Portal:Trains/Selected picture/2012 archive

This is an archive of images that have appeared in the Selected picture section of Portal:Trains in 2012.

Week 52, 2011: December 26 - January 1

Four BNSF Railway GE C44-9W locomotives haul a mixed freight train along the Columbia River, between Kennewick and Wishram, Washington, in July 2011.

Recently selected: Berlin S-Bahn Christmas Train - Serbian Railways class 412 - Russian VL20 class

Week 1: January 2 - January 8

In 1906, a steam locomotive-hauled train crosses the Solkan bridge (in present-day Slovenia close to the border with Italy) soon after its completion.

Recently selected: BNSF Railway freight train - Berlin S-Bahn Christmas Train - Serbian Railways class 412

Week 2: January 9 - January 15

Patrick Stirling's 4-2-2 G Class "Single" No. 544 pulls a rake of Great Northern Railway six-wheeled coaches. This locomotive features a dome boiler, a later modification added by H.A. Ivatt.

Recently selected: Solkan bridge - BNSF Railway freight train - Berlin S-Bahn Christmas Train

Week 3: January 16 - January 22

Newly refurbished former South African Railways Class NG G16 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt steam locomotive number 143 built by Beyer, Peacock and Company pulls a passenger train on the Welsh Highland Railway departing Caernarfon with a train bound for Pont Croesor in August 2011.

Recently selected: Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 and train - Solkan bridge - BNSF Railway freight train

Week 4: January 23 - January 29

Three EMU trains of Seoul Metropolitan Subway's Sin Bundang Line await their next assignment in July 2011.

Recently selected: Welsh Highland Railway - Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 and train - Solkan bridge

Week 5: January 30 - February 5

A preserved EuskoTran electric locomotive pulling three coaches crosses one of the rivers of Bilbao in the autonomous community of the Basque Country in 2005.

Recently selected: Sin Bundang Line trains - Welsh Highland Railway - Great Northern Railway 4-2-2 and train

Week 6: February 6 - February 12

Rc4 class electric locomotive number 1290 owned by Green Cargo shows its original livery as was used by SJ. It is seen here at the Swedish Railway Museum at Gävle, during the Tag150 festivities in 2006.

Recently selected: Preserved EuskoTran train - Sin Bundang Line trains - Welsh Highland Railway

Week 7: February 13 - February 19

Trams of the Lugano-Cadro-Dino railway await their next assignment at the railway's maintenance depot in Viganello, Italy, in 1970.

Recently selected: Green Cargo heritage display - Preserved EuskoTran train - Sin Bundang Line trains

Week 8: February 20 - February 26

A Chemins de Fer Syriens passenger train crosses the Haradara bridge east of Aleppo near the border with Turkey in 2007. This line is part of the former Berlin–Baghdad railway.

Recently selected: Lugano-Cadro-Dino railway - Green Cargo heritage display - Preserved EuskoTran train

Week 9: February 27 - March 4

Locomotives at Changhua roundhouse in 2008

Taiwan Railway Administration steam locomotives CK124 and CK101 await their next assignments at the Changhua Station roundhouse in 2008.

Recently selected: Haradara bridge - Lugano-Cadro-Dino railway - Green Cargo heritage display

Week 10: March 5 - March 11

A TGM tram runs on the line at Sidi Bou Said in 1937. Inaugurated in 1937, TGM was the first railway in Tunisia.

Recently selected: Steam locomotives at Changhua roundhouse - Haradara bridge - Lugano-Cadro-Dino railway

Week 11: March 13 - March 18

A TCDD electric multiple unit, an E8000 class train, passes the Roman fortifications along the coast on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, in Summer 1979.

Recently selected: TGM at Sidi Bou Said - Steam locomotives at Changhua roundhouse - Haradara bridge

Week 12: March 19 - March 25

One of the Southwestern Railways' signals around Fastiv I station in the Ukraine shows a stop aspect on a December morning in 2010.

Recently selected: TCDD E8000 class - TGM at Sidi Bou Said - Steam locomotives at Changhua roundhouse

Week 13: March 26 - April 1

Low winter sun highlights EWS Class 66 locomotive number 66030 pulling a train of imported coal from Immingham at Melton Ross, England, in 2002.

Recently selected: Signals at Fastiv I station - TCDD E8000 class - TGM at Sidi Bou Said

Week 14: April 2 - April 8

The view from aboard the Reunification Express as it travels through Vietnam's North–South Railway connecting Hanoi to Saigon in 2005.

Recently selected: EWS coal train - Signals at Fastiv I station - TCDD E8000 class

Week 15: April 9 - April 15

Special steam-hauled freight train in 2003

Preserved JŽ 83-173 leads a special goods train for a group of Austrian railway enthusiasts on the Šarganska osmica heritage railway in Serbia in September 2003.

Recently selected: Reunification Express - EWS coal train - Signals at Fastiv I station

Week 16: April 16 - April 22

No. 750, a member of the heavy NRZ Garratt steam locomotive class 20A awaits its next assignment at Bulawayo Loco Depot, Zimbabwe, in 1990.

Recently selected: JŽ 83-173 on Šarganska osmica - Reunification Express - EWS coal train

Week 17: April 23 - April 29

The new departure concourse designed by John McAslan at King's Cross station in London, England, opened on March 19, 2012. The fictitious Platform 9¾ is just visible in the lower left corner.

Recently selected: NRZ class 20A Garratt - JŽ 83-173 on Šarganska osmica - Reunification Express

Week 18: April 30 - May 6

The rear-gunner in a Sikorsky UH-53 helicopter watches the end of the new Mazar-e-Sharif to Termez, Uzbekistan, railroad stretch into the distance. When completed, the 47-mile long (76 km) line will provide a valuable commercial link between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan across the Amu Darya River via the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge.

Recently selected: King's Cross Western Concourse - NRZ class 20A Garratt - JŽ 83-173 on Šarganska osmica

Week 19: May 7 - May 13

Peppercorn Class A1 Pacific 60163 Tornado hauls an excursion train during the Great Southern Steam Gala on the Watercress Line running from Alresford to Ropley station, England, in June 2010.

Recently selected: Afghanistan-Uzbekistan railway link - King's Cross Western Concourse - NRZ class 20A Garratt

Week 20: May 14 - May 20

Workers pose alongside a streamlined German DRG Class 05 locomotive as it steams for the first time in March 1935. The class was the fastest steam locomotive to run in Continental Europe, and briefly held the Land speed record for steam traction. This locomotive, number 05 001, is the only member of the class to be preserved.

Recently selected: 60163 Tornado on the Watercress Line - Afghanistan-Uzbekistan railway link - King's Cross Western Concourse

Week 21: May 21 - May 27

ETR 302 at Mezzocorona

An ETR 300 class high-speed train passes the southern edge of the Dolomites at Mezzocorona, Italy, in 1998.

Recently selected: DRG 05 001 - 60163 Tornado on the Watercress Line - Afghanistan-Uzbekistan railway link

Week 22: May 28 - June 3

The Birmingham AirRail Link is a fully-automated cable-driven people mover linking Birmingham Airport and Birmingham International railway station in England. Its route is 585 metres (1,919 ft) long and it and carries three million passengers per year.

Recently selected: ETR 300 at Mezzocorona - DRG 05 001 - 60163 Tornado on the Watercress Line

Week 23: June 4 - June 10

An automated ballast cleaner train operated by VolkerRail deposits cleaned ballast back on the track in the Netherlands as two railway maintenance workers ensure that the ballast remains on the track.

Recently selected: Birmingham AirRail Link - ETR 300 at Mezzocorona - DRG 05 001

Week 24: June 11 - June 17

This lithograph, originally published in London in 1894, is titled Locomotive Engine, 'The Rocket', 1830. However, despite the title, the locomotive depicted is not in fact Rocket, which was yellow at the time, and of a different external design. The locomotive is actually Stephenson's 1830 locomotive Northumbrian.

Recently selected: Ballast cleaner - Birmingham AirRail Link - ETR 300 at Mezzocorona

Week 25: June 18 - June 24

Russian locomotive number U127 at the Museum of the Moscow Railway in 2012

Russian 4-6-0 steam locomotive number U127, the official steam locomotive of Vladimir Lenin, was built in 1910 and used to pull passenger trains on the Tashkent Railway. It received its distinctive red livery in 1923, and was withdrawn from service in 1937. The "Red Locomotive," as it came to be known, was preserved and is now on static display at the Museum of the Moscow Railway.

Recently selected: Northumbrian - Ballast cleaner - Birmingham AirRail Link

Week 26: June 25 - July 1

Subway lines in Tokyo crossing the Kanda River

Tokyo subway and commuter lines cross the Kanda River at Ochanomizu Station. The lowest level is the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line while trains of JR East's Chūō Rapid Line and Chūō-Sōbu Line stop at the station.

Recently selected: Russian locomotive U127 - Northumbrian - Ballast cleaner

Week 27: July 2 - July 8

A D&RG train climbs to Soldier Summit circa 1915

A 1915 postcard shows a four header train with a rear helper locomotive climbing the Denver and Rio Grande Western grade up Soldier Summit in Utah. This same grade is in use today as part of the Central Corridor between Helper and Provo along Amtrak's California Zephyr.

Recently selected: Ochanomizu Station - Russian locomotive U127 - Northumbrian

Week 28: July 9 - July 15

An Austrian Federal Railways ICE T crosses the Trisanna Bridge near Wiesberg on the Arlberg railway in 2007.

Recently selected: Soldier Summit in 1915 - Ochanomizu Station - Russian locomotive U127

Week 29: July 16 - July 22

Union Pacific 844, the only steam locomotive never to be retired by a North American Class I railroad, pulling an excursion train from Elko to Sparks, Nevada, is seen here at Painted Rocks in September 2009.

Recently selected: Arlberg railway - Soldier Summit in 1915 - Ochanomizu Station

Week 30: July 23 - July 29

The Tren a las Nubes ("train to the clouds") in Argentina crosses one of the many bridges along its route, which was originally built to serve borax mines in the area, as it ascends to an altitude of 4,220 metres (13,850 ft).

Recently selected: Union Pacific 844 - Arlberg railway - Soldier Summit in 1915

Week 31: July 30 - August 5

A former Victorian Railways A class diesel locomotive now operated by Freight Australia pulls a cement train on the suburban lines outside Newport in 2006.

Recently selected: Tren a las Nubes - Union Pacific 844 - Arlberg railway

Week 32: August 6 - August 12

Soldiers on a railway platform in southern France salute as a Mitropa dining car in a passenger train passes in September 1943.

Recently selected: Freight Australia - Tren a las Nubes - Union Pacific 844

Week 33: August 13 - August 19

Sierra Railroad locomotives numbers 3 and 8 lead a freight train in 1979. Sierra No. 3 is known as the "movie star locomotive" for its many appearances in film and television, including The Virginian (1929) and Back to the Future Part III (1990).

Recently selected: Mitropa dining car - Freight Australia - Tren a las Nubes

Week 34: August 20 - August 26

LNER Thompson/Peppercorn Class K1 62005 "Lord of the Isles" pulls an excursion train over Glenfinnan Viaduct in Scotland. The viaduct, which was opened in 1901 by the West Highland Railway, has been used in a number of films and television shows including Monarch of the Glen, Stone of Destiny and three of the Harry Potter films.

Recently selected: Sierra Railroad - Mitropa dining car - Freight Australia

Week 35: August 27 - September 2

Electric multiple unit passenger trains wait on the Baku-Sabunçu line in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in 1926

Recently selected: Glenfinnan Viaduct - Sierra Railroad - Mitropa dining car

Week 36: September 3 - September 9

A ChME3 class diesel-electric locomotive pulls a short freight train in Belarus in October 2011.

Recently selected: Azerbaijani EMUs - Glenfinnan Viaduct - Sierra Railroad

Week 37: September 10 - September 16

A Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia "bucket train" crosses the Salar de Ascotán (salt lake Ascotán) past the 5,846-metre high (19,180 ft) stratovolcano Cerro del Azufre on the journey from Calama to Ollagüe (at the Bolivian border), Chile.

Recently selected: ChME3 locomotive in Belarus - Azerbaijani EMUs - Glenfinnan Viaduct

Week 38: September 17 - September 23

ŽRS class 441 between Ljeskove Vode and Rakovac

An intercity train from Zagreb to Ploče is hauled by a Željeznice Republike Srpske class 441 electric locomotive, between Ljeskove Vode and Rakovac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 2009.

Recently selected: FCAB train on the Salar de Ascotán - ChME3 locomotive in Belarus - Azerbaijani EMUs

Week 39: September 24 - September 30

The guard rails converge at the end of the approach to Rubinéia Bridge across the Paraná River, São Paulo, Brazil, in 2005.

Recently selected: ŽRS intercity train - FCAB train on the Salar de Ascotán - ChME3 locomotive in Belarus

Week 40: October 1 - October 7

A passenger train stops to allow passengers to board and disembark in Pernik, Bulgaria, in 1995.

Recently selected: Rubinéia Bridge - ŽRS intercity train - FCAB train on the Salar de Ascotán

Week 41: October 8 - October 14

Three BC Rail diesel locomotives (two EMD SD40-2s and a GE Dash 9-44CW) await their next assignment at Pemberton, British Columbia in 1995.

Recently selected: Bulgarian passenger train - Rubinéia Bridge - ŽRS intercity train

Week 42: October 15 - October 21

A Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya train traverses the Línia Llobregat-Anoia near Montserrat station in 2011.

Recently selected: BC Rail locomotives - Bulgarian passenger train - Rubinéia Bridge

Week 43: October 22 - October 28

A Ferrocarriles Argentinos freight train on the metre gauge Salta–Antofagasta railway, which connects northern Argentina and Chile, pauses at Ingeniero Maury station in 1993.

Recently selected: FGC train near Montserrat - BC Rail locomotives - Bulgarian passenger train

Week 44: October 29 - November 4

"The Lineman," also known as "The Railroad Guard," painted in 1884 by Danish artist L. A. Ring, depicts a railroad employee whose job was to operate the gates at a level crossing and to provide a visual inspection of trains as they passed his location.

Recently selected: Ingeniero Maury station - FGC train near Montserrat - BC Rail locomotives

Week 45: November 5 - November 11

In this aerial view of the Sarajevo train station from 2011, we can see the tracks leading into the station platforms as well as the stop for the Sarajevo Tramway (one of the oldest tram systems in Europe) at the station and the city skyline in the distance.

Recently selected: "The Railroad Guard" - Ingeniero Maury station - FGC train near Montserrat

Week 46: November 12 - November 18

A ČD Class 814+914 diesel multiple unit is used on substitute train transport near hlubočepské viadukty, Prague, Czech Republic, in 2010.

Recently selected: Sarajevo railway station - "The Railroad Guard" - Ingeniero Maury station

Week 47: November 19 - November 25

A 2nd-generation S-train arrives at Østerport Station in Copenhagen, Denmark. The bicycle icon on the door indicates that the train can carry bicycle riders with their bicycles.

Recently selected: ČD Class 814+914 - Sarajevo railway station - "The Railroad Guard"

Week 48: November 26 - December 2

Passengers find places to sit on the roofs of Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos boxcars with specially-fitted safety railings for a ride near Nariz del Diablo mountain, Ecuador, in October 2012. This line was restored to operation in 2010 and 2011, and the roof-riding appears in the railway's tourism advertising.

Recently selected: S-train at Østerport Station - ČD Class 814+914 - Sarajevo railway station

Week 49: December 3 - December 9

A group of eight disused VR Class Dv16 diesel locomotives are stored on a siding in Hyvinkää, Finland, in 2008.

Recently selected: Roof riding in Ecuador - S-train at Østerport Station - ČD Class 814+914

Week 50: December 10 - December 16

The entirety of Union Pacific #18, a gas turbine-electric locomotive (GTEL) that is now preserved at Illinois Railway Museum, may best be seen in a panorama image. This locomotive was one of thirty developed in the mid-1950s as the third generation of Union Pacific GTELs.

Recently selected: VR Class Dv16 locomotives - Roof riding in Ecuador - S-train at Østerport Station

Week 51: December 17 - December 23

Passengers wait on the platform of Kreiensen station, Germany, in 1963. For much of the 20th century, this station was an important transfer point between five railway lines.

Recently selected: Union Pacific 18 - VR Class Dv16 locomotives - Roof riding in Ecuador