Images uploaded on Rail-pictures.com in Januar 2025:
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A miserable (cell phone) photo quality, a miserable photo location - but when was the last time a passenger train ran with an SBB Re 6/6?*
For this reason I dare to show this picture here: the SBB Re 6/6 11622 (Re 620 022-4) "Suhr" leaves Lausanne with the traditional New Year's Eve train of "L'Association 141 R 568" in the direction of Bern and as you can see the train at the front is the noble "Dining Car" 2749"
*To my amazement the answer should be: 12/15/24!
Dec 31, 2024
Stefan Wohlfahrt
A miserable (cell phone) photo quality, a miserable photo location - but when was the last time a passenger train ran with an SBB Re 6/6? For this reason I dare to show this picture here: the SBB Re 6/6 11622 (Re 620 022-4) "Suhr" is waiting for the departure in Lausanne with the traditional New Year's Eve train of the "L'Association 141 R 568". Towards Bern. Dec 31, 2024
Stefan Wohlfahrt
The CEV MVR ABeh 2/6 7507 is traveling as a regional train R 34 from Montreux to Les Avants and was photographed shortly before arriving in Les Avants.
Jan 3, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
New year, new snow - during the night a few snowflakes transformed the landscape into a winter wonderland for a brief moment... At Les Avants the CEV MVR ABeh 2/6 7507 is on the way to Montreux as MOB R34 2315.
January 3, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
Extra train with SSG 421 374 awaits departure at Payerne on 31 December 2024. THis train will go empty to Geneve, where a host of travellers will spend the switch from 2024 to 2025 om board the train from geneve to Luzern and Burgdforf -and back.
Leonardus Schrijvers
BLS 465 010 pauses at Kandersteg on 1 January 2025: due top the frost, all pausing electrics have one pantograph raised to the wire. Whilst this convoy enjoys the Sun, many a 465 nbanks car carrying trains from the Autoverlade to Goppenstein at about each train per ten minutes.
Leonardus Schrijvers
The Sun is setting above Hilden on 3 January 2025 whilst ÖBB 1016 028 hauls a block train.
Leonardus Schrijvers
On 4 January 2025 NIAG 189 289 enters Rotterdam Centraal with an extra train to Maasvlakte west -a shunting yard and the firt occasion, such a non-travellers' target is announced by the station's electric paxssenger train announcment systems.
Leonardus Schrijvers
On 29 December 2024 EFZ 52 7596 enters Hausach with a special train. This train is deployed traditionally each year by EFZ between St.Georgen and Triberg -but since both stations are way to small and cramped to gibve the loco fresh water and to stable the train set for two hours, the second train naturally is lengthened to Hausach, where there is obviously enough space to refresh the loco and stable the train set -and giving paying passengers an extra ride!
Leonardus Schrijvers
After having brought in an extra train, EFZ 52 7596 stands at Hausach to take water on 29 December 2024. The extra train is deployed traditionally each year by EFZ between St.Georgen and Triberg -but since both stations are way to small and cramped to gibve the loco fresh water and to stable the train set for two hours, the second train naturally is lengthened to Hausach, where there is obviously enough space to refresh the loco and stable the train set -and giving paying passengers an extra ride!
Leonardus Schrijvers
D-II of the DDM at Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg takes a Sun bath at the German Steam Locomotive Museum on 23 May 2010.
Leonardus Schrijvers
Armastice Day 11 November (but for the fact, that the Netherlands did NOT take part in WW-1) 2022 sees Beacon Rail/RailTraxx 266 113 hauls an LNG train through Tilburg-Reeshof.
Leonardus Schrijvers
DB Cargo 186 237 gets photographed at Antwerpen-Berchem (with a little zooming) on 14 July 2022.
Leonardus Schrijvers
On 30 March 2013 CNL with 186 238 leaves Amsterdam for the lap to FRankfurt-am-Main, where this loco will be swapped.
Leonardus Schrijvers
On 18 July 2018 IC-Direct with 186 238 at the reins enters Tilburg. The white-grey CB Rail/Macquarie/Akiem TRAXX 186s are gone from the NS Reizigers ranks, the NMBS Class 28 also don't haul the Dutch ICR coaches anymore and only yellow and blue liveried NS Class 186 are still to be seen hauling ICR-stock, the days of which also are numbered.
Leonardus Schrijvers
Against the backdrop of snow-covered forests, the two MOB Alpina ABe 4/4 9304 and Be 4/4 9204 are at Les Avants on the regional train PE 2215 on the way from Zweisimmen to Montreux. Jan 3, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
In a wonderful winter landscape, the CEV MVR ABeh 2/6 7507 is on the way to Montreux as R 34 near Les Avants.
Jan 3, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
With one of the two Ast control cars at the head and the MOB "Alpina" ABe 4/4 9302 pushing, the MOB regional train PE 30 2218 is near Les Avants on the way from Montreux to Zweisimmen.
Jan 3, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
With one of the two Ast control cars at the head and the MOB "Alpina" ABe 4/4 9302 pushing, the MOB regional train PE 30 2218 is near Les Avants on the way from Montreux to Zweisimmen.
Jan 3, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
The MOB Ge 4/4 8004 "Trainable" is traveling with its GoldenPass Expess GPX 4064 from Interlaken Ost to Montreux shortly after Les Avants and has almost reached its destination. Jan 3, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
The MOB / BLS GoldenPass Expess GPX 4064 from Interlaken Ost to Montreux is almost at the end of its journey shortly after Les Avants.
Jan 3, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
After it snowed overnight, the landscape above about 800 meters above sea level appears in a magical winter dress for a short time. Reason enough to drive to Les Avants, located at 900 meters above sea level, and capture the white splendor before it melts away. Against the backdrop of snow-covered forests, the CEV MVR ABeh 2/6 7507 is on the way from Montreux to Les Avants as RE 34.
January 3, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
The euskotren series 900 multiple unit 922 is waiting for its next service in the Donostia Armada / San Sebastian Armada. Euskotren is a very efficient transport company in the Spanish Basque Country and, in addition to extensive regional and metro transport, even offers freight transport.
April 17, 2024
Stefan Wohlfahrt
Two SNCF
Z 31500 M Coradia Polyvalent régional tricourant leave Bellegarde towards Annemasse.
The rear of the two trains is painted in the Léman Express colors, the front in the colors of the region.
Aug 26, 2024
Stefan Wohlfahrt
SNCF ambience on the platform in Geneva with Corail carriages and TGV Lyria from Paris Gare de Lyon to Lausanne.
Aug 20, 2024
Stefan Wohlfahrt
The TPC Beh 2/6 546 and 545 on the service on the AOMC line on the left in this picture and the TPC Bhe 4/8 592 and ASD ABe 4/8 473 in the right on this picture in the Aigle station.
3.8.2024
Stefan Wohlfahrt
On 24 July 1997 SNCF BB 15029 -still with asymmetric ventilation grilles- stands at LUxembourg Gare with EC 'Victor Hugo' to Paris Est.
Leonardus Schrijvers
Gone is R4C and also European Bulls, a cooperation between R4C, FNM and LTE to combine operations. On 2 August 2007 R4C 2003 stands in Nijmegen with a diverted container train.
Leonardus Schrijvers
SNCF BiBi 85549 expresses the cooperation between France and Germany concerning cross-border public transport at Sarreguemines on 2 January 2025.
Leonardus Schrijvers
SNCF BiBi 85549 expresses the cooperation between France and Germany concerning cross-border public transport at Sarreguemines on 2 January 2025.
Leonardus Schrijvers
On 4 January 2025 the Sun starts setting above Lage zwaluwe when RFO 6702 was seen there. This loco used to be an NMBS/SNCB HLD Class 62/63 and became ACTS 6702 when sold to that now defunct Dutch private railway operator. LOCON Benelux had this loco in an orange-white outfirt, but collapsed on her turn. RFO took some contracts and half of the loco fleet from LOCON and decided to apply her own two-tone grey colour scheme on this loco albeit with the darker grey outlined in NMBS 1970s style.
Leonardus Schrijvers
Strukton 1740 pays Tilburg a visit with an Unimat in haulage, but has to wait for an IC-service to leave before her on 10 January 2025.
Leonardus Schrijvers
On a grey 4 January 2025 NS 4220 stands at Amersfoort in what will be her last year of service. After 45 years of performing yeoman service, ICM (EMUs) and ICR (hauled coaches) will be withdrawn within a year from Dutch tracks.
Leonardus Schrijvers
SSG (Schweizerische Speisewagen gesellschaft) has a heavy duty shunter in her ranks in the form of ex-SBB 18411/5 840 411, seen here at payerne on 31 December 2024.
Leonardus Schrijvers
On 21 May 2006 sersa 843 152 'BARBARA' (in the Roman catholic canon protective Saint of the miners and other workers underground) stands at frutigen.
Leonardus Schrijvers
BLS 515 008 stands in Bern on the very last day of 2024 and sports an advertising livery.
Leonardus Schrijvers
The Mallet steam locomotive 2-8-8-2 - Y6b 2197 of the Norfolk & Western, which is powerful even in H0, fights its way through the snow. The design of the Mallet model locomotives is based on information provided by the U.S.R.A. (United States Raitroad Administration) introduced during the First World War. The class Y6b locomotives were delivered from 1936. Basically, the Y6b class was designed to pull heavy freight trains at 30 mph, but in good conditions up to 50 mph could be achieved.
The model of this articulated locomotive type Mallet “Y 6 b” from the “Norfolk & Western” is probably a good 50 to 60 years old and is a very impressive model implementation in terms of size. It doesn't seem entirely logical to me why the engine was squeezed into the driver's cab with so much space in order to then drive the distant "bogies" using long cardan shafts. The tender is prototypically equipped with two three-axle "Buckeye" bogies, which are also used to collect power.
The model probably hasn't been driven for a good twenty to thirty years. After I dismantled the model and degreased and re-oiled the moving parts, it has been running again since yesterday, even if I have both the cars and the route for the discontinuation of the mighty model missing.
Jan 12, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
The SBB Re 4/4 II 11273 (Re 420 273-5) and Re 4/4 II 11269 (Re 420 269-3) in multiple control are waiting for the overhaul with their freight train in Lausanne before continuing their journey towards Villeneuve. Dec 2, 2024
Stefan Wohlfahrt
How well the CJ can still open the windows on some trains (but unfortunately can hardly be closed anymore...): When entering Combe Tabeillon I was able to photograph the CJ Be 4/4 616 with a freight train.
The freight train waits for our train and then heads towards La Chaux de Fonds. Combe Tabillon is a Spitzkher station, as can still be found every now and then in the Jura.
January 13th 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
In Saignelegier the new CJ ABe 4/12 672 as R36 is waiting for the departure to La Chaux de Fonds.
Jan 13, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
EFZ's V 100 1019 stands on 30 December 2024 at Titisee. The sceduled steam loco for this extra train sadly took some damage and an old Diesel loco was used instead.
Leonardus Schrijvers
In the shadows of a massive rock, EFZ's Kriegslok 52 7596 enters Triberg with a steam shuttle from and to St.Georgen.
Leonardus Schrijvers
DB Regio 146 231 might use a wash-up, since her identity was only possible due to the advertisement for Radolfzell, and is seen stabled at Offenburg on 28 December 2024.
Leonardus Schrijvers
More than sixty years old, but still going strong is SBB 11116, seen here at Bern on 31 December 2024, putting her pantograph to the energised cable to prevent frost damage.
Leonardus Schrijvers
Cookie time! On 1 January 2025 BLS 535 114 quits Spiez with a stopping train to Frutigen.
Leonardus Schrijvers
On 4 January 2025, RTBC's 193 179 hauls a tank train through Rotterdam Centraal toward Venlo using a diversion because the two more direct routes between Kijfhoek and the Dutch-German borders were out of use.
Leonardus Schrijvers
On 4 January 2025 NIAG 189 289 quits Rotterdam Centraal with an extra train to Maasvlakte west -a shunting yard and the firt occasion, such a non-travellers' target is announced by the station's electric paxssenger train announcment systems.
Leonardus Schrijvers
NMBS 2804 banks an 'EuroCity' train out of Rotterdam Centraal to Antwerpen and Bruxelles-Midi on 4 January 2025. Untill 13 December 2024 these trains were called IC-Benelux and had Dutch ICR coaches.
Leonardus Schrijvers
ZLSM 1220 pays a visit to the VSM at Beekbergen during the steam bonanza 'Terug naar Toen' on 4 September 2007.
Leonardus Schrijvers
Ex-SBB Cargo 421 374 'THEOTISTE' hauls an extra train out of Yverdon-les-Bains on 31 December 2024.
Leonardus Schrijvers
SHM-5 stands at Hoorn on 24 October 2009 during the annually held 'Bello' festival.
Leonardus Schrijvers
SHM-5 enters at Hoorn with a steam tr5ain from Wognum on 24 October 2009 during the annually held 'Bello' festival.
Leonardus Schrijvers
Barely 19 minutes after the departure from the snow-covered Les Avants, the CEV MVR ABeh 2/6 7504 "Vevey" is on the way as R 34 2317 to Montreux near Planchamp (530 m above sea level) between strong palm trees.
January 3, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
A few minutes later the CEV MVR ABeh 2/6 7504 "Vevey" arrived at the pretty Chamby train station as R 34 2317 on the way from Les Avants to Montreux. Chamby is located at 749 m above sea level. There is hardly any snow to be seen here.
January 3, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
The CEV MVR ABeh 2/6 7504 "Vevey" is waiting in the snowy Les Avants as R 34 2317 for the departure (from 1:13 p.m.) to Montreux (at 1:43 p.m.). As the kilometer sign on the contact line mast on the right of the picture shows, Montreux is only 8 km from Les Avants. What is not visible here is the height difference of 575 meters from Les Avants (970 m) to Montreux (395 m). January 3, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
The Combe Tabeillon train station was built at the very back in the deep valley. Here the CJ trains change their direction on the journey from Glovelier to La Chaux de Fonds. Through this hairpin bend, the route gains the necessary altitude on this route.
In the picture the CJ Be 4/4 with its ABt 712 shortly before continuing its journey.
Jan 13, 2025
Stefan Wohlfahrt
