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This is an archive of images that have appeared in the Selected picture section of Portal:Trains in 2009.


Week 1
January 1 - January 3
German inspectors
German inspectors

A German soldier and a railwayman inspect an SNCF passenger train in 1942.

Recently selected: Israel Railways locomotives - Østbanen DMUs at Rødvig - Eritrean Railway


Week 2
January 4 - January 10
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One of the first ten TCDD high-speed train sets purchased from CAF of Spain. The first high-speed rail line in Turkey, connecting Eskişehir and Ankara, will use trains of this type to allow speeds of up to 250 km/h (160 mph).

Recently selected: German inspection of SNCF train - Israel Railways locomotives - Østbanen DMUs at Rødvig


Week 3
January 11 - January 17
Train loaded with karri logs in Deanmill, Western Australia
Train loaded with karri logs in Deanmill, Western Australia

A train loaded with karri logs in Deanmill, Western Australia, in the 1920s. Each log is loaded on a pair of disconnect log cars that consist merely of a bogie, couplers and a swiveling frame; the logs themselves form part of the car much like a schnabel car.

Recently selected: TCDD high-speed train - German inspection of SNCF train - Israel Railways locomotives


Week 4
January 18 - January 24
EMUs in Attersee
EMUs in Attersee

Electric multiple units of the Vöcklamarkt–Attersee line in Attersee, Austria, on January 5, 2008.

Recently selected: Australian logging train - TCDD high-speed train - German inspection of SNCF train


Week 5
January 25 - January 31
GWR Dragon at Taunton 1892
GWR Dragon at Taunton 1892

GWR Rover Class Dragon at Taunton working the last broad gauge train from London to Penzance, 20 May 1892.

Recently selected: EMUs of the Vöcklamarkt–Attersee line - Australian logging train - TCDD high-speed train


Week 6
February 1 - February 7
Schneeberg station and church
Schneeberg station and church

The Schneeberg summit station of the Schneebergbahn and Empress Elisabeth memorial church in Austria, September 2005. In the station, a steam train and a Salamander diesel locomotive traction unit with a rake of conventional carriages can be seen.

Recently selected: GWR Dragon at Taunton - EMUs of the Vöcklamarkt–Attersee line - Australian logging train


Week 7
February 8 - February 14
Masarykovo nádraží station
Masarykovo nádraží station

The track side of Masarykovo nádraží station (also known as Masaryk railway station) in Prague, Czech Republic, as seen in November 2008. Designed by Antonín Jüngling and opened in 1845, it is the oldest station in Prague.

Recently selected: Schneebergbahn summit station - GWR Dragon at Taunton - EMUs of the Vöcklamarkt–Attersee line


Week 8
February 15 - February 21
Canadian passenger train
Canadian passenger train

A passenger train operated by Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) heading eastbound toward Calgary circa 1973. On April 1, 1978, Canadian National Railway's (CN) passenger subsidiary Via Rail became a separate Crown corporation, taking with it possession of former CN passenger cars and locomotives. Following several months of negotiation, on October 29, 1978, Via took over operation of CP passenger train services, along with similar possession of cars and locomotives.

Recently selected: Masarykovo nádraží station - Schneebergbahn summit station - GWR Dragon at Taunton


Week 9
February 22 - February 28
Vivat Viaduct 2007 in D-33184 Altenbeken, Germany
Vivat Viaduct 2007 in D-33184 Altenbeken, Germany

The original Football World Championship Train from 1954 at Altenbeken railway station, Germany, for the 2007 Vivat Viadukt celebrations. On the first weekend in July of odd-numbered years, Altenbeken celebrates its railway heritage with this festival of transportation.

Recently selected: Canadian Pacific passenger train - Masarykovo nádraží station - Schneebergbahn summit station


Week 10
March 1 - March 7
Approach tracks to Washington Union Station
Approach tracks to Washington Union Station

The tracks leading to Union Station in Washington, D.C., as seen from the station building between 1909 and 1932. Union Station opened on October 27, 1908; the first train to serve the station was a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad passenger train arriving from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During World War II, as many as 200,000 people passed through the station in a single day.

Recently selected: Vivat Viadukt celebrations - Canadian Pacific passenger train - Masarykovo nádraží station


Week 11
March 8 - March 14
Eastleigh rail yard 1984
Eastleigh rail yard 1984

The freight marshalling yard at Eastleigh, England, in 1984 as seen from Eastleigh railway station. The yard is adjacent to the former Eastleigh Works, a steam locomotive and rolling stock construction and repair facility which was first opened by the London and South Western Railway in 1891.

Recently selected: Washington Union Station tracks - Vivat Viadukt celebrations - Canadian Pacific passenger train


Week 12
March 15 - March 21
Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft carried on a flatcar
Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft carried on a flatcar

The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft was transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on October 8, 2007.

Recently selected: Eastleigh freight yard - Washington Union Station tracks - Vivat Viadukt celebrations


Week 13
March 22 - March 28
Officials outside the car where the Armistice was signed
Officials outside the car where the Armistice was signed

Military leaders gathered in the forest of Compiègne, France, on November 11, 1918, after reaching an agreement for the armistice that ended World War I. This passenger car was given to Ferdinand Foch (second from right) for military use by the manufacturer, Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits.

Recently selected: Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft on a flatcar - Eastleigh freight yard - Washington Union Station tracks


Week 14
March 29 - April 4
No. 10 taking on water
No. 10 taking on water

Shay locomotive number 10 of the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad, a tourist railroad near Yosemite National Park in California, takes on water for he day's operations in 2008.

Recently selected: Armistice passenger car - Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft on a flatcar - Eastleigh freight yard


Week 15
April 5 - April 11
Locomotives of Deutsche Reichsbahn
Locomotives of Deutsche Reichsbahn

Three electric locomotives (two stationary and one in operation) of Deutsche Reichsbahn at Dresden, East Germany, in 1981. Both the Reichsbahn and Deutsche Bundesbahn continued as separate entities until 1994 (four years after German reunification), when they merged to form Deutsche Bahn.

Recently selected: Shay locomotive - Armistice passenger car - Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft on a flatcar


Week 16
April 12 - April 18
Steam locomotive near Petra
Steam locomotive near Petra

A narrow gauge steam locomotive and train of the Transjordanian Railways at el-Ma'an near Petra, Jordan, before 1920.

Recently selected: Deutsche Reichsbahn locomotives - Shay locomotive - Armistice passenger car


Week 17
April 19 - April 25
Passengers at Beijing West Railway Station in January 2009
Passengers at Beijing West Railway Station in January 2009

Passengers moving around under the arrival and departure board in a busy concourse of Beijing West Railway Station during the Chunyun period in January 2009. Opened in 1996, Beijing West is the largest station in Asia.

Recently selected: Transjordanian Railways train - Deutsche Reichsbahn locomotives - Shay locomotive


Week 18
April 26 - May 2
Interior of Getafe Central station
Interior of Getafe Central station

A Madrid Metro Line 12 train meets a Cercanías Madrid C-4 line train on separate levels at Getafe Central station in January 2004.

Recently selected: Beijing West station during Chunyun - Transjordanian Railways train - Deutsche Reichsbahn locomotives


Week 19
May 3 - May 9
A German conductor
A German conductor

A German conductor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft in 1928.

Recently selected: Getafe Central station, Madrid - Beijing West station during Chunyun - Transjordanian Railways train


Week 20
May 10 - May 16
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A Japanese National Railways freight train powered by a steam locomotive makes a stop at Okoppe station on the Nayori main line in March 1973.

Recently selected: DRG conductor - Getafe Central station, Madrid - Beijing West station during Chunyun


Week 21
May 17 - May 23
Proviso Yard, 1944
Proviso Yard, 1944

A long exposure of the departure yard of Chicago and North Western Railway's Proviso Yard in Chicago, 1944. The white, squiggly line is a lit brakeman's lantern carried by a railroad employee.

Recently selected: Steam powered freight at Okoppe station - DRG conductor - Getafe Central station, Madrid


Week 22
May 24 - May 30
RhB freight train
RhB freight train

An RhB freight train carrying cement and wood rounds a curve soon after departing Ilanz bound for Chur, Switzerland, in September 2008. The train, powered by a Ge 6/6 II, counts 27 cars, a long train for such a winding narrow gauge line.

Recently selected: Proviso Yard at night - Steam powered freight at Okoppe station - DRG conductor


Week 23
May 31 - June 6
The canopy on platform 2 of Kettering railway station
The canopy on platform 2 of Kettering railway station

The canopy on platform 2 of Kettering railway station in England as seen in 2004. The station was opened in May 1857 by the Midland Railway; it was designed by C. H. Driver, with particularly fine "pierced grill" cast ironwork on the platforms. Although it was altered between 1879 and 1884 when the line was quadrupled and again in 1896, Kettering station is one of the best remaining examples of Midland architecture.

Recently selected: RhB freight train - Proviso Yard at night - Steam powered freight at Okoppe station


Week 24
June 7 - June 13
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A Milwaukee Road EP-2 class electric locomotive working circa 1920 in a tug-of-war demonstration of tractive effort by dragging two steam locomotives, themselves set to pull with throttles wide open.

Recently selected: Kettering railway station - RhB freight train - Proviso Yard at night


Week 25
June 14 - June 20
FEVE trains in 1987
FEVE trains in 1987

At a station on the Valencia regional 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) gauge network in 1987, a then current FEVE train loads and discharges passengers while a disused train stands on a nearby track.

Recently selected: EP-2 class tug-of-war - Kettering railway station - RhB freight train


Week 26
June 21 - June 27
A German freight train
A German freight train

A Deutsche Reichsbahn freight train at a factory in Bernburg in 1969. In 1994, four years after German reunification, the Deutsche Reichsbahn and Deutsche Bundesbahn merged to form Deutsche Bahn.

Recently selected: FEVE - EP-2 class tug-of-war - Kettering railway station


Week 27
June 28 - July 4
JNR type 151
JNR type 151

A drawing of Japanese National Railways Type 151 passenger train. This model train set the land speed record for narrow gauge rail vehicles in 1959 when it was operated at 163 km/h (101 mph) on the Tōkaidō Main Line.

Recently selected: Deutsche Reichsbahn freight train - FEVE - EP-2 class tug-of-war


Week 28
July 5 - July 11
Coal dock
Coal dock

Transloading coal from railroad hopper cars to ships involved first getting the coal out of the hoppers and then transferring it onto the ships. Here, the hopper cars are pushed up a short incline by a car pusher where the cars' bottom doors are opened and the coal is emptied by gravity. The coal is then carried up the structure, in this case in bucketloads via an elevator system, and loaded onto the ships.

Recently selected: JNR Type 151 - Deutsche Reichsbahn freight train - FEVE


Week 29
July 12 - July 18
Kornwestheim yard
Kornwestheim yard

An aerial view of the hump yard bowl of Kornwestheim classification yard in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, as seen in 2008.

Recently selected: Transloading coal - JNR Type 151 - Deutsche Reichsbahn freight train


Week 30
July 19 - July 25
Russian trains on a stamp
Russian trains on a stamp

Two Russian trains on a postage stamp of the Soviet Union in 1966. Both trains pictured on the stamp are being pulled by VL80 (ru: ВЛ80) class electric locomotives, a class that was first built in 1961.

Recently selected: Kornwestheim yard - Transloading coal - JNR Type 151


Week 31
July 26 - August 1
Meitetsu Panorama Car 7000 series EMU
Meitetsu Panorama Car 7000 series EMU

A Japanese railway worker changes the information board on the front of Meitetsu Panorama Car 7000 series EMU number 7043F at Central Japan International Airport Station, Nagoya.

Recently selected: Soviet postage stamp with VL80 locomotives - Kornwestheim yard - Transloading coal


Week 32
August 2 - August 8
Preserved N&W 1218 on an excursion train
Preserved N&W 1218 on an excursion train

Preserved Norfolk & Western 1218 pulling an excursion train in Fall 1987. This 2-6-6-4 locomotive was built in by Norfolk and Western Railway 1943 at its Roanoke Shops in Roanoke, Virginia; it was retired in 1959, restored to operating condition in 1987, and is now on static display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.

Recently selected: Meitetsu 7000 series - Soviet postage stamp with VL80 locomotives - Kornwestheim yard


Week 33
August 9 - August 15
Transferring the signal token
Transferring the signal token

A train crew exchanges block occupancy tokens at a junction on the Conwy Valley Line in north Wales. Possession of the token authorizes the train to enter the next section of track and ensures that no other train is operating in that section to prevent collisions.

Recently selected: Norfolk & Western 1218 - Meitetsu 7000 series - Soviet postage stamp with VL80 locomotives


Week 34
August 16 - August 22
DB train entering Stuttgart station
DB train entering Stuttgart station

A Deutsche Bahn passenger train entering Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof in 2005.

Recently selected: Exchanging tokens - Norfolk & Western 1218 - Meitetsu 7000 series


Week 35
August 23 - August 29
H.N. Fretwell on a track measurement car
H.N. Fretwell on a track measurement car

A young H.N. Fretwell sitting atop a three-wheeled draisine fitted with a revolution counter near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, on the 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge Kurrawang Wood Line. This draisine was used to periodically measure the length of track sections to ensure accurate track usage billing.

Recently selected: DB train at Stuttgart station - Exchanging tokens - Norfolk & Western 1218


Week 36
August 30 - September 5
Steyrtalbahn steam locomotive
Steyrtalbahn steam locomotive

A steam locomotive of the Steyrtalbahn heritage railway in Grünburg, Austria, under steam in 2008. The railway has been operated by the Austrian Railway History Company (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Eisenbahngeschichte or ÖGEG) since 1985.

Recently selected: Draisine on the Kurrawang Wood Line - DB train at Stuttgart station - Exchanging tokens


Week 37
September 6 - September 12
ChS8 class locomotive pulling a passenger train
ChS8 class locomotive pulling a passenger train

České dráhy class ChS8 electric locomotive number ЧС8-050 pulling a passenger train in 2007.

Recently selected: Steyrtalbahn locomotive - Draisine on the Kurrawang Wood Line - DB train at Stuttgart station


Week 38
September 13 - September 19
Swiss freight train
Swiss freight train

An SBB Cargo Re 482 class electric locomotive with a freight train crosses the river Reuss near Oberrüti, Switzerland, in May 2009.

Recently selected: ČD class ChS8 - Steyrtalbahn locomotive - Draisine on the Kurrawang Wood Line


Week 39
September 20 - September 26
Jaffa station in 1892
Jaffa station in 1892

A passenger train making a stop at the Jaffa railway station in the Ottoman Empire in 1892.

Recently selected: SBB Cargo train - ČD class ChS8 - Steyrtalbahn locomotive


Week 40
September 27 - October 3
A Shinkansen train passing Yūrakuchō station in Tokyo
A Shinkansen train passing Yūrakuchō station in Tokyo

A 700 Series Shinkansen train passes Yūrakuchō Station in Tokyo in February 2009. The 700 series trains like this one are used for Nozomi, Hikari, and Kodama services on the Tōkaidō and Sanyō Shinkansen lines.

Recently selected: Jaffa railway station - SBB Cargo train - ČD class ChS8


Week 41
October 4 - October 10
An East German engineer
An East German engineer

An engineer working in the cab of an electric locomotive for Deutsche Reichsbahn drives a train through Dresden in 1981.

Recently selected: 700 series Shinkansen - Jaffa railway station - SBB Cargo train


Week 42
October 11 - October 17
GO Transit train
GO Transit train

A GO Transit train arrives at Exhibition GO Station, Toronto, in 2006 with a view of the CN Tower in the background

Recently selected: Deutsche Reichsbahn engineer - 700 series Shinkansen - Jaffa railway station


Week 43
October 18 - October 24
Pelion Railway excursion train
Pelion Railway excursion train

A 600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in) gauge locomotive hauls a charter train from Ano Lechonia to Mileai on the Pelion railway, a former line of Thessaly Railways in Greece.

Recently selected: GO Transit train - Deutsche Reichsbahn engineer - 700 series Shinkansen


Week 44
October 25 - October 31
high speed railway bridges in Germany
high speed railway bridges in Germany

A third-generation InterCityExpress train traverses the 992-metre (3,255 ft) long Hallerbach and 387-metre (1,270 ft) long Wiedtal viaducts in Germany on the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line parallel to the Bundesautobahn 3 in 2007.

Recently selected: Pelion railway - GO Transit train - Deutsche Reichsbahn engineer


Week 45
November 1 - November 7
Visegrad yard in 1970
Visegrad yard in 1970

The narrow gauge railway at Višegrad, in present day Bosnia and Herzegovina, was still powered by steam locomotives as late as 1970 as seen in this photograph.

Recently selected: Hallerbach and Wiedtal viaducts - Pelion railway - GO Transit train


Week 46
November 8 - November 14
A GO Transit train on the Lakeshore West line in Toronto
A GO Transit train on the Lakeshore West line in Toronto

A GO Transit commuter train on the Lakeshore West line in Toronto, Canada, traveling westbound to Burlington in July 2008.

Recently selected: Narrow gauge railway at Visegrad - Hallerbach and Wiedtal viaducts - Pelion railway


Week 47
November 15 - November 21
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The first train in France to operate with an electric locomotive ran in 1922 (with a steam locomotive coupled to the train as a backup). France's first electrified line connected Pau, Tourbes and Tarbes in the southern part of the country.

Recently selected: GO Transit train - Narrow gauge railway at Visegrad - Hallerbach and Wiedtal viaducts


Week 48
November 22 - November 28
Under the Ouse Valley Viaduct
Under the Ouse Valley Viaduct

Built in 1841 using 11 million bricks, the Ouse Valley Viaduct over the River Ouse on the London-Brighton Railway Line is 1,475 feet (450 m) long, 96 feet (29 m) high and is carried on 37 semi-circular arches with pierced piers. This photograph shows the view through the pierced piers along the length of the viaduct.

Recently selected: First electric train in France - GO Transit train - Narrow gauge railway at Visegrad


Week 49
November 29 - December 5
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On June 8, 1968, a funeral train carried the body of assassinated presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy from New York City to Washington, D.C., via the Pennsylvania Railroad. Paul Fucso, a photographer for Look magazine, rode the train and captured around 2000 images of the thousands of people from many different sections of society who lined the tracks along the route to pay their last respects.

Recently selected: Ouse Valley Viaduct - First electric train in France - GO Transit train


Week 50
December 6 - December 12
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A brakeman gives hand signals to the engineer during a switching move in Dresden in 1981.

Recently selected: Robert Kennedy's funeral train - Ouse Valley Viaduct - First electric train in France


Week 51
December 13 - December 19
A French signal box
A French signal box

The mechanical interlocking tower above the platforms at Laon station in northern France was built in the 1920s by Chemin de Fer du Nord.

Recently selected: German brakeman - Robert Kennedy's funeral train - Ouse Valley Viaduct


Week 52
December 20 - December 26
Santa on a platform in Finland
Santa on a platform in Finland

Santa Claus waits for a train on the platform at the Malmi railway station in Helsinki, Finland.

Recently selected: Interlocking tower at Gare de Laon - German brakeman - Robert Kennedy's funeral train


Week 53
December 27 - January 2, 2010
Swiss freight train
Swiss freight train

An electric locomotive of the Swiss Federal Railways pulling a freight train of automobile-carrying cars passes a signal box.

Recently selected: Santa on a platform in Finland - Interlocking tower at Gare de Laon - German brakeman