Locomotives International

Owners and operators of railway locomotives have long indulged in cannibalisation, often in pursuit of a deliberate policy, often out of sheer necessity. In the first instance, take for example the famous British Stanier Class 5 4-6-0, of which over

News of the unexpected closure of the Jindrichohradecke Mistni Drahy (JHMD) 76cm gauge line brought back to mind an enjoyable two-day visit in Summer 2010. At the time it was the larger of the two surviving public narrow gauge railways in the Czech R

This article, which is split into two parts, deals with the 859km long 1m gauge railway from Haiphong in Vietnam, formerly part of Indochina, to Yunnan-fou, now named Kunming, in China. It starts with the opening of the first section, Haiphong - Hano

The standard gauge Buckower Kleinbahn is located about 50km east of Berlin in Germany. There is a regular service from Berlin Lichtenberg to Muncheberg (Mark), where a subway connects the main line platforms with the preserved railway. The railway is

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Following our report on the Tacna-Arica line in the last issue, news is now to hand that the line restarted operations just before Christmas 2022, but with just one return trip from Tacna, and since that is early in the morning, with departure from T

In October I joined the Ffestiniog travel tour to Jordan. In Amman, our train had to be diesel hauled due to track issues, the GE A1A-A1 As have a lighter axle load than the steam locos, but they steamed Nippon Sharyo pacific no 81 for us in the stat

After an absence of 17 years the Glenbrook Vintage Railway and Steam Incorporated on Saturday 15th October 2022 ran four excursions around the Auckland suburban area. Passengers could board the train at either Otahuhu or The Strand stations. The Stra

Very quietly and without any fuss the early morning steam hauled school train on the Radeburg-Radebeul narrow gauge line ended with the timetable change on 10/11 December 2022. The end of an era, but remarkable that it survived until the end of 2022,

This article is not intended to be a definitive guide to Mongolia or Mongolian Railways, but I hope you will get a sense of this amazing country and its rail operations. After being stuck at home for the best part of two years due to the Coronavirus

On Sunday 16th October 2022 the Glenbrook Vintage Railway (GVR) celebrated the centenary of the opening of the Waiuku Branch line. The Waiuku Branch line officially opened on the 5th January 1922 and the inaugural train was hauled by two Ww class loc

I recently visited Latvia in search of narrow gauge steam. There are two remaining lines which have regular steam hauled passenger trains in the summer months. One is the 600mm gauge “Mazbanitis” line at Ventspils on the west coast which runs in the

During a cruise that took in the Canary Islands and which docked at Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, the unusual sight of a Spanish broad gauge (5' 6”) locomotive was seen near the cruise ship terminal! The loco in question was ex-RENFE “Cuco” (cuckoo) shun

Bob Walters writes: I was interested to see John Cowburn and Andrew Smith's account of this railtour, as I had previously (and since) been on several trips on the Gniezno section, but only as far as Anastazewo. I can vouch for the atmosphere and inte