UK : New Photos Added
07/06/17 10:14 |
United Kingdom | 2017Forty new pictures have been added to the UK photo galleries, mostly covering visits to the Peak District, Midland Main Line and North Lincolnshire over the last couple of years. These include plenty of freights hauled by Class 66s in a variety of liveries but also quite a few Class 60s and a handful of older classes. For the DMU fans (are there any?) there are a few shots of Classes 150, 158, 185 and 222 as well.
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30/05/17 09:05 |
Germany | 2017Photo galleries updated with 38 new pictures from my April/May trip to Baden Württemberg to photograph electrics on the Gäubahn and Filstalbahn and diesels on the Südbahn.
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23/05/17 15:38 |
Germany | 2017A two week trip to southern Germany in late April and early May 2017. There was a new class to photograph on a line I knew well, a busy scenic line that had been explored by train and on Google Earth but not yet photographed and a last chance to visit a busy diesel worked route before the classic locos are replaced by bland new traction. As the title suggests it wasn’t as easy a trip as it should have been.
go to Bad Weather in Baden Württemberg reportGermany : Bremen and Regensburg Photos
16/03/17 22:06 |
Germany | 2017The final batch of photos from my February trip to Germany, taken at Bremen Hbf, have been added to the photo galleries. There are also a few new pictures from the Regensburg - Landshut line taken last year.
go to 126 Bremen Area photo gallerygo to 930 Landshut - Regensburg photo galleryGermany : New Harz N.G. Photos
11/03/17 13:25 |
Germany | 2017Photos from my recent trip to the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen, a metre gauge and largely steam worked system in the Harz Mountains of northern Germany, have been added to the German photo galleries.
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Germany : New Hannover Photos
10/03/17 23:12 |
Germany | 2017The first batch of photos from my February 2017 visit to Germany are now online. These cover a very busy day at Dedensen-Gümmer, a few km west of Hannover and a freight hotspot with lots of variety.
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08/03/17 15:38 |
Germany | 2017The Harzer Schmalspurbahnen operates a 140km network of metre gauge lines in western Sachsen-Anhalt and uses steam locos on many of its trains. The line retains the feel of a working steam railway and runs through attractive scenery with steep banks that make the locos work for their living. I was there for a week in February 2017 and spent some time photographing electrics on freight around Hannover and Bremen at the beginning and end of the trip.
go to Hannover and the Harz reportChina : New Trip Report
The steam age is rapidly coming to an end in China but, even at the end of 2016, there was just enough activity to justify another visit. This report covers a three week trip in November and early December to see the SY Class 2-8-2s on the mining railways at Pingzhuang and Wujiu and the JS Class 2-8-2s in the opencast mine at Sandaoling. Observations of diesel and electric locos on the national system and industrial lines are included as well.
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20/09/16 15:14 |
United Kingdom | 2016An additional 44 pictures added to the UK photo galleries covering the line through the Thames Valley between Reading and Didcot. Most pictures are from 2014, before electrification work had ruined any good locations, but there are a handful from last century as well. It's very different now with poles and wires making any attempt at photography pointless.
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04/09/16 17:21 |
Switzerland | 2016The second and final batch of pictures from my August trip to the Gotthard have been added to the photo galleries. These feature many of the classic Re4/4ii and Re6/6 locos as well as a few more modern engines and EMUs. As well as the Gotthard itself there are also a few shots taken around Zürich HB.
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30/08/16 22:04 |
United Kingdom | 2016Just added a few photos from the Berks and Hants line, taken during 2016. The eastern section of the line, from Reading to Newbury, is currently being electrified, undoubtedly ruining all of the locations shown here. The line carries a mixture of long distance and local passenger trains as well as Britain's heaviest freights, stone trains grossing up to 4800 tonnes.
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