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This is an archive of images that have appeared in the Selected picture section of Portal:Trains in 2015.


Week 1
December 28, 2014 - January 3
NR18 pulling the Indian Pacific
NR18 pulling the Indian Pacific

NR class locomotive no. NR18, in a yellow Indian Pacific livery, leads an eastbound Indian Pacific towards the Toodyay Road level crossing in Stratton, Western Australia, about 25 minutes after its departure from East Perth Terminal

Recently selected: CTA Holiday Train - DRG Class 01 main rods - SQM mine train


Week 2
January 4 - January 11
ÖBB passenger train in 2011
ÖBB passenger train in 2011

An ÖBB 1016 Taurus locomotive, built by Siemens pulls a passenger train between Rankweil and Götzis, Austria, in 2011.

Recently selected: Indian Pacific - CTA Holiday Train - DRG Class 01 main rods


Week 3
January 11 - January 18
Nailsea and Backwell railway station
Nailsea and Backwell railway station

A CrossCountry class 220 "Voyager" DEMU speeds through Nailsea and Backwell railway station on a May evening in 2012.

Recently selected: ÖBB Taurus locomotive - Indian Pacific - CTA Holiday Train


Week 4
January 18 - January 24
DF11G pulling a passenger train
DF11G pulling a passenger train

A Qishuyan DF11G locomotive pulls a passenger train through the suburbs of Guangzhou, China, in 2008

Recently selected: Nailsea and Backwell railway station - ÖBB Taurus locomotive - Indian Pacific


Week 5
January 25 - January 31
Luz Station in 2008
Luz Station in 2008

São Paulo Metro trains use the tracks at Luz Station, stopping at the platforms under the station's grand trainshed.

Recently selected: DF11G locomotive - Nailsea and Backwell railway station - ÖBB Taurus locomotive


Week 6
February 1 - February 7
ČD 371 class
ČD 371 class

A České dráhy (Czech Railways) 371 class electric locomotive leads a EuroCity train in Dresden, Germany, in March 2013.

Recently selected: Luz Station - DF11G locomotive - Nailsea and Backwell railway station


Week 7
February 8 - February 14
Kunming-Lijiang train at Kunming station
Kunming-Lijiang train at Kunming station

Conductors stand ready on the platform beside the Kunming-Lijiang train at Kunming station in 2012. Every passenger car on this service has its own conductor.

Recently selected: České dráhy EuroCity train - Luz Station - DF11G locomotive


Week 8
February 15 - February 21
Trains in České Budějovice
Trains in České Budějovice

Trains pass on the mainline next to the yard in České Budějovice (Budweis), Czech Republic, on railway lines 194 and 196 in December 2010.

Recently selected: Train at Kunming station - České dráhy EuroCity train - Luz Station


Week 9
February 22 - February 28
Signal flag at Damas station
Signal flag at Damas station

An Eritrean Railway worker holds a green flag to indicate a properly aligned switch and a clear track for a train arriving at Damas station, Eritrea, in 2008.

Recently selected: trains at České Budějovice - Train at Kunming station - České dráhy EuroCity train


Week 10
March 1 - March 7
Haapsalu platform
Haapsalu platform

Two DMU trains stand near the Haapsalu, Estonia, railway station platform in 2012. When the station was built in 1906-07, the 216-metre long (708 ft 8 in) Haapsalu platform was the longest in Europe.

Recently selected: Eritrean Railway signalman - trains at České Budějovice - Train at Kunming station


Week 11
March 8 - March 14
Paris Metro line 6
Paris Metro line 6

A train on Paris Métro Line 6 descends a short hill approaching Pasteur station in February 2014.

Recently selected: Haapsalu station platform - Eritrean Railway signalman - trains at České Budějovice


Week 12
March 15 - March 21
Preserved steam locomotive
Preserved steam locomotive

The preserved Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 41 locomotive number 41 241 is readied for an excursion service at Essen Hauptbahnhof in 2007.

Recently selected: Paris Métro Line 6 - Haapsalu station platform - Eritrean Railway signalman


Week 13
March 22 - March 28
OSE passenger train at Piraeus
OSE passenger train at Piraeus

An OSE passenger train makes a station stop at Piraeus, Greece, in September 1990.

Recently selected: DRB 41 241 at Essen - Paris Métro Line 6 - Haapsalu station platform


Week 14
March 29 - April 4
Aftermath of 1976 earthquake in Guatemala
Aftermath of 1976 earthquake in Guatemala

Rails are bent at extreme angles in the aftermath of the 7.5 Mw 1976 earthquake in Guatemala.

Recently selected: OSE passenger train - DRB 41 241 at Essen - Paris Métro Line 6


Week 15
April 5 - April 11
Keleti station trainshed
Keleti station trainshed

Passengers board and debark from trains at Keleti railway station in Budapest, Hungary. The station, built in the 1880s, is named due to its position as the most eastern ('keleti') of the city's rail stations, nearest Transylvania and the Balkans.

Recently selected: bent rails in Guatemala - OSE passenger train - DRB 41 241 at Essen


Week 16
April 12 - April 18
Three WCG2 locomotives
Three WCG2 locomotives

Three WCG2 electric locomotives pull an intercity train through mountainous territory in India in 2008.

Recently selected: Keleti station trainshed - bent rails in Guatemala - OSE passenger train


Week 17
April 19 - April 25
Tugu station, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Tugu station, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Train number CC 2061326 "DIPO INDUK YK" departs Tugu railway station in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, passing the gatekeeper station for the manually protected level crossing in February 2015.

Recently selected: Indian Railways WCG2 locomotives - Keleti station trainshed - bent rails in Guatemala


Week 18
April 26 - May 2
Trains at Trinidad metro station
Trains at Trinidad metro station

Two trains approach Trinidad metro station on the Santiago Metro, Chile, in 2006.

Recently selected: Tugu railway station - Indian Railways WCG2 locomotives - Keleti station trainshed


Week 19
May 3 - May 9
Wreck at Gare Montparnasse
Wreck at Gare Montparnasse

In the aftermath of the Granville-Paris Express wreck at Gare Montparnasse on October 22, 1895, the train's locomotive rests on its smokebox after crashing through the wall of the station onto the street below.

Recently selected: Trinidad metro station - Tugu railway station - Indian Railways WCG2 locomotives


Week 20
May 10 - May 16
Spiker at Prairie du Chien
Spiker at Prairie du Chien

A maintenance of way worker operates a spiker to finish tie replacement work on the BNSF Railway mainline through Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in 2004.

Recently selected: Gare Montparnasse wreck of 1895 - Trinidad metro station - Tugu railway station


Week 21
May 17 - May 23
Portal of Bohinj Tunnel
Portal of Bohinj Tunnel

The portal of the 6,327.4-metre long (3.9 mi) Bohinj Tunnel, near Bohinjska Bistrica, Slovenia, on the Bohinj Railway, had a plaque mounted on it in 2006 to commemorate the centenary of its construction.

Recently selected: spiker - Gare Montparnasse wreck of 1895 - Trinidad metro station


Week 22
May 24 - May 30
JR East Nikko Line
JR East Nikko Line

A JR East 205-600 series 4-car EMU traverses the Nikkō Line in 2013.

Recently selected: Bohinj Tunnel - spiker - Gare Montparnasse wreck of 1895


Week 23
May 31 - June 6
KTZ train near Aynabulak, Kazakhstan
KTZ train near Aynabulak, Kazakhstan

Train 22, the Kyzylorda - Semipalatinsk passenger train, is hauled by a Kazakhstan Temir Zholy 2TE10U diesel locomotive near Aynabulak, Kazakhstan, in 2012.

Recently selected: JR East Nikkō Line - Bohinj Tunnel - spiker


Week 24
June 7 - June 13
An FS Class ALn 772 diesel railcar in Tripoli in the 1950s
An FS Class ALn 772 diesel railcar in Tripoli in the 1950s

A ALn 772 class "Littorina" diesel railcar of the Italian Libya Railways awaits passengers at Tripoli Station in the 1950s.

Recently selected: KTZ passenger train - JR East Nikkō Line - Bohinj Tunnel


Week 25
June 14 - June 20
A Ferrosur train in 2010
A Ferrosur train in 2010

A Ferrosur train crosses a bridge in Veracruz, Mexico, in 2010

Recently selected: Tripoli Station - KTZ passenger train - JR East Nikkō Line


Week 26
June 21 - June 27
An ONCF passenger train in 2010
An ONCF passenger train in 2010

ONCF class DF 115 number 117, formerly SNCF class CC 72000 number 72085 and still carrying the SNCF Fret colors, pulls a passenger train near Taourirt, Morocco, on the way to Nador in 2010.

Recently selected: Ferrosur freight train - Tripoli Station - KTZ passenger train


Week 27
June 28 - July 4
The Eiger Glacier and the Wengernalpbahn, Wengernalp, Switzerland
The Eiger Glacier and the Wengernalpbahn, Wengernalp, Switzerland

A train of the Wengernalpbahn ascends the grade with the Elger Glacier in the background.

Recently selected: ONCF passenger train - Ferrosur freight train - Tripoli Station


Week 28
July 5 - July 11
NSB passenger train in 2014
NSB passenger train in 2014

An NSB class BM 69 DMU operating the Lokaltog Myrdal - Bergen is following the Langavatnet between Vieren and Ørneberget, Norway, in 2014.

Recently selected: Wengernalpbahn - ONCF passenger train - Ferrosur freight train


Week 29
July 12 - July 18
A Stadler GTW in Switzerland in 2011
A Stadler GTW in Switzerland in 2011

A Stadler GTW railcar crosses a bridge between Neuhausen am Rheinfall and Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in 2011.

Recently selected: NSB passenger train - Wengernalpbahn - ONCF passenger train


Week 30
July 19 - July 25
EMU at Stettin station in 2010
EMU at Stettin station in 2010

An electric multiple unit train makes a station stop at Szczecin Główny railway station, Poland, in 2010. The station serves trains of PKP, Przewozy Regionalne and Deutsche Bahn.

Recently selected: Stadler GTW in Switzerland - NSB passenger train - Wengernalpbahn


Week 31
July 26 - August 1
A roundhouse in Atlanta in 1866
A roundhouse in Atlanta in 1866

Several steam locomotives, including one liveried for the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, await their next assignments in the ruins of a small roundhouse in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1866 after the end of the American Civil War.

Recently selected: Szczecin Główny railway station - Stadler GTW in Switzerland - NSB passenger train


Week 32
August 2 - August 8
SBB passenger train at the Walensee
SBB passenger train at the Walensee

An SBB Re 460 electric locomotive carrying an advertisement for Swiss recylcing firm VetroSwiss pulls an InterRegio train to Chur past the Walensee in 2008.

Recently selected: roundhouse ruins in Atlanta - Szczecin Główny railway station - Stadler GTW in Switzerland


Week 33
August 9 - August 15
Preserved PKP steam locomotives
Preserved PKP steam locomotives

Two preserved steam locomotives, a PKP class OKi 1 and a class Oki 2, both of 2-6-0T wheel arrangement, stand at the Museum of Industry and Railway in Lower Silesia in 2013.

Recently selected: SBB InterRegio train - roundhouse ruins in Atlanta - Szczecin Główny railway station


Week 34
August 16 - August 22
Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway

The Duke of Wellington's train is prepared for departure from Liverpool on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway on 15 September 1830, in a painting by an unknown artist.

Recently selected: preserved PKP steam locomotives - SBB InterRegio train - roundhouse ruins in Atlanta


Week 35
August 21 - August 29
Metra at West Chicago
Metra at West Chicago

A westbound Metra train passes under a signal bridge at West Chicago, Illinois, on the Union Pacific / West Line in 2006.

Recently selected: Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway - preserved PKP steam locomotives - SBB InterRegio train


Week 36
August 30 - September 5
RENFE train in 2014
RENFE train in 2014

A regional express RENFE 440 series train crosses the Jalón River near Embid de la Ribera, Zaragoza province, Aragón, Spain, in 2014.

Recently selected: Metra commuter train - Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway - preserved PKP steam locomotives


Week 37
September 6 - September 12
A switchman in Chicago
A switchman in Chicago

Chicago and North Western Railway switchman A.S. Gerdee takes a momentary break to pose for photographer Jack Delano at Proviso Yard in Chicago in 1943.

Recently selected: RENFE regional express - Metra commuter train - Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway


Week 38
September 13 - September 19
Vällingby Subway depot
Vällingby Subway depot

Tracks fan out for access to both sides of the Stockholm metro's Vällingby depot.

Recently selected: switchman - RENFE regional express - Metra commuter train


Week 39
September 20 - September 26
Be 6/8 III 13302 with a special train in 2012
Be 6/8 III 13302 with a special train in 2012

Preserved SBB Be 6/8 III number 13302 pulls a special train between Hüntwangen-Wil and Zweidlen, Switzerland, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Weiacher Kies AG in 2012.

Recently selected: Vällingby subway depot - switchman - RENFE regional express


Week 40
September 27 - October 3
Taichung Station
Taichung Station

A passenger train makes a stop at Taichung Station in Taiwan sometime in the 1910s. The station opened in 1905.

Recently selected: Crocodile locomotive - Vällingby subway depot - switchman


Week 41
October 4 - October 10
Unloading a new locomotive from shipment
Unloading a new locomotive from shipment

A newly-constructed East African Railways 60 class Garratt locomotive is being unloaded at Mombasa, Kenya, circa 1953. The locomotive is seen here fitted with numberplate 5608, but it was renumbered 6002 at about the time it entered service.

Recently selected: Taichung Station - Crocodile locomotive - Vällingby subway depot


Week 42
October 11 - October 17
Ukrainian railway crane
Ukrainian railway crane

A Ukrainian Railways crane, number DGKu 3461, awaits its next assignment at Vinnytsia railway station in September 2014.

Recently selected: EAR 60 class - Taichung Station - Crocodile locomotive


Week 43
October 18 - October 24
A pair of GM class locomotives lead a train in Australia
A pair of GM class locomotives lead a train in Australia

A pair of GM class locomotives lead a freight Genesee & Wyoming Australia train in the Clare Valley, South Australia, in 2008.

Recently selected: Ukrainian Railways crane - EAR 60 class - Taichung Station


Week 44
October 25 - October 31
Thermite welding of rail joints in Germany
Thermite welding of rail joints in Germany

Railway workers finish two rail joints during the reconstruction of Neunkirchen station in Austria in Summer 2014. While a thermite pot burns on the right to weld two rails together, the profile of another nearby weld is being ground manually.

Recently selected: GM class locomotives - Ukrainian Railways crane - EAR 60 class


Week 45
November 1 - November 7
Nottingham Station in 2009
Nottingham Station in 2009

Northern Rail diesel multiple unit number 158842 departs Nottingham station headed for Leeds in 2009.

Recently selected: track welding workers - GM class locomotives - Ukrainian Railways crane


Week 46
November 8 - November 14
Grain unloading at Churchill Seaport
Grain unloading at Churchill Seaport

Grain cars, mostly boxcars in grain service in this photo, are unloaded into the transshipment facility at Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, in 1996. Churchill is the northern terminus of the Hudson Bay Railway and it is Canada's principal seaport on the Arctic Ocean.

Recently selected: Nottingham station - track welding workers - GM class locomotives


Week 47
November 15 - November 21
Selly Oak station
Selly Oak station

A CrossCountry class 220 "Voyager" DEMU heads south through Selly Oak railway station in Birmingham, England, passing a northbound CrossCountry HST set, in 2012.

Recently selected: grain trains at Churchill - Nottingham station - track welding workers


Week 48
November 22 - November 28
"Ćiro" near Višegrad
"Ćiro" near Višegrad

The heritage train "Ćiro" crosses the Beli Rzav river near Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 2012.

Recently selected: Selly Oak station - grain trains at Churchill - Nottingham station


Week 49
November 29 - December 5
Landeck-Zams station
Landeck-Zams station

Several types of ÖBB passenger trains await their next assignment in the yard at Landeck-Zams railway station, Austria, in February 2013.

Recently selected: heritage train in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Selly Oak station - grain trains at Churchill


Week 50
December 6 - December 12
China Railways freight trains
China Railways freight trains

Two China Railway freight trains meet on the Longhai Railway near Yuanlong, between Tianshui and Baoji, China, in August 2015. Both trains are hauled by HXD1 locomotives

Recently selected: Landeck-Zams station - heritage train in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Selly Oak station


Week 51
December 12 - December 19
Medellín Metro train passes disused Antioquia Railway trains
Medellín Metro train passes disused Antioquia Railway trains

A Medellín Metro train passes a storage track for disused Antioquia Railway trains at Bello, Antioquia, Colombia, in October 2007.

Recently selected: Longhai Railway - Landeck-Zams station - heritage train in Bosnia and Herzegovina


Week 52
December 17 - December 26
New track in Motol
New track in Motol

Newly installed track sweeps around multiple S-curves in Motol, Czech Republic on September 16, 2010, one day before the Vozovna Motol – Sídliště Řepy, Prague, tram line is reopened.

Recently selected: Medellín Metro - Longhai Railway - Landeck-Zams station


Week 53
December 27 - January 2, 2016
Holbæk shops
Holbæk shops

Vestsjællands Lokalbaner Lynette and Lint DMUs undergo service in the workshop in Holbæk, Denmark, in 2008.

Recently selected: S-curved track - Medellín Metro - Longhai Railway