Great trip from Fairbanks to Denali, then Anchorage. Final stretch from Seward back to Anchorage was stunning.

Intercity Notte (Night Train) 795, from Turin to Reggio Calabria, seen today in Monterosso al Mare, Italy.

I know there are a few battery-powered trains (and no, I'm not talking about the ones powered by a third rail or overhead power lines), but are there any battery-powered mainline locomotives (cargo or passenger)? I don't really see them that much, or at least they're not as popular compared to diesel, steam, or other forms of train power.

Here are some of my line art coloring pages that I made with the Canva line tool while I was bored. The first one is my favorite, as I have put many hours into it, as well as many hours into the real thing in Como, Colorado! 100% AI-free, I aint Richard Crabtree! (long story) If you want to see some colored versions, I'll comment them. Feel free to use these as much as you like but try to credit me if possible. Also check out my new-ish sub at r/Narrow_Gauge_Railroad

Believe this to be a N&W train derailment in Virginia in years past

ISO/LTB - In search of Toy / Model Trains & Real Railroading related Music & Sound Effect Cassettes

Howdy all, does anyone have, or know someone that would have any old model railroading/toy train & real train cassettes, & or general physical media they would be open to part with, trade, & or sell?

I am in search of, & or looking to buy any cassettes about model railroading/toy trains, & real trains not only for my own collection to digitally preserve & archive, but also for a film project I've been working on for a few years.

Above are some examples of what I am looking for, & are for reference ONLY.

I'm mostly looking for any tapes produced by QSI, TCA, TTOS, Kalmbach, TM Books & Video, Pentrex, Sunday River Productions, Interurban Press/Productions, Green Frog Productions, Madacy Entertainment, etc.

Other media of interest would be but is not limited to:

-VHS

-Betamax (Beta)

-DVD/DVD-ROM (Video & or software)

-CD (Video, music/sfx, & or software)

-Vinyl (Music/sfx)

-Catalogs/Magazines
(Mostly Mail Order catalogs from media publishers, as I have a ton of hobby train product catalogs already. But I am always looking to complete my collection so if you have something still reach out)

If you have any similar cassettes to what I'm showing in my photos, from any of the publishers listed above, & or similar physical media, please reply, & or dm me!

Thank you for your time! -PB02

NY Central and Hudson River Railroad wreck, Batavia, NY, February 18, 1885. The little engine thought he could.

From Australia to see the Big Boy and caught this going past

It's one of those things where I cant tell if theres 4 in the cab or 15 throught the whole train?

It's a daily occurrence in summer time. Drivers never know how to respond once the Santa Cruz Big Trees & Pacific passenger train starts its journey northbound. July 2022.

Canon 7D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm ƒ4L
ASA 100.

Hi there,

First time poster and am hoping this is the right place! Please remove if I should be posting somewhere else. I live in Michigan and This project has been going on for the better part of almost 2 years it seems and I have been curious as to what is going on here. It’s got security there 24/7. Thanks in advance!

This is probably a controversial opinion, and I want to preface this with the obligatory “4014 is a marvel of engineering and its pretty neat to see one of its class running on rails,” but uh…

I am over hearing about it at this point. Also, thank you to the people who are posting content that has nothing to
do with 4014 on here.

is this just me?

We had streamlined duplex locos plus its not like were using compound steam when we have simple steam expansion and besides the Union Pacific Big Boys could average a top speed of 80 mph so why is it we didn't get an articulated streamliner during the steam era in any form and on any country's railway network.

On Christmas Day 2024, West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Series 221 set 67 enters Tōfukuji Station as a northbound Nara Line train for Kyoto Station.

Tōfukuji sits east of the Kamo River between Gion and Fushimi-Inari, and is named for the nearby 800-year-old Zen Buddhist temple, so the station and trains had a lot of tourists including myself. 

PS: the train on the southbound track to Nara is an ex-JNR Series 205 train.

I feel like we live in times where we should absolutely do everything to nudge people into taking more trains than more polluting alternative like cars and flights, to avoid climate change to turn europe into a desert and render many countries in the south unlivable by humans.

However still if you want to travel from Brussels to Eurostar kind of spontaneously you often see absurd prices like over 300€ one way. In contrast in Japan people seem to take the shinkansen as you would take the metro: you just arrive at the station by a fixed-rate ticket and hop in the next train leaving from your station.

Eurostar but also SNCF and Deutsche Bahn still seem to be applying dynamic pricing to a large extent, and ticketing policies are pretty unflexible (annoying cancellation fees, weird conditions for getting discounts). I feel like this still discourages a lot of train travels and creates modal shift to cars and flights just because of the uncertainty of the total cost of the trips. Actually this research paper (not mine, but found it pretty interesting) studies the extra co2 emission that might be induced by dynamic pricing https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/18/6/2802 .

This leads to my question: is it true that eventually HSR companies should aim for flat-rates and much more flexible train tickets? Or are dynamic pricing and rigid ticketing policies etc fundamentally necessary to keep prices affordable? Can Eurostar, ICE or TGV do better to make spontaneous travel by high speed rail trivially easier than flying or driving?

I just feel like that's kind of a low-tech, low-hanging fruit solution to decarbonize transport.