Ben Kletzer reports from Yunann in China: I have just arrivged in Kaiyuan to photograph the remnants of the Yunnan meter gauge. I spent half of a day in Hekou before taking a bus here and found some disturbing sights there. First the tracks to the border were covered in rust. The railroad yard was [...]

Hallo!       Der letzte Teil meines Reiseberichts aus Indien, plus eine Galerie mit über 700 hochauflösenden Bildern: Indien 2012 – 14: Thums Up für Ankai Killa! (50 B.) Indien 2012 – 15: Pune – Deccan Queen (50 B.) Indien 2012 – 16: Pune – I have been to Monkey Hill! (50 B.) Indien [...]

Still Alive: Bangladesh’s oldies The class MEG 11 (General Motors 1953 – 1956) is still in use. We saw three different locos so far. They run the daily container train from Dhaka to Chittagong and back. According to the timetable it should leave Dhaka at 11, but today they told us 13.00 hrs. And so [...]

Hi, guys! Happy New Year 2013! As always I have some presents for you, 13 calendars for download here: http://raildata.info/Kalender/2013/index.html   Enjoy! Cheers, Roni   Examples:   Hallo! Fröhliches Jahr 2013! Wie immer gibt es ein paar Geschenke, diesmal 13 Kalender, zum Download hier:  http://raildata.info/Kalender/2013/index.html Viel Spaß damit! lg, Roni     Zum Beispiel:   [...]

Hallo! Diesen Herbst wurde die slowenische 06-018 (Borsig 12207 / 1930) wieder fahrtüchtig aufgearbeitet, im November verkehrte sie ein erstes Mal auf der Wocheinerbahn, am 12. 12. 12 als zweite Sonderfahrt von Maribor auf der alten Südbahnstrecke nach Ljubljana und Koper. Was für ein Glück, dass es gleichzeitig ein bombastischer Wintertag war… Zur Reportage mit 50 [...]

Andrej Hoffman reports from Romania: I send you report about the beautiful class 78: On Thursday 25th of October we saw one  four axle Malaxa in Sibiu (78.771), maybe it is used on the traditional shuttle between Turnu Rosu and Podu Olt (2482/2481, 2484/2483) – those shuttles were served with class 78 in the past [...]

Die 1847 gegründete Mühle hatte lange Strecken in die Felder, geblieben ist davon heute nur noch ein kleiner Rangierbetrieb vom Verladebahnhof über die Straße zur Mühle. Im Einsatz waren die Schömas Nummer zwei bis fünf und die abgestellte Nummer 1 (vmtl. O&K), alle Zweiachser. Darüber hinaus war noch die Hülle von Nr. 06 vorhanden. Die [...]

ALCO – sometimes you can skip winter steam… – manchmal kann man Winterdampf auch auslassen…   Hi, We continue with five reports about metre gauge on the Ahmedabad – Udaipur, Mavli – Marwar and Ratlam – Indore – Mhow – Khandwa – Akola lines: India 2012 – 9: Metre Gauge to Udaipur (50 p.) http://railroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39853 [...]

Silviu Darlea reports frrom Romania: At Arad depot all class 900 Malaxa railcars are out of service. In service are only the modernised class 1000 Malxas with Volvo engines and Allison gear box. From May 1st they will be use on the Arad – Timisoara main line as Regio Train 2608 and 2611 because CFR Calatori [...]

  Hi, We continue at Agra Fort, Jodhpur and Jaisalmer including some proper diesel action and sightseeing: India 2012 – 4: The former Glory of Agra Fort (50 p.) India 2012 – 5: The present Glory of Agra Fort (50 p.) India 2012 – 6: Jodhpur – The Blue City (50 p.) India 2012 – [...]

  Hi, The first trip reports from India are online now, covering the first day (of three weeks)… (Introduction) India 2012 – 1: Punjab Mail, not into Punjab http://railroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39510 (First day of proper railfanning) India 2012 – 2: Gwalior – Bilevel Suburban Trains (50 p.) http://railroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39525 India 2012 – 3: Gwalior – Dusty Train to [...]

Hi, Now I am back from a fantastic trip, everything worked like clockwork and my friends, but also strangers I met, were extremely hospitable. I experienced new highlights every day, some of them I caught on video, a lot only on photo. However, this will give you a nice taste of things to come in [...]

Hi! Here are as usual my calendars: Enjoy, and a Happy New Year to all! Hallo! Hier gibt es wie immer meine Kalender: Viel Spaß damit und noch ein gutes Neues Jahr an alle! Roni

Arad’s Malaxa railcars 1018/1029 have been overhauled recently. They’re used on the branch line Arad – Brad  for the trains 3123/3134. In the new future Arad’s most photogenic line will be taken over by RegoTrans – and then you’ll see French railcars there. High noon for the class 1000 of Arad. Die Arader Malaxa Triebwagen [...]

Hallo! Ein paar meiner Ausflüge die letzten Monate durch Nord-, Mittel- und Südosteuropa gibt es hier als Foto-Berichte und/oder Videos: Fotoberichte: Rumänien Süd-Österliche Dieseltour 2011 1/2 (50 B.) Rumänien – Ungarn – Kroatien Süd-Österliche Dieseltour 2011 2/2 (50 B.) Video dazu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLO3FM1HvYw&hd=1 Deutschland – Frankreich – England – Wales – Estland – Lettland Diesel – [...]

Here are some notes and photos from our trip to Croatia and Bosnia last week which may be of interest. Unlike all of its neighbouring countries Croatia doesn’t have any working steam locos and the railway there doesn’t allow steam locos from other countries to run on its tracks. The country therefore has a somewhat [...]

Hi, Editing took a long time, but the reports from the Farrail trip to Bosnia in April 2010 are finally online, enjoy! Steam in Bosnia 2010 – 1: Arrival (50 p.) Steam in Bosnia 2010 – 2: Kakanj I – Hadzi, Puppies and the American (50 p.) Steam in Bosnia 2010 – 3: Kakanj II [...]

Hallo! Wie jedes Jahr gibt es von mir wieder Geschenke, diesmal insgesamt 10 Kalender: Vier Mal Bosnien mit Bernd im April (in Farbe, monochrom, vertikal und einen Nutzkalender mit Arbeitern in 3 verschiedenen Sprachversionen), dazu sechs weitere Kalender (Dampf, Diesel, Elektro, Fotografie, Landschaft und Vertikal). Zum Download mit Vorschaubildern geht es hier: http://raildata.info/Kalender/2011 Viel Spaß [...]

Silviu Darlea reports: The Malaxa Railcars are not dying. In November Silviu Darlea made a visit to Reloc Craiova were class 750 and 1000 Malaxa Railcars getting overhauled. They will be equipped with electronically controlled diesel motors from Volvo Penta and Allison Gear boxes. The first refurbished DMU will be 78 1021+1031. In the picture [...]

Kandar is located about 4 hours north of Kolkata (North East India) on the rail route to the North Eastern territories. Absolutely no reason to go there. Except if you are like me on the much delayed night train from the Darjeeling area (date: Jan. 2010). Suddenly the train stops. The conductor almost falls out [...]