Portal:Trains/Selected picture/2014 archive
This is an archive of images that have appeared in the Selected picture section of Portal:Trains in 2013.
- Week 1
- December 29, 2013 - January 4
Several passenger trains of many different types, including an ICE train, are either traversing or are stored on the complex track layout at Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof in 2007.
Recently selected: Christmas Parcels train at Didcot - Trams in Vienna - Australian Railroad Group
- Week 2
- January 5 - January 11
A lone Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia steam locomotive is seen just beyond the turntable through the open doors of the roundhouse at Baquedano, Chile, in 2012.
Recently selected: Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof - Christmas Parcels train at Didcot - Trams in Vienna
- Week 3
- January 12 - January 18
A Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine train, led by a class 441 electric locomotive, pulls a freight train on the line from Doboj to Maglaj, at Jabucic Polje in 2009.
Recently selected: Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia - Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof - Christmas Parcels train at Didcot
- Week 4
- January 19 - January 25
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A freight train led by two locomotives of América Latina Logística crosses the Tietê River bridge in Salto, São Paulo, Brazil, with the Companhia Ytuana de Estradas de Ferro's Trem Republicano heritage railway tracks just visible in the foreground.
Recently selected: ŽFBH freight train - Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia - Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof
- Week 5
- January 26 - February 1
A Union Pacific Railroad freight train led by two EMD SD9043AC locomotives crosses the Joso Bridge spanning the Snake River near Starbuck, Washington, USA, in 2011.
Recently selected: América Latina Logística - ŽFBH freight train - Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia
- Week 6
- February 2 - February 8
A train of the Petit train de la Rhune travels the line between the Col de Saint-Ignace and the summit of the La Rhune mountain in France in 2007. This railway is one of only four in the world that still uses three-phase AC railway electrification.
Recently selected: Union Pacific Railroad - América Latina Logística - ŽFBH freight train
- Week 7
- February 9 - February 15
A pair of Camrail locomotives perform shunting maneuvers at Gare de Bessengué in Douala, Cameroon, in 2013.
Recently selected: Petit train de la Rhune - Union Pacific Railroad - América Latina Logística
- Week 8
- February 16 - February 22
A new Škoda 15 T tram pauses in the Radlická tram loop on the first day of regular operation with passengers for this type of tram in Prague, Czech Republic, in October 2010.
Recently selected: Gare de Bessengué - Petit train de la Rhune - Union Pacific Railroad
- Week 9
- February 23 - March 1
A short passenger train on the Main Line in Sri Lanka arrives at Pattipola station, the station at the highest elevation in the country, in 2013.
Recently selected: Škoda 15 T in Prague - Gare de Bessengué - Petit train de la Rhune
- Week 10
- March 2 - March 8
Via Rail's Canadian is led by newly rebuilt F40PH #6434 near Jasper, Alberta, in 2011.
Recently selected: Pattipola station - Škoda 15 T in Prague - Gare de Bessengué
- Week 11
- March 9 - March 15
A Dalian Locomotive Works DF4B diesel locomotive pulls a passenger train on the Guangmao Railway in China through Guangzhou's suburbs in 2007.
Recently selected: Via Rail's Canadian - Pattipola station - Škoda 15 T in Prague
- Week 12
- March 16 - March 22
A panorama of the track and platforms at the main railway station in Medellín, Colombia, shows a steam locomotive in September 2012.
Recently selected: Guangmao Railway - Via Rail's Canadian - Pattipola station
- Week 13
- March 23 - March 29
An ex-South African Railways 33-200 class diesel-electric locomotive, now owned by Sheltam, leads a freight train near Kamina in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for Congo Railway in 2010.
Recently selected: Estación del Ferrocarril Medellín - Guangmao Railway - Via Rail's Canadian
- Week 14
- March 30 - April 5
A Sentinel Waggon Works 0-6-0 diesel shunter Derwent moves cars at Lafarge Hope Cement Works in 2008. These locomotives, introduced in 1963, were powered by Rolls-Royce diesel engines.
Recently selected: Congo Railway - Estación del Ferrocarril Medellín - Guangmao Railway
- Week 15
- April 6 - April 12
A replacement worker during World War I holds a flag out of a signal box in the United Kingdom to signal shunters in the area.
Recently selected: Sentinel 0-6-0 shunter - Congo Railway - Estación del Ferrocarril Medellín
- Week 16
- April 13 - April 19
Trams of several vintages cross a busy intersection of tram track and roadways in Prague, Czech Republic, in 2012.
Recently selected: Signal box worker - Sentinel 0-6-0 shunter - Congo Railway
- Week 17
- April 20 - April 26
DSB Class MZ number 1410, on a train consisting of Ym railcars and a Ys driving trailer, waits at Hjørring station, in Denmark, with a Y-train of Hjørring Privatbaner across the platform in 1975.
Recently selected: Trams in Prague - Signal box worker - Sentinel 0-6-0 shunter
- Week 18
- April 27 - May 3
Israel Railways locomotive no. 162 (an EMD G16) makes its way south from Haifa with an empty freight train in 2007. This is an ex-Egyptian National Railways locomotive captured during the Six-Day War in the Sinai Peninsula.
Recently selected: Hjørring station - Trams in Prague - Signal box worker
- Week 19
- May 4 - May 10
An Ishiyamadera-bound train approaches Hamaōtsu Station on the Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line in Japan in 2007.
Recently selected: Israel Railways freight train - Hjørring station - Trams in Prague
- Week 20
- May 11 - May 17
A TGM23 diesel locomotive is used for switching the sidings at the Port of Liepāja, Latvia, in 2010.
Recently selected: Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line - Israel Railways freight train - Hjørring station
- Week 21
- May 18 - May 24
A passenger train poses for a photograph at Tripoli railway station in the 1920s. Some freight cars are being shunted by a locomotive on the adjacent tracks.
Recently selected: Switching in Latvia - Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line - Israel Railways freight train
- Week 22
- May 25 - May 31
Wounded British soldiers in World War I are transferred from a motor ambulance to a Red Cross train in this 1918 painting by Harold Septimus Power titled A Red Cross Train.
Recently selected: Tripoli railway station - Switching in Latvia - Keihan Ishiyama Sakamoto Line
- Week 23
- June 1 - June 7
The Venice-Simplon Orient Express, hauled by an ÖBB Rh 1116 "Taurus" class locomotive passes Nendeln, Liechtenstein, in 2010.
Recently selected: A Red Cross Train - Tripoli railway station - Switching in Latvia
- Week 24
- June 8 - June 14
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Passengers board and alight from several passenger trains at Vilnius railway station, Lithuania, in 2013.
Recently selected: VSOE in Liechtenstein - A Red Cross Train - Tripoli railway station
- Week 25
- June 15 - June 21
Frecciabianca train 9781 passes San Paolo Solbrito, Italy, in April 2014.
Recently selected: Vilnius railway station - VSOE in Liechtenstein - A Red Cross Train
- Week 26
- June 22 - June 28
A westbound Conrail freight train exits the Gallitzin Tunnel in 1993. The Allegheny Tunnel, the first bore dug through the mountain at this location, is seen to the right.
Recently selected: Frecciabianca - Vilnius railway station - VSOE in Liechtenstein
- Week 27
- June 29 - July 5
A car of the Penang Hill Railway in Malaysia traverses the upper portion of the viaduct in 2006. In 2010 and 2011 this 2,220-metre long (1.38 mi) line was upgraded with new rolling stock and track connections between the upper and lower segments to allow non-stop service between its endpoints.
Recently selected: Gallitzin Tunnel - Frecciabianca - Vilnius railway station
- Week 28
- July 6 - July 12
An 1877 painting by Casimiro Castro, part of the Album del Ferrocarril Mexicano, Coleccion de Vistas Pintadas del Naturel (Mexican Railroad Album), shows a train crossing the San Lucas Bridge as it approaches Huamantla, Mexico.
Recently selected: Penang Hill Railway - Gallitzin Tunnel - Frecciabianca
- Week 29
- July 13 - July 19
An ONCF DH 370 (EMD GT26CW-2) pulls the daytime train from Casablanca to Oujda, between Et-Touabaâ and Matmata. An electric locomotive brought the train to Fes, where it was swapped for the DH 370. The lake in the background is the Barrage ("dam") Idriss 1er.
Recently selected: Mexican Railroad Album excerpt - Penang Hill Railway - Gallitzin Tunnel
- Week 30
- July 20 - July 26
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A three-car urban electric railway tram train carries a full load of passengers in Maputo (in present day Mozambique) circa 1920.
Recently selected: ONCF passenger train - Mexican Railroad Album excerpt - Penang Hill Railway
- Week 31
- July 27 - August 2
A Jung 0-6-2T locomotive and crew pause for a photograph during the construction of the Otavi Railway circa 1905 in German South-West Africa (present day Namibia).
Recently selected: Trams in Maputo - ONCF passenger train - Mexican Railroad Album excerpt
- Week 32
- August 3 - August 9
Preserved Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 01.10 locomotive number 01 1075 pulls a train at the Stoom Stichting Nederland railway museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in 2007.
Recently selected: South West African Jung - Trams in Maputo - ONCF passenger train
- Week 33
- August 10 - August 16
Railway construction workers install new track as part of a new wye at Newmarket Railway Station in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2009.
Recently selected: DRB Class 01.10 - South West African Jung - Trams in Maputo
- Week 34
- August 17 - August 23
A diesel shunter of the Norwegian State Railways pulls a string of passenger cars over the Skansen Bridge in 2000.
Recently selected: Newmarket Railway Station track construction - DRB Class 01.10 - South West African Jung
- Week 35
- August 24 - August 30
A steam locomotive pulls a mixed train through a junction at Malakwal, Pakistan, in 2007.
Recently selected: Skansen Bridge - Newmarket Railway Station track construction - DRB Class 01.10
- Week 36
- August 31 - September 6
Ferrocarril Central Andino locomotives 1008 and 1009, two GE C30-7s, pull a train across a steel bridge between Rio Blanco and San Mateo (near Lima), Peru, in 2013.
Recently selected: mixed train at Malakwal - Skansen Bridge - Newmarket Railway Station track construction
- Week 37
- September 7 - September 13
Two Crossrail BR 185 (Bombardier "TRAXX") locomotives pull a freight train across the Luogelkin viaduct, which is part of the southern Lötschberg ramp (Goppenstein-Brig), Switzerland. The train is coming from Germany and is on its way to Italy via the Basel-Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon route in 2012.
Recently selected: FCCA in Peru - mixed train at Malakwal - Skansen Bridge
- Week 38
- September 14 - September 20
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A Comboios de Portugal regional train approaches Castelo Branco Junction in May 2014.
Recently selected: Lötschberg railway line - FCCA in Peru - mixed train at Malakwal
- Week 39
- September 21 - September 27
Trams operate on various lines in front of Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof, Germany, circa 1910. The station was severely damaged in World War II and finally closed for traffic in 1952.
Recently selected: Comboios de Portugal - Lötschberg railway line - FCCA in Peru
- Week 40
- September 28 - October 4
An Electroputere diesel locomotive leads a Hellenic Railways passenger train at Craiova railway station, Romania, in December 2013.
Recently selected: Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof - Comboios de Portugal - Lötschberg railway line
- Week 41
- October 5 - October 11
Southeastern units 375808, 465043 and 465008 are ready for departure at London Charing Cross railway station in 2009.
Recently selected: Hellenic Railways - Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof - Comboios de Portugal
- Week 42
- October 12 - October 18
A Serbian Railways series 412 electric multiple unit passenger train traverses bridges of the Belgrade railway junction network in 2009.
Recently selected: Charing Cross station - Hellenic Railways - Berlin Anhalter Bahnhof
- Week 43
- October 19 - October 25
A railroad worker performs light maintenance tasks on a preserved steam locomotive of the Křivoklát express heritage train in Slovakia in 2010.
Recently selected: Belgrade railway junction - Charing Cross station - Hellenic Railways
- Week 44
- October 26 - November 1
The railway station and yard at Tarragona, Spain, are situated between the port and beach and the town as can be seen in this view from 2009.
Recently selected: Křivoklát express - Belgrade railway junction - Charing Cross station
- Week 45
- November 2 - November 8
A local Rhaetian Railway train to Tirano, hauled by an ABw 8/12 "Allegra" EMU, pushes a plow (Xk 9144) to clear the snow that has accumulated between the rails near Ospizio Bernina, Switzerland, in January 2014.
Recently selected: Tarragona yard and station - Křivoklát express - Belgrade railway junction
- Week 46
- November 9 - November 15
Passengers board and debark from trains at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station of the Taipei Metro in May 2014.
Recently selected: Rhaetian Railway snowplow - Tarragona yard and station - Křivoklát express
- Week 47
- November 16 - November 22
East African Railways 59 class 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt number 5907 Mount Kinangop pauses to refill its tank at the water crane at Kibwezi station in Kenya.
Recently selected: Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station - Rhaetian Railway snowplow - Tarragona yard and station
- Week 48
- November 23 - November 29
Three Ukrainian Railways EMUs await their next assignment at Taganrog station in January 2013.
Recently selected: East African Railways 59 class - Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station - Rhaetian Railway snowplow
- Week 49
- November 30 - December 6
UPY 2733, an NRE 3GS21B locomotive, leads a Union Pacific Railroad train on Olive St. in Anaheim, California, United States, in 2007.
Recently selected: Ukrainian Railways EMUs - East African Railways 59 class - Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station
- Week 50
- December 7 - December 13
A pair of SQM "Boxcabs", numbers 603 and 607, haul empty nitrate hoppers from Tocopilla to Barriles, Chile, in July 2013.
Recently selected: Union Pacific freight train - Ukrainian Railways EMUs - East African Railways 59 class
- Week 51
- December 14 - December 20
A closeup photo shows the main rods of preserved DRG Class 01 locomotive BR 01 066 at the Bavarian Railway Museum, Germany, in 2007.
Recently selected: SQM mine train - Union Pacific freight train - Ukrainian Railways EMUs
- Week 52
- December 21 - December 27
The CTA Holiday Train rounds a corner on the Chicago 'L' at Wabash and Harrison Streets in November 2013. The flatcar carrying Santa and his sleigh is visible to the right.
Recently selected: DRG Class 01 main rods - SQM mine train - Union Pacific freight train
- Week 53
- December 28 - January 3, 2015
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