France
62 photos
An interrail took me in through France on the way to Germany, mainly to try and grab some SNCF Fret and ECR class 186s. A few freights were found en-route. Followed up by a visit to the industrial...
Italy
22 photos
A 1st visit to Italy in December 2023, so not the warmest and sunniest month of the year to visit. To be followed up with further visits in due course.
German Railfreight books & articles
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Some of the German railfreight books I've written in recent years
Harz Railway Wernigerode
13 photos
A visit to the Harz railway (HSB) on a railtour
Hungary & Slovakia
62 photos
Various visits to Budapest, Bratislava and beyond.
Vienna / Wien
31 photos
An initial short visit to Wien, but likely to be back for more...
Norway and Sweden
44 photos
An interrail ticket from Scotland to Norway via Sweden. A great few days..
Saarland
10 photos
A rather damp and dull visit to the Saarland to get the various unusual trains in this area with mixed success.
Portugal & Spain
42 photos
A social visit to the Douro Valley to have some fun, travel on trains, enjoy the scenery and take some scenic pictures and the odd freight train when time allowed.
Erfurt, Sangerhausen and Klostermansfeld area
11 photos
A very interesting few days travelling around Saxony and Thüringen, mainly to find some unusual locomotives..
Dresden & Pirna areas
20 photos
1st visit to Dresden in April 2019 and turned out it was the same weekend that there was a steam festival. Have been back since and will go back again..
Eichenberg
7 photos
I was told about this remote outpost north east of Kassel and decided to give it a try one day. Unfortunately, the weather was not great, but the trains were interesting.
The station sits at the...
Lippstadt
9 photos
A failed attempt to get some WLE trains on the branchlines around Lippstadt, so I will need to go back some day and try again..
Kornwestheim Rbf
3 photos
A brief visit to Kornwestheim Rbf, but I was not that impressed as a long bridge crosses the yard and the avoiding lines, but so far away you really need to know what is running where or you are...
Pratteln
51 photos
A few good days at Pratteln, near Basel in Switzerland. Always a good day on a sunny day..
Czech Republic visits
126 photos
First visit to Czech Republic for freight in November 2019 and despite the pretty poor weather, there was plenty of interest to view and photograph.
A repeat visit is more than likely.
Antwerpen
23 photos
A brief work visit allowed me to visit a couple of locations over a couple of evenings.
Graben-Neudorf and Karlsruhe area
115 photos
A really good place for the quantity and quality of freight is the area around Graben-Neudorf where north - south and east - west freight corridors meet.
I 1st went in 2016 on a strike day and it...
Plattling & Passau
10 photos
An afternoon trip with a stopover in Plattling and a quick turnaround in Passau
Regensburg Hbf
30 photos
A nice location for both freight and passenger trains and an easy place to visit during a weekend to Munich
Nürnberg, Ingolstadt & Nördlingen area
14 photos
A few phots whilst passing through the area on business, followed by a few more after a bit more time in the area..
Cottbus & Frankfurt (Oder)
41 photos
A brief visit, but hopefully more time around here in due course.
Berlin area
120 photos
Initially some pictures from Berlin Schönefeld and hopefully I will add some more in due course.
Leipzig & Magdeburg areas
99 photos
A 1st visit to the east of Germany and I plan to be back, so an album dedicated to this area
Hünfeld, Neuhof and Fulda
37 photos
With these places being just an hour from Frankfurt, they are worth visiting due to the high volume of freight which passes through, so I'm trying to make a few visits and see what I find!
Auggen and Müllheim Baden
51 photos
An afternoon stop at Auggen and Müllheim Baden on the route between Freiburg and Basel for plenty of freight and loco hauled passenger action
Switzerland
308 photos
Pictures from various visits to Switzerland since 2014
Aßling
50 photos
A day on the route between Munich and the Brenner route through Austria to Italy. A very interesting day with lineside fires, late running overnight sleeper trains and the sun not always being in the...
München & surrounding area
121 photos
After a few days working in Germany it was time to wander down to a new area for me, around Munich. Some highlights included in this album
Hamburg area
95 photos
A quick visit whilst heading to/from home to work in Dusseldorf produced an interesting hour at Hamburg Harburg and since then various visits have been made investigating this area...
Hanau & Aschaffenburg
13 photos
A couple of visits to Hanau has been rewarded with a few unusual trains..
Hannover area
324 photos
A visit for work purposes allowed me a couple of hours to get lineside and was not dissappointed!
Since then it has been a regular haunt of mine due to the large volumes of freight in the area
Chasing 'rabbits' in Bayern
22 photos
A long, but productive day chasing DB class 218s on various routes in one of their last strongholds, the Bayern (Bavaria) region of Germany.
Köln West and Süd
82 photos
I have started to spread my wings away from my local spots at Ratingen Lintorf, Duisburg Wedau and Düsseldorf Rath and head down to some freight hotspots in Köln / Cologne, with West and Süd being...
Hagen Vorhalle
9 photos
A short visit to the bridges overlooking Hagen Vorhalle yards
Switzerland 2016
19 photos
A holiday in the Swiss alps with a few trains thrown in for good measure (and the odd boat!)
Rath, Lintorf and Wedau
657 photos
A compilation of photographs taken at three locations very near to each other on the freight only route north from Duesseldorf
Bruxelles Midi / Brussel Zuid
6 photos
Changing trains between the Eurostar and an ICE to Dusseldorf gave me an opportunity to photograph the various loco haul trains that operate through Brussels each evening. Pity it was a horrible day,...
V200 tour with 220 033 on DPF20354
8 photos
My 1st German railtour and it was behind 220 033, a V200 (bigger version of the UK's warships) which performed faultessly during a long trip from Munster to Bremerhaven and return. Great day out had...
Mannheim area
57 photos
Working in Speyer means there is the rare ocassion to get lineside and on the way to Hahn airport I sometimes have enough time to drop into some locations around the nearby Mannheim area. Phots from...
2015 Switzerland trip
112 photos
A 2nd visit to Switzerland to concentrate on the Gotthard, but also stretch further afield if time permitted. Lovely weather for the full five days made this trip very worthwhile..
Krefeld & Neuss to Venlo
66 photos
Brief visits to this border crossing between Germany and Netherlands at Viersen between Krefeld and Venlo, whilst going to or from Dusseldorf Weeze airport. Despite being a busy artery for freight...
Rheinbraun railway
36 photos
A very interesting electric and diesel railway in the heart of the Rhein Erft region of Germany just south west of Dusseldorf is the Rheinbraun railway which RWE operate to bring coal from massive...
Maintal - Gemünden and Karlstadt
353 photos
An afternoon off allowed me to drop over to Gemünden and the surrounding area. Unfortunately it was just after Easter so it was pretty quiet to begin with, but the evening improved.
In 2016 I...
Lötschberg and Brig
50 photos
A quick visit to Brig whilst spending a week on the Gotthardbahn. Hope to spend more time on the Lötschberg in June 2015
Matterhorn Gottard Bahn (MGB) narrow gauge railway
11 photos
A brief visit onto the MGB in June 14 including a trip across to Brig to see some freight traffic. If we'd known when we left the car in a wet and cloudy Erstfeld that it would be so sunny on the MGB...
Betuweroute
2 photos
The Betuweroute is a purpose built freight only line from Rotterdam into Germany. It just so happens to be on my way from Amsterdam airport to my offices near Dusseldorf, so worth a lunch break...
Ratingen Lintorf
436 photos
With our new offices based in nearby Ratingen I'm hopeful of making the odd trip out to catch trains passing this well known landmark on the freight only line north from Düsseldorf Rath
Bremen Mahndorf
18 photos
The line between Bremen and Hannover is busy with both freight and loco haul passenger trains and with various lineside shots near to various stations en route. Here are pictures taken either side...
Bremen - Hannover: All
50 photos
An afternoon in the sun on the mainline between Bremen and Hannover within 5 minutes walk of the railway stations at Bremen Mahndorf, Langwedel, Etelsen and Verden (Aller).
Gare de Nice Ville Jul 14
10 photos
Holiday in Nice, so an opportunity to take a late evening and early morning stroll while the girls were getting ready for Breakfast or dinner and see what Gare de Nice Ville (main railway station) in...
Gotthard - South ramp Jun 14
10 photos
A five day visit to the Gotthard and one day was spent on the south ramp, mostly along the old wall south of Ambri Piotta before the clouds came over for the day.
Gotthard North ramp: Wassen - Göschenen Jun 14
52 photos
A five day trip to the Gotthard railway included many visits to the triple level railway at Wassen and at the Gotthard tunnel mouth at Göschenen
Gotthard North ramp: Gurtnellen - Dangel Jun 14
30 photos
A five day treck to the Gotthard railway was rewarded with some nice weather and lovely locations
Gotthard North ramp: Erstfeld - Silenen Jun 14
29 photos
A five day treck to the Gotthard railway basing ourselves in the Erstfeld area, so plenty of places to visit
Gotthard: Arth-Goldau - Altdorf Jun 14
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A five day visit to the Gottardbahn included the area north of Erstfeld between Arth-Goldau and Altdorf
Gotthard: North of Arth-Goldau
34 photos
A five day trip to the Gotthard railway based in Erstfeld, also resulted in us heading north to find some sun one day
The Gotthard - ALL June 14
82 photos
A five day trip to various locations on the Gotthard resulting in many pictures at many locations!
Rhein - Urmitz Rheinbrücke and Rheinbrohl
8 photos
A trip back to Cologne / Bonn airport one evening after a day working in the Koblenz area found me at the striking bridge over the River Rhine at Urmitz Rheinbrücke and then further north at...
Rhein - Bonn Oberkassel April 2013
4 photos
An evening drive up the Rhine on the way to Cologne / Bonn airport via various stopovers looking for decent photo locations and one of these is Bonn Oberkassel station.
Rhein - Linz am Rhein and surrounding area
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An evening trip up the River Rhine to Cologne / Bonn airport found me at Linz am Rhein in Apr 2013.
It was so good, I decided to go back very early the following morning before the flight home.
And...
Gremberg yard, Cologne
65 photos
An hour or so at the busy yard next door to Cologne Bonn airport at Gremberg just before setting off for various meetings in the Eiffel area that evening in 2013
And then in 2014 it was the opposite...
Bremen Hbf
54 photos
A lunchbreak at Bremen Hbf in 2013 produced a number of freights and loco hauled trains on a cold sunny day.
Since then I have visited a few times and these are the pictures
Rhein - Lorch, Rüdesheim, Bingen am Rhein,...
96 photos
In 2013 a very short visit to the Rhein one evening after flying into Frankfurt and heading up to Gerolstein for a meeting the following day. Photos taken from Bingen am Rhein and looking across to...
Frankfurt am Main Hbf & Stadion July 2011
11 photos
A quick stopover on the way to the airport at Frankfurt am Main Stadiom station. No freight, but quite a lot of expresses..
Mainz area - ALL
92 photos
After arriving on an afternoon flight into Frankfurt airport there was a chance to spend some time at the nearby Mainz Bischofsheim station and yard before heading to the hotel for the night..
Also...
Dusseldorf Rath
68 photos
In 2011, it was a short early morning visit to Dusseldorf Rath before boarding a plane at the nearby airport. To see if there were any spots for phots. It is probably better in the afternoon when the...
Oberhausen West and Osterfeld Sud
46 photos
After the quick visit to Wedau I decided to return to the favoured spot at Osterfeld Sud station in Oberhausen for the usual procession of freight trains on a lovely spring evening in May 2011. Also...
Duisburg Wedau & Lotharstrasse area
152 photos
A trip out after work in 2011 to see what this location was like for photos. Not easy with the wires constantly in the way and the sun too far round to stand on the platform at this time of the...
Frankfurt West 04/05/2011
7 photos
A brief evening visit to Frankfurt West on the way to my hotel provided the following variety and in some cases pretty dramatic skyline
Osterfeld Sud 24/05/2011
21 photos
An evening visit to a very busy freight location at Osterfeld Sud station in Oberhausen, north of Essen
Essen area
14 photos
Breakfast visit to Essen Altenessen in 2011 and then a couple of visits to nearby Gelsenkirchen and Essen Hbf in 2015
Cologne (Köln) 2011 and 2014
20 photos
A business trip to Cologne tied in nicely with 15 minutes in the sun at the Central station and later on, fortunate enough to catch an HGK on a trip working from the chemical works at Wesserling...
Langen 25/03/2011
9 photos
45 minutes at Langen waiting for the express train into Frankfurt produced the following assortment
Bottrop Sud 23/05/2011
19 photos
Evening visit to Bottrop Sud yard, near Essen
Paris 14/03/2011
7 photos
Quick business trip to Paris allowed some afternoon and evening photography at two of the big 6 Paris rail stations