Portal:Trains/Selected picture/2017 archive

This is an archive of article summaries that have appeared in the Selected picture section of Portal:Trains in 2017. For past archives, see the complete archive page.

Week 52, 2016: December 25, 2016 - January 1, 2017

A JR East 115 series Holiday Rapid Kamakura train waits at an unidentified station in April 2007.

Recently selected: Aqaba Railway - tracks at Enoshima Station - RhB rotary snowplow

Week 1: January 2 - January 8

The new (left) and original (right) City of San Francisco trains, here noted as the first and second sections, respectively, are ready for passengers to board at Oakland Pier Terminal station for the new train's inauguration on January 2, 1938. The route was a joint operation of Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Chicago and North Western until 1955; the eastern portion was then shifted to the Milwaukee Road and the route continued to operate until 1971.

Recently selected: Holiday Rapid Kamakura - Aqaba Railway - tracks at Enoshima Station

Week 2: January 9 - January 15

As the construction for the Gotthard Base Tunnel neared completion in 2016, Swiss Federal Railways ran special Gottardino trains into the tunnel to show it to the public. This view is out the control cab at the Sedrun emergency stop platform in the eastern tube.

Recently selected: City of San Francisco inauguration - Holiday Rapid Kamakura - Aqaba Railway

Week 3: January 16 - January 22

Kazakhstan Temir Zholy 2TE10U class diesel locomotive number 307 pulls passenger train number 369FJ from Tashkent to Novosibirsk, seen here between Zhetygen and Kapchagay, Kazakhstan, in 2012.

Recently selected: Gotthard Base Tunnel - City of San Francisco inauguration - Holiday Rapid Kamakura

Week 4: January 23 - January 29

East African Railways 54 class steam locomotive no. 5402 pulls a passenger train at Limuru, Kenya, before 1955. The class was originally known as the Kenya-Uganda Railway EC4 class.

Recently selected: KTZ passenger train - Gotthard Base Tunnel - City of San Francisco inauguration

Week 5: January 30 - February 5

A westbound TCDD passenger train, pulled by doubleheaded DE24000 class diesel locomotives, crosses Bridge 98 near Türkmentepe in 2015.

Recently selected: East African Railways 54 class locomotive - KTZ passenger train - Gotthard Base Tunnel

Week 6: February 6 - February 12

Two EL 8000 class electric locomotives pull a passenger train on a spiral of the Jungang Line near Wonju, South Korea, circa 1980. The Baecheok Bridge is visible in the background.

Recently selected: TCDD passenger train on bridge - East African Railways 54 class locomotive - KTZ passenger train

Week 7: February 13 - February 19

A tourist train, headed by a NOHAB diesel locomotive, formerly NSB Di 3 class, crosses a bridge over the Klina river east of Klinë, Kosovo, en route from Fushë Kosovë in 2014.

Recently selected: Jungang Line - TCDD passenger train on bridge - East African Railways 54 class locomotive

Week 8: February 20 - February 26

Two Class 1400 locomotives, numbers 1427 and 1415, pull a CP Regional passenger train on the Porto-Pocinho route in 2014.

Recently selected: Kosovo Railways tourist train - Jungang Line - TCDD passenger train on bridge

Week 9: February 27 - March 5

SNCF diesel locomotive number 1616 leads a train of empty flatcars near Ekeren, Belgium, in 2009.

Recently selected: CP Regional passenger train - Kosovo Railways tourist train - Jungang Line

Week 10: March 6 - March 12

Ukrainian Railways diesel multiple unit DR1A-292 makes a station stop at the Vinnytsia, Ukraine, railway station in July 2015.

Recently selected: SNCF freight train - CP Regional passenger train - Kosovo Railways tourist train

Week 11: March 13 - March 19

Southwestern Railways diesel locomotive TEM2M-063 shunts freight cars at Vinnytsia railway station, Ukraine, in 2013.

Recently selected: Ukrainian Railways DMU - SNCF freight train - CP Regional passenger train

Week 12: March 20 - March 26

Preserved CFL 3608, a Class 3600 electric locomotive, pulls an excursion train into Ettelbruck railway station in 2014.

Recently selected: Shunting cars in Ukraine - Ukrainian Railways DMU - SNCF freight train

Week 13: March 27 - April 2

A sole goods wagon sits at Madarail's Manjakandriana railway station, Madagascar, in 2013.

Recently selected: CFL 3608 excursion train - Shunting cars in Ukraine - Ukrainian Railways DMU

Week 14: April 3 - April 9

New York Central Railroad's 20th Century Limited departs Chicago's LaSalle Street Station behind streamlined steam locomotive Commodore Vanderbilt on February 22, 1935.

Recently selected: goods wagon at Manjakandriana - CFL 3608 excursion train - Shunting cars in Ukraine

Week 15: April 10 - April 16

A Japan Rail Freight train rounds a curve on the Biwako Line in April 2014.

Recently selected: 20th Century Limited - goods wagon at Manjakandriana - CFL 3608 excursion train

Week 16: April 17 - April 23

Narrow gauge Nacionales de México passenger train number 128 makes its way through the dual gauge San Lazaro yard in Mexico City in 1966 as F.C.I. (Ferrocarriles Interoceanico) 2-6-0 #60 waits on a nearby track.

Recently selected: Biwako Line freight train - 20th Century Limited - goods wagon at Manjakandriana

Week 17: April 24 - April 30

Train 642 running from Chișinău to Odesa overtakes a D1 diesel multiple unit train just outside Chișinău, Moldova, in 2013.

Recently selected: NdeM narrow gauge train - Biwako Line freight train - 20th Century Limited

Week 18: May 1 - May 7

A post card view showing a steam locomotive powered rack railway train on the grade near La Turbie connecting Monte Carlo to Le Grand Cintre before 1914.

Recently selected: Moldovan passenger trains - NdeM narrow gauge train - Biwako Line freight train

Week 19: May 8 - May 14

A large number of freight cars are sorted at a classification yard in Ulan-Ude, Russia.

Recently selected: rack railway in Monte Carlo - Moldovan passenger trains - NdeM narrow gauge train

Week 20: May 15 - May 21

Workers and dignitaries pause for a photograph during construction of the narrow-gauge railway bridge on the River Zeta in Nikšić, Yugoslavia, (now in Montenegro) in 1938.

Recently selected: freight yard in Russia - rack railway in Monte Carlo - Moldovan passenger trains

Week 21: May 22 - May 28

An ONCF Z2M double decker electric multiple unit train on the line from Sidi Kacem to Meknès, Morocco, in 2010

Recently selected: railway bridge construction in Yugoslavia - freight yard in Russia - rack railway in Monte Carlo

Week 22: May 29 - June 4

Passengers transfer on a pier in Mozambique from a cruise ship to a passenger train waiting for them circa 1929.

Recently selected: ONCF passenger train - railway bridge construction in Yugoslavia - freight yard in Russia

Week 23: June 5 - June 11

A modern passenger train on the Burma Railway crosses the River Kwai bridge in 2015. This bridge was immortalised by Pierre Boulle in his book and the film based on it, The Bridge on the River Kwai.

Recently selected: passengers transferring from ship to train - ONCF passenger train - railway bridge construction in Yugoslavia

Week 24: June 13 - June 18

A VL13 class diesel locomotive shunts some tank cars at Murau on the 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) gauge Mur Valley Railway in 2006.

Recently selected: River Kwai bridge - passengers transferring from ship to train - ONCF passenger train

Week 25: June 19 - June 25

A train composed of two three-section "koplopers" (class ICM), numbers 4091 and 4057, operate on an InterCity service between Groningen and Utrecht Centraal, approaching the Noorderzanddijk level crossing in Haren, the Netherlands, in January 2016.

Recently selected: Mur Valley Railway - River Kwai bridge - passengers transferring from ship to train

Week 26: June 26 - July 2

KiwiRail DX class diesel locomotive number 5486 and DXC class number 5356 await their next assignment at Picton, New Zealand, in 2010.

Recently selected: NS passenger train - Mur Valley Railway - River Kwai bridge

Week 27: July 3 - July 9

A Norges Statsbaner (NSB) Class 73 passenger train traverses the Dovrebanen between Dombås and Fokstua, Norway, in winter 2009.

Recently selected: New Zealand DX and DXC class locomotives - NS passenger train - Mur Valley Railway

Week 28: July 10 - July 16

A Karachi Circular Railway train stands at Karachi City railway station, Pakistan, in 2012.

Recently selected: NSB class 73 - New Zealand DX and DXC class locomotives - NS passenger train

Week 29: July 17 - July 23

Panama Railroad locomotive number 901 works switching flatcars carrying intermodal containers in 1992.

Recently selected: Karachi Circular Railway - NSB class 73 - New Zealand DX and DXC class locomotives

Week 30: July 24 - July 30

One of the two-car trains of the Posadas-Encarnación International Train connecting Argentina and Paraguay makes its station stop at Posadas in December 2014.

Recently selected: Panama Railroad - Karachi Circular Railway - NSB class 73

Week 31: July 31 - August 6

Ferrocarril Central Andino locomotive number 1001, a GE C30-7, leads a train at about 4,710 metres (15,450 ft) above mean sea level that has nearly reached the summit on its way from Lima to La Oroya in July 2013

Recently selected: Posadas-Encarnación International Train - Panama Railroad - Karachi Circular Railway

Week 32: August 7 - August 13

CP 4708, a Class 4700 electric locomotive, pulls a train consisting of intermodal containers on flatcars in June 2016.

Recently selected: FCCA freight train - Posadas-Encarnación International Train - Panama Railroad

Week 33: August 14 - August 20

MÁV electric locomotive number V43 1143 is at the head of train number G 407 "Corona" from Budapest to Brașov at Budapest Keleti railway station in 2010.

Recently selected: intermodal freight train in Portugal - FCCA freight train - Posadas-Encarnación International Train

Week 34: August 21 - August 27

An RŽD freight train, led by 2ES6 class electric locomotive number 137, departs Golden Sopka station in 2010.

Recently selected: Corona passenger train - intermodal freight train in Portugal - FCCA freight train

Week 35: August 28 - September 3

A preserved narrow gauge car from San Marino stands on display outside the Montale Tunnel in 2015.

Recently selected: RŽD freight train - Corona passenger train - intermodal freight train in Portugal

Week 36: September 4 - September 10

A small tank locomotive works the Port of Dakar, Senegal, in 1910.

Recently selected: preserved San Marino railway car - RŽD freight train - Corona passenger train

Week 37: September 11 - September 17

Serbian Railways class 661 locomotive number 249, an EMD G16, leads a freight train in 2016.

Recently selected: tank locomotive in Senegal - preserved San Marino railway car - RŽD freight train

Week 38: September 18 - September 24

A passenger train led by a small tank locomotive stops at Woodlands station (which has been replaced by Woodlands Train Checkpoint), Singapore, circa 1910.

Recently selected: Serbian Railways freight train - tank locomotive in Senegal - preserved San Marino railway car

Week 39: September 25 - October 1

A ČSD Class E 469.5 electric locomotive operated by ZSSK negotiates through a passing loop in Slančík, Slovakia, in 2004.

Recently selected: Woodlands station, Singapore - Serbian Railways freight train - tank locomotive in Senegal

Week 40: October 2 - October 8

Slovenske železnice class 363 electric locomotive number 363-036, similar to SNCF's CC 6500 "nez cassé" ("broken nose"), but for 3 kV DC instead of 1.5 kV, pulls a freight train on the grade from Prešnica to Koper, between Črnotiče and Hrastovlje stations, Slovenia, in 2007.

Recently selected: ČSD Class E 469.5 - Woodlands station, Singapore - Serbian Railways freight train

Week 41: October 9 - October 15

A South African Railways Class 26 4-8-4 steam locomotive pulls an excursion train near Perdeberg in 1999.

Recently selected: Slovenske železnice freight train - ČSD Class E 469.5 - Woodlands station, Singapore

Week 42: October 16 - October 22

RENFE Class 251 electric locomotive number 251.020 pulls a freight train through a mountainous region in Spain in January 2016.

Recently selected: South African excursion train - Slovenske železnice freight train - ČSD Class E 469.5

Week 43: October 23 - October 29

A locomotive driver controls an electric locomotive on the Vác-Szob railway in Hungary on December 22, 1971, the first day of electric operations on that line.

Recently selected: RENFE freight train - South African excursion train - Slovenske železnice freight train

Week 44: October 30 - November 5

Preserved Southern Railway Merchant Navy class locomotive 35028 Clan Line is at the head of the Venice-Simplon Orient Express at Bristol Temple Meads in 2012.

Recently selected: locomotive driver in Hungary - RENFE freight train - South African excursion train

Week 45: November 6 - November 12

An SBB RABe 511 on a S12 service dashes through Effretikon railway station, Switzerland, as station staff shovels snow from the platforms in December 2014.

Recently selected: Southern 35028 Clan Line - locomotive driver in Hungary - RENFE freight train

Week 46: November 13 - November 19

An Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway freight train led by locomotive number 9542 in the short-lived Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad "Kodachrome" paint scheme, descends the grade from the Tehachapi Loop into Caliente in August 1990.

Recently selected: Effretikon station - Southern 35028 Clan Line - locomotive driver in Hungary

Week 47: November 20 - November 26

A passenger train on the Berlin–Baghdad railway rounds a curve in Syria in February 2007.

Recently selected: Santa Fe "Kodachrome" - Effretikon station - Southern 35028 Clan Line

Week 48: November 27 - December 3

A Taiwan High Speed Rail 700T train and the end car of a 0 Series Shinkansen, number 21-5035, sit at a depot in Taiwan in 2004. The Shinkansen car is used as a loading gauge test car.

Recently selected: Baghdad Railway - Santa Fe "Kodachrome" - Effretikon station

Week 49: December 4 - December 10

Vendors move out of the way as a State Railway of Thailand train passes through the Maeklong Railway Market in 2015.

Recently selected: Taiwanese repair depot - Baghdad Railway - Santa Fe "Kodachrome"

Week 50: December 11 - December 17

Two diesel multiple unit trains await their assignments at Nabeul railway station, Tunisia, in 2014.

Recently selected: Maeklong Railway Market - Taiwanese repair depot - Baghdad Railway

Week 51: December 18 - December 24

A Canadian Pacific Railway double-stack container train approaches Belden Tunnel in Broome County, New York, in 2007.

Recently selected: Nabeul railway station - Maeklong Railway Market - Taiwanese repair depot

Week 52: December 25 - December 31

A signalman in Dublin in 1960

A signalman observes the tracks from within the signal cabin at Clondalkin, Co. Dublin, Ireland, on Christmas Eve, 1960.

Recently selected: Canadian Pacific stack train - Nabeul railway station - Maeklong Railway Market