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With Interregional train No. 1832 Cluj Napoca-Galati (29.07.2025, Iași)

1S72 London Euston to Glasgow Central. Class 390 Pendolino (Progress) Carries vinyls on all 11 carriages to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. They were applied in August 2020, and the train named 'Progress' in October that year. More commonly known as The Pride Train, it highlights Avanti West Coast's progressive commitment to diversity and inclusion. Seen here heading north on The WCML on a glorious summer afternoon.

My latest trip to Germany in April of this year lasted only a day. That day however was very effective for me, as I managed to enlarge my portfolio of spotted class 218 locomotives, which are to be phased out of normal service in DB by the end of this year. This was most likely my last chance to see them on a normal passenger train... although the past has taught me to never say never,

The picture shows 218.429 running a RE2 service from Lübeck to Bad Kleinen instead of a railbus. The loco-hauled train was deployed to increase capacity for the passengers who took this route while the main corridor between Berlin and Hamburg was closed. The train is shown leaving Schönberg on one of the more known spots of the line.

Photo by Piotrek/Toprus

C'est lors d'une séance de pêche, au cours d'une soirée au ciel couvert, que cette photo a été prise. À un moment, une éclaircie est apparue. Aussitôt, je me suis souvenu qu'à cette heure-ci, l'IC 669 reliant Stockholm C à Oslo S devait passer dans les minutes qui suivaient. Un déplacement rapide vers la voiture de location a été fait afin d'aller chercher le matériel nécessaire pour le photographier. À peine installé, le bruit du convoi en approche se faisait déjà entendre.

Sur l'image, on aperçoit la Rc6 1408 des chemins de fer suédois SJ. La locomotive longe les rives du lac Bysjön en tête d'une rame de cinq voitures. Dix-huit kilomètres plus loin, le train franchira la frontière norvégienne avant de poursuivre sa route vers la capitale du pays.

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Inbound Metra at Naperville Station
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July 25, 2026

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On the final approach to Montevideo, Minnesota, Milwaukee Road 261 drifts along the western Minnesota countryside on home rails. Passing the distant signal protecting the diamond with the BNSF Marshall Subdivision, the locomotive is returning to old Hiawatha country for the first time since the early 2000s.

In a scene not seen since 2001, Milwaukee Road 261 passes the passenger depot at Montevideo, Minnesota after a return from Appleton. For a town that thrives off the memory of the Milwaukee Road and what it brought to the community, an appreciation for the Friends of the 261 is in the air on this weekend!

Heading northbound to Appleton, Minnesota, Milwaukee Road 261 flies through the plains of western Minnesota on a 2pm excursion out of Montevideo.

Ådalen III in Härnösand, Sweden

One of the final vehicles delivered to United Automobile services prior to the Arriva branding, was Optare MetroRider MR15 no. R701MHN, the first of a batch of longer examples. It is seen here on Tubwell Row, Darlington, as fleet no. 2701 on service 23 Skerne Park-Whinbush, in June 1998.
The date is confirmed by the display of the winning numbers of the UK National Lottery to the bottom right in the window of Arkley News - 1, 15, 23, 31 and 42 are visible along with bonus number 5 - this combination, including 48 was drawn on Saturday 6th June 1998.
Behind is a Lunn Poly holiday shop - this chain disappeared in 2004.

MSC Virtuosa is a Meraviglia-Plus-class cruise ship owned and operated by MSC Cruises.

Built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire, France, she is the second ship in the Meraviglia-Plus class and sister ship to MSC Grandiosa

Pictured here alongside at the Horizon Cruise Ship Terminal, Southampton International Port, Hampshire, UK.

Fuel tanker / Oiler MV Whitonia is outboard

A photo from last year and strangely a family of locomotives I've not given too much attention to. The famous Czech Goggles as we call them in the UK. These locomotives are for me one of the most distinctive Czech locomotives and one I am always glad to see.

I started the morning before the drive to Slovakia at Náměšť nad Oslavou for a repeat photo but this time the locomotive was in retro colours with České dráhy
754 043 in charge of train R 651 Rosenberg České Budějovice - Brno hl.n.

Running on the Chicago & Alton main through downtown Springfield, IL, UP Big Boy 4014 with train PBNSL crawls in front of the Illinois State Capitol building. This was a historic moment, as it's almost certainly the very last time a steam locomotive will pass by the state capitol, as the original Alton main will be abandoned and replaced by a new alignment a mile or so east.

Royal Australian Air Force 737 MAX 8 BBJ A62-001 "Aussie 315" arriving at Dublin.

Royal Australian Air Force 737 MAX 8 BBJ A62-001 "Aussie 315" arriving at Dublin.

In 2026, this loco is a 62 year old survivor 😊👍

63866 is another BB63500 awaiting its fate in Road 1 of the Graveyard with 35 other classmates.

The 580 strong BB63500s were built for over 15 years between 1956 and 1971.

Most of the class are withdrawn, though a few were rebuilt in the early 2010s as BB64600s and are still active in 2026.

Quite a few in this Road 1 line were included in these lucky ones. But not 63866, which had a different, positive future.

63866’s History:
Big thanks as usual to Christophe Hespel for his trainsso.fr database information🙏

63866 was built by Brissonneau & Lotz and delivered into service with SNCF on 24/12/1964.

It was first logged stored at Sotteville from the Achères Depot as far back as August 2006, stored in the scrap line by Sotteville Depot.

It was first logged after being moved to the Graveyard roads on 29/08/2010.

63866 was officially withdrawn from on 25/06/2011, (almost 5 years after its arrival).

It was last sighted at the Graveyard in August 2011.

63866 became a lucky loco when it was preserved by Loco Vapeur R1199 de Nantes at Nantes-Blottereau depot and repainted into its original green livery.

It moved preservation owners on an unknown date. Possibly 2016 when Nantes-Blottereau depot was redeveloped as part of Nantes station expansion and Loco Vapeur R1199 de Nantes had to leave.

I63866’s new home is the CFV - Chemin de Fer de la Vendée at Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, about 60km’s South East of Nantes.

It is definitely active, as it has been loaned since April 2025 to CFTVA - Chemin de fer touristique de la vallée de l'Aa, in Arques.

It was also in use in early July 2026 at their annual Festival 😊

Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, July 20, 2026. Passengers sit inside a modern monorail train car on the new Line 17-Gold at Brooklin Paulista station. An employee in a yellow safety vest stands near the open doors, showing daily urban transit and public transportation infrastructure in Latin America largest city.

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Steuerwagen Nr. 52801 leads a mixed Regio train to Chur into Litzirüti Bahnhof, followed by an EW B car in Arosa Bärenland branding, an EW AB car, an Allegra Abe 8/12 pushing the train and a Type R wagon carrying a coop body swap container. A man waits on the opposite platform with a sitting dog obediently staring at him.
On the left, a grassy meadow. On the right farmhouses in flower covered meadows which fade in to woodland above. The whole scene is covered by a uniform layer of low grey cloud.

ScotRail Sprinter DMU Class 158 Nos 158719 & 158701 arrive at Haymarket Station with 1RL78 - the 1324 Perth to Edinburgh service on 18th July 2026

SR HST 43143 waits with 5B28 - 1446 ECS Edinburgh - Haymarket Depot

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