A photo taken on the #Brenner 🇮🇹🇦🇹 line in September 1982: this is the northbound #Rome to #Munich “Alpen Express” arriving at #Chiusa/#Klausen station. The long consist is hauled by two locos, an #FS Class E.636 and an E.656 electric.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A photo taken on the #Brenner 🇮🇹🇦🇹 line in September 1982: this is the northbound #Rome to #Munich “Alpen Express” arriving at #Chiusa/#Klausen station. The long consist is hauled by two locos, an #FS Class E.636 and an E.656 electric.
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#PastTrainTrips
A photo taken in August 1985 at, probably, #Udine 🇮🇹. (Or was it #Mestre 🤔?) An #FS Class 646 electric is hauling a train composed of, back then rather new, MDVC-type cars for regional services. On the left, a Class ALe 840 unit, I think, on local duties.
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September 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A photo taken in August 1985 at, probably, #Udine 🇮🇹. (Or was it #Mestre 🤔?) An #FS Class 646 electric is hauling a train composed of, back then rather new, MDVC-type cars for regional services. On the left, a Class ALe 840 unit, I think, on local duties.
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IC Avala Departing old Belgrade Main Station, heading to Vienna. July/August 2003
IC Avala Departing old Belgrade Main Station, heading to Vienna. July/August 2003
August 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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IC Avala Departing old Belgrade Main Station, heading to Vienna. July/August 2003
IC Avala Departing old Belgrade Main Station, heading to Vienna. July/August 2003
A backlight photo taken in August 1985 while travelling from #Rome 🇮🇹 to #Firenze and #Bologna: this is the #FS ETR.401, built in the 1970s and, it seems, the world’s first #Pendolino tilting train in revenue earning service, mainly on the Rome to Ancona line, if I remember well.
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July 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A backlight photo taken in August 1985 while travelling from #Rome 🇮🇹 to #Firenze and #Bologna: this is the #FS ETR.401, built in the 1970s and, it seems, the world’s first #Pendolino tilting train in revenue earning service, mainly on the Rome to Ancona line, if I remember well.
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#PastTrainTrips
Some design elements of the #DiningCar on a #DB 🇩🇪 #AutoZug car-carrying train.
The car of the #WRmh132 type was still displaying its #Produktfarben livery from the mid-1980s when I took this photo at #Hamburg #Altona in July 2006: Orient-red, pastel violet, light grey.
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The car of the #WRmh132 type was still displaying its #Produktfarben livery from the mid-1980s when I took this photo at #Hamburg #Altona in July 2006: Orient-red, pastel violet, light grey.
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July 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Some design elements of the #DiningCar on a #DB 🇩🇪 #AutoZug car-carrying train.
The car of the #WRmh132 type was still displaying its #Produktfarben livery from the mid-1980s when I took this photo at #Hamburg #Altona in July 2006: Orient-red, pastel violet, light grey.
#PastTrainTrips @diningcar.at
The car of the #WRmh132 type was still displaying its #Produktfarben livery from the mid-1980s when I took this photo at #Hamburg #Altona in July 2006: Orient-red, pastel violet, light grey.
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A pair of Italian FS Ale663 Fiat railcars, ready to depart from #Nice Ville station 🇫🇷 to #Torino 🇮🇹 across the Alps via the #Tenda line.
July 1985. #PastTrainTrips
July 1985. #PastTrainTrips
May 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A pair of Italian FS Ale663 Fiat railcars, ready to depart from #Nice Ville station 🇫🇷 to #Torino 🇮🇹 across the Alps via the #Tenda line.
July 1985. #PastTrainTrips
July 1985. #PastTrainTrips
While travelling from #Venice to #Milan in November 2002 I came across this #FS #Trenitalia 🇮🇹 class E.402A electric working an eastbound #Intercity. Back then the loco was still displaying its original red and white livery and the “FS logo inclinato” on its nose.
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#PastTrainTrips
May 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
While travelling from #Venice to #Milan in November 2002 I came across this #FS #Trenitalia 🇮🇹 class E.402A electric working an eastbound #Intercity. Back then the loco was still displaying its original red and white livery and the “FS logo inclinato” on its nose.
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#PastTrainTrips
#Bergen 🇳🇴, summer 2005: an #NSB #InterCity bound for #Oslo awaits departure. A Class #El18 electric of Swiss design, similar to #SBB’s #Re460, will haul the train, composed of Type 7 cars.
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April 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
#Bergen 🇳🇴, summer 2005: an #NSB #InterCity bound for #Oslo awaits departure. A Class #El18 electric of Swiss design, similar to #SBB’s #Re460, will haul the train, composed of Type 7 cars.
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#PastTrainTrips
Among the train photo classics from #Zagreb 🇭🇷 main station: the night train for #Zurich 🇨🇭 via #Ljubljana 🇸🇮 and #Villach 🇦🇹 waiting for departure in the evening sun, with the #HŽ sleeper right behind the Class 1142 electric. Picture taken in May 2018.
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#PastTrainTrips
April 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Among the train photo classics from #Zagreb 🇭🇷 main station: the night train for #Zurich 🇨🇭 via #Ljubljana 🇸🇮 and #Villach 🇦🇹 waiting for departure in the evening sun, with the #HŽ sleeper right behind the Class 1142 electric. Picture taken in May 2018.
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#PastTrainTrips
A picture taken at #Binche 🇧🇪 in June 2004, on the occasion of a railfan event organised by the Belgian train enthusiasts association #PFT #TSP: on the right, the “farewell to #SNCB #NMBS Class 25 (and 22)” charter train and on the left a type #AM75 unit on an hourly regional service.
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#PastTrainTrips
April 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A picture taken at #Binche 🇧🇪 in June 2004, on the occasion of a railfan event organised by the Belgian train enthusiasts association #PFT #TSP: on the right, the “farewell to #SNCB #NMBS Class 25 (and 22)” charter train and on the left a type #AM75 unit on an hourly regional service.
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#PastTrainTrips
A #Montenegro 🇲🇪 Railways #ŽCG local train for the country’s capital city #Podgorica is seen here departing from #Bar, a port city by the #Adriatic. A six-axle Class 461 electric hauls the train, composed of just three carriages. Pictures taken in July 2017.
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#PastTrainTrips
March 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A #Montenegro 🇲🇪 Railways #ŽCG local train for the country’s capital city #Podgorica is seen here departing from #Bar, a port city by the #Adriatic. A six-axle Class 461 electric hauls the train, composed of just three carriages. Pictures taken in July 2017.
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#PastTrainTrips
A railfan event from the early 2000s: #SNCB #NMBS 🇧🇪 multi-current electric loco 1501 passes #Maastricht 🇳🇱 signal box with a charter train, composed i.a. of Dutch and Belgian Dining Cars @diningcar.at and couchettes.
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#PastTrainTrips
March 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A railfan event from the early 2000s: #SNCB #NMBS 🇧🇪 multi-current electric loco 1501 passes #Maastricht 🇳🇱 signal box with a charter train, composed i.a. of Dutch and Belgian Dining Cars @diningcar.at and couchettes.
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#PastTrainTrips
An #SNCF 🇫🇷 class #X72500 diesel trainset, probably after arrival from #Briançon and #Gap, or ready to depart for #Grenoble, and a #Z2 EMU working a regional service over a section of the #Marseille to #Lyon #PLM #Rhône-valley line.
#Valence_Ville in August 2000.
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#Valence_Ville in August 2000.
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February 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
An #SNCF 🇫🇷 class #X72500 diesel trainset, probably after arrival from #Briançon and #Gap, or ready to depart for #Grenoble, and a #Z2 EMU working a regional service over a section of the #Marseille to #Lyon #PLM #Rhône-valley line.
#Valence_Ville in August 2000.
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#Valence_Ville in August 2000.
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#Valence 🇫🇷 in August 2000: an #SNCF service worked by a class 67300 diesel and composed of #Corail stock and one #USI carriage, has just arrived from #Geneva🇨🇭#Cornavin station.
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#PastTrainTrips
January 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#Valence 🇫🇷 in August 2000: an #SNCF service worked by a class 67300 diesel and composed of #Corail stock and one #USI carriage, has just arrived from #Geneva🇨🇭#Cornavin station.
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#PastTrainTrips
A photo taken at #Etterbeek station in #Brussels 🇧🇪 in February 2013: pictured here is a late afternoon southbound regional service - probably a “peak time” one - worked by various multiple units. Twin unit number 164, part of the batch from 1962, is leading.
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January 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A photo taken at #Etterbeek station in #Brussels 🇧🇪 in February 2013: pictured here is a late afternoon southbound regional service - probably a “peak time” one - worked by various multiple units. Twin unit number 164, part of the batch from 1962, is leading.
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#PastTrainTrips
The #Arlberg Express on the eponymous railway line in Austria 🇦🇹. Positioned right behind the #ÖBB Class 1044 loco are the mail van and the @diningcar.at. Through coaches from #Paris 🇫🇷 via #Basel 🇨🇭 are at the rear. Picture taken through the open window of a westbound train. Mid 1980s.
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January 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The #Arlberg Express on the eponymous railway line in Austria 🇦🇹. Positioned right behind the #ÖBB Class 1044 loco are the mail van and the @diningcar.at. Through coaches from #Paris 🇫🇷 via #Basel 🇨🇭 are at the rear. Picture taken through the open window of a westbound train. Mid 1980s.
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#PastTrainTrips
Bordeaux 🇫🇷 station in October 2005: an #SNCF #X2800 railcar with two trailers is seen here just before leaving for an evening run on a #TER regional service.
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January 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Bordeaux 🇫🇷 station in October 2005: an #SNCF #X2800 railcar with two trailers is seen here just before leaving for an evening run on a #TER regional service.
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#PastTrainTrips
#Cordoba 🇪🇸 in August 1985: a #RENFE Class 269 #Mitsubishi electric is seen here with a long distance train, composed of type 9.000/9.300 cars (the first two, in matching colours) and an #Estrella liveried car, possibly of the 10.000 type, positioned third.
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#PastTrainTrips
January 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#Cordoba 🇪🇸 in August 1985: a #RENFE Class 269 #Mitsubishi electric is seen here with a long distance train, composed of type 9.000/9.300 cars (the first two, in matching colours) and an #Estrella liveried car, possibly of the 10.000 type, positioned third.
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#PastTrainTrips
A photo taken at #Helsingborg 🇸🇪 in spring 1985: this is the 14:25 international service, train number 464, with through cars from #Copenhagen 🇩🇰 to #Oslo 🇳🇴. They were transferred from #Helsingør by train ferry across the #Øresund #Öresund a few minutes earlier.
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#PastTrainTrips
January 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A photo taken at #Helsingborg 🇸🇪 in spring 1985: this is the 14:25 international service, train number 464, with through cars from #Copenhagen 🇩🇰 to #Oslo 🇳🇴. They were transferred from #Helsingør by train ferry across the #Øresund #Öresund a few minutes earlier.
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#PastTrainTrips
Pictures taken in August 2010, while visiting #Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦: #Sarajevo’s old town, a tram, trolleybuses and the railway station.
The train on the last photo is a former #OlimpikEkspres unit, put in service on the occasion of the Winter Olympics, held in Sarajevo in 1984.
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The train on the last photo is a former #OlimpikEkspres unit, put in service on the occasion of the Winter Olympics, held in Sarajevo in 1984.
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December 10, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Pictures taken in August 2010, while visiting #Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦: #Sarajevo’s old town, a tram, trolleybuses and the railway station.
The train on the last photo is a former #OlimpikEkspres unit, put in service on the occasion of the Winter Olympics, held in Sarajevo in 1984.
#PastTrainTrips
The train on the last photo is a former #OlimpikEkspres unit, put in service on the occasion of the Winter Olympics, held in Sarajevo in 1984.
#PastTrainTrips
It’s not one of Europe’s fastest train journeys but its old railway charm is hard to beat: #Bulgaria’s 🇧🇬 #Rhodope narrow-gauge line, reaching 1,267 m a.s.l. at #Avramovo, making this the highest point of any railway line in the #Balkans. Pictures taken in June 2010.
#PastTrainTrips.
#PastTrainTrips.
December 9, 2024 at 5:38 PM
It’s not one of Europe’s fastest train journeys but its old railway charm is hard to beat: #Bulgaria’s 🇧🇬 #Rhodope narrow-gauge line, reaching 1,267 m a.s.l. at #Avramovo, making this the highest point of any railway line in the #Balkans. Pictures taken in June 2010.
#PastTrainTrips.
#PastTrainTrips.
An #ÖBB 🇦🇹 Class 2095 narrow-gauge diesel at #Gmünd, awaiting further duties on the #Waldviertel 760mm network. We note the Opel Kadett behind the loco, its varnish matching almost perfectly with the 2095’s #Jaffa livery.
Summer 1991
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Summer 1991
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December 7, 2024 at 6:50 PM
An #ÖBB 🇦🇹 Class 2095 narrow-gauge diesel at #Gmünd, awaiting further duties on the #Waldviertel 760mm network. We note the Opel Kadett behind the loco, its varnish matching almost perfectly with the 2095’s #Jaffa livery.
Summer 1991
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Summer 1991
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A photo taken while travelling on an #InterRail ticket in August 1985: pictured here are two #RENFE 🇪🇸 Spanish Railways classics: a Class 269.2 #Mitsubishi electric with a long distance train composed of type-9000 cars and a UT-440 unit for regional services.
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#PastTrainTrips
December 6, 2024 at 4:44 PM
A photo taken while travelling on an #InterRail ticket in August 1985: pictured here are two #RENFE 🇪🇸 Spanish Railways classics: a Class 269.2 #Mitsubishi electric with a long distance train composed of type-9000 cars and a UT-440 unit for regional services.
#PastTrainTrips
#PastTrainTrips
The #Vienna 🇦🇹 to #Prague 🇨🇿 and #Berlin 🇩🇪 train named #Vindobona is seen here at #Gmünd on a summer day in 1991. The #ÖBB 2143 diesel will give way to the #ČSD class 754, partly visible on the right. This locomotive change comes with the addition of two DR cars.
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#PastTrainTrips
December 3, 2024 at 4:19 PM
The #Vienna 🇦🇹 to #Prague 🇨🇿 and #Berlin 🇩🇪 train named #Vindobona is seen here at #Gmünd on a summer day in 1991. The #ÖBB 2143 diesel will give way to the #ČSD class 754, partly visible on the right. This locomotive change comes with the addition of two DR cars.
#PastTrainTrips
#PastTrainTrips