it down the WCML fast line, with a set of matching Intercity Mk3s coaches.


 

London Underground 1938 Stock.


 

Gardermobanen is a high-speed line running from Oslo via Gardermoen Airport to Eidsvoll . Flytoget , a high-speed rail train , is the main connection from central Oslo to the airport. The track is two-track and 64 kilometers long. Due to major water damage, the track was put into use only a year after the opening of Gardermoen Airport on October 22, 1999. The track is also used by local and freight traffic. There are five stations on the track.


 

Union Pacific Maintenance of Way (MOW) locomotive - UP958200.