Portal:Trains/Selected picture/2018 archive

This is an archive of article summaries that have appeared in the Selected picture section of Portal:Trains in 2018. For past archives, see the complete archive page.

Week 1: January 1 - January 7

Two RhB ABe 4/4^III multiple units pull a Bernina Express train on the Bernina line beside Lago Bianco in 2010.

Recently selected: Signalman in Ireland on Christmas Eve - Canadian Pacific stack train - Nabeul railway station

Week 2: January 8 - January 14

A DF4B diesel locomotive hauls a train of 25B coaches as train number K4556 from Wenzhou to Hankou across the Daxi River on the Jinhua–Wenzhou Railway in January 2017.

Recently selected: Bernina Express - Signalman in Ireland on Christmas Eve - Canadian Pacific stack train

Week 3: January 15 - January 21

An Administración de Ferrocarriles del Estado freight train led by a Canadian-built GE C-18 traverses new track being installed to replace a level crossing in Tacuarembó, Uruguay, in 2006.

Recently selected: Jinhua–Wenzhou Railway - Bernina Express - Signalman in Ireland on Christmas Eve

Week 4: January 22 - January 28

A train crosses the Viaduc de Tlemcen, in present-day Algeria, in 1905.

Recently selected: AFE freight train - Jinhua–Wenzhou Railway - Bernina Express

Week 5: January 29 - February 4

Two EMD GT-22CW2 locomotives operated by Ferrobaires await their next assignment at Constitución railway station, Buenos Aires, in April 2007.

Recently selected: Viaduc de Tlemcen - AFE freight train - Jinhua–Wenzhou Railway

Week 6: February 4 - February 11

A passenger train speeds across Swansons Rail Bridge in the Toowoomba Range, Queensland, circa 1912.

Recently selected: Ferrobaires locomotives - Viaduc de Tlemcen - AFE freight train

Week 7: February 12 - February 18

A pair of Class 363 electric locomotives operated by ČD Cargo pulls a trainload of Hyundai automobiles through Plzeň, Czech Republic, on the route from Nošovice to Germany in 2015.

Recently selected: Swansons Rail Bridge - Ferrobaires locomotives - Viaduc de Tlemcen

Week 8: February 19 - February 25

Chinese-built diesel locomotive number DEM2716 pulls a train past military security as it enters Taji, Iraq, in February 2009.

Recently selected: ČD Cargo train - Swansons Rail Bridge - Ferrobaires locomotives

Week 9: February 26 - March 4

A DF4B class diesel-electric locomotive pulls a freight train consisting of gondola wagons in China in February 2018.

Recently selected: train at security checkpoint - ČD Cargo train - Swansons Rail Bridge

Week 10: March 5 - March 11

A passenger train pulled by a steam locomotive crosses a small bridge over the head-race canal of the Palestine Electric Corporation power plant circa 1930.

Recently selected: freight train in China - train at security checkpoint - ČD Cargo train

Week 11: March 12 - March 18

Two former Pennsylvania Railroad EMD SD45 locomotives pull a Penn Central piggy-back freight train past the station at Huntington, Pennsylvania, on a rainy day in February 1969.

Recently selected: passenger train in Palestine - freight train in China - train at security checkpoint

Week 12: March 19 - March 25

DBAG 189 class electric locomotive number 023-5 leads a freight train between Mediapark and Herkulesberg in Cologne in 2015.

Recently selected: Penn Central piggyback train - passenger train in Palestine - freight train in China

Week 13: March 26 - April 1

The first Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 250 electric locomotive is on display at the Leipzig Spring Fair in March 1982.

Recently selected: DB freight train - Penn Central piggyback train - passenger train in Palestine

Week 14: April 2 - April 8

CargoNet El 14 electric locomotive number 2167 leads a container train on the Dovre Line, near Dombås, Norway, in March 2009.

Recently selected: DR Class 250 locomotive - DB freight train - Penn Central piggyback train

Week 15: April 9 - April 15

A Deutsche Bundesbahn Class VT 11.5 diesel multiple unit train in Trans Europ Express service receives some attention from a cleaning crew between runs at Munich Hauptbahnhof in 1970.

Recently selected: CargoNet freight train - DR Class 250 locomotive - DB freight train

Week 16: April 16 - April 22

An Isumi Railway class 52 DMU crosses the Isumi River in April 2011.

Recently selected: Trans Europ Express - CargoNet freight train - DR Class 250 locomotive

Week 17: April 23 - April 29

A Canadian Pacific Railway freight train leans into a curve in the big rock cut at Rossport, Ontario, in September 2014.

Recently selected: Isumi Railway - Trans Europ Express - CargoNet freight train

Week 18: April 30 - May 6

A JR Freight train led by a Class EH200 electric locomotive and made up of tank cars rounds a curve on the Chūō Main Line between Nagasaka and Kobuchizawa Stations with the Yatsugatake Mountains in the background in February 2011.

Recently selected: Canadian Pacific Railway - Isumi Railway - Trans Europ Express

Week 19: May 7 - May 13

Deutsche Bahn electric locomotive number 185 353 pulls an intermodal train over the Saalach river near Salzburg, Austria, in September 2013.

Recently selected: JR Freight on Nagasaka Curve - Canadian Pacific Railway - Isumi Railway

Week 20: May 14 - May 20

Numerous gondolas with ore and rock loads fill the goods yard at Chomutov station, Austria-Hungary, in 1913.

Recently selected: DB train crossing Saalach - JR Freight on Nagasaka Curve - Canadian Pacific Railway

Week 21: May 21 - May 27

A train of tank cars, with a separation for a level crossing to allow carts and pedestrians to pass, stands at the Nobels oil facilities in Baku circa 1900.

Recently selected: Chomutov station in 1913 - DB train crossing Saalach - JR Freight on Nagasaka Curve

Week 22: May 28 - June 3

A Bangladesh Railway passenger train departs Azimnagar station in Bangladesh on a foggy November morning in 2011.

Recently selected: Tank cars in Baku - Chomutov station in 1913 - DB train crossing Saalach

Week 23: June 4 - June 10

A short České dráhy passenger train powered by a Class 113 electric locomotive crosses Bechyně most, a combined road and rail bridge, in the Czech Republic in 2010.

Recently selected: Bangladesh Railway - Tank cars in Baku - Chomutov station in 1913

Week 24: June 11 - June 17

A train attendant on the Sabah State Railway's Beaufort-Tenom jungle train in Malaysia makes a signal to the conductor that it is safe for the train to depart the station in January 2014.

Recently selected: ČD train on bridge - Bangladesh Railway - Tank cars in Baku

Week 25: June 18 - June 24

ČKD ChME3 class diesel locomotive number 5947 pulls a freight train at Vinnitsa railway station in December 2012.

Recently selected: Sabah State Railway train attendant - ČD train on bridge - Bangladesh Railway

Week 26: June 25 - July 1

A Swiss Federal Railways InterRegio train traverses the Gotthard railway near Gurtnellen in July 2007.

Recently selected: ČKD freight train - Sabah State Railway train attendant - ČD train on bridge

Week 27: July 2 - July 8

An SNCF TGV Duplex trainset crosses the Cize-Bolozon viaduct over the Ain river in 2011. The viaduct is part of the Haut-Bugey line, which was reopened in December 2010 for TGV services between Geneva and Paris.

Recently selected: SBB InterRegio - ČKD freight train - Sabah State Railway train attendant

Week 28: July 9 - July 15

A Nederlandse Spoorwegen electric multiple unit double-decker passenger train traverses a bridge near Arnhem in the Netherlands in 2012.

Recently selected: TGV Duplex on Cize-Bolozon viaduct - SBB InterRegio - ČKD freight train

Week 29: July 16 - July 22

Locomotive number 2М62У-0033, an M62 class locomotive, leads a Russian Railways freight train past Kubinka-1 railway station, near Moscow, in 2013.

Recently selected: NS passenger train - TGV Duplex on Cize-Bolozon viaduct - SBB InterRegio

Week 30: July 23 - July 29

An SNCB passenger train, led by class 18 electric locomotive number 1831 and made up of class M6 double-deck carriages, runs from Bruges to Knokke in July 2012.

Recently selected: Russian Railways freight train - NS passenger train - TGV Duplex on Cize-Bolozon viaduct

Week 31: July 30 - August 5

An Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos passenger train pulls into Alausí station in Ecuador in November 2014. This station is the departure point for tourist trains to the Nariz del Diablo.

Recently selected: SNCB passenger train - Russian Railways freight train - NS passenger train

Week 32: August 6 - August 12

NRZ 15th class Garratt steam locomotive number 406 pulls a passenger train out of Victoria Falls station, Zimbabwe, while Zambia Railways 12th class 4-8-2 number 204, stands at the head of a Victoria Falls Safari Express train in 1997.

Recently selected: EFE passenger train - SNCB passenger train - Russian Railways freight train

Week 33: August 13 - August 19

Organisation Commune Bénin Niger (OCBN) locomotive number CC1301 works the yard in Cotonou, Benin in May 2013. This is one of a set of three six-axle locomotives (CC1301, CC1302, and CC1303) purchased from the Indian company RITES, Ltd., in 2008.

Recently selected: Garratt locomotive - EFE passenger train - SNCB passenger train

Week 34: August 20 - August 26

Electric locomotive O'ZEL-0204 of Uzbek Railways leads a freight train past Nazarbek station, Tashkent region, Uzbekistan, in October 2016.

Recently selected: Shunting in Benin - Garratt locomotive - EFE passenger train

Week 35: August 27 - September 2

Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia's EMD GT22CU-3 numbers 2403 and 2406 (rebuilt GR12s) and EMD/Clyde GL26C-2 number 2008 haul an empty "bucket train" (used to haul ore concentrate) from Antofagasta to Bolivia, pictured between San Pedro and Ascotan, Chile, in July 2013.

Recently selected: Uzbek Railways freight train - Shunting in Benin - Garratt locomotive

Week 36: September 3 - September 9

A postcard showing the visual inspection of the 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) gauge Ostbahn railway prior to its opening in 1906 with a crew on the bridge over the creek Dobrik between Dovlići and Pale, in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Recently selected: FCAB bucket train - Uzbek Railways freight train - Shunting in Benin

Week 37: September 10 - September 16

A southbound train of São Paulo Metro, Brazil, arrives at Saúde Station in October 2016.

Recently selected: Dobrik viaduct - FCAB bucket train - Uzbek Railways freight train

Week 38: September 17 - September 23

A Bulgarian State Railways train in September 2008 crosses the longest bridge on the Septemvri–Dobrinishte narrow-gauge line, the only operating 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) narrow-gauge line in Bulgaria.

Recently selected: São Paulo Metro - Dobrik viaduct - FCAB bucket train

Week 39: September 24 - September 30

Diesel locomotive BB 1056 and another locomotive of Royal Cambodian Railways stand at the Sihanoukville station in January 2016, looking rather derelict, their pipes and cables having been salvaged.

Recently selected: Septemvri–Dobrinishte line - São Paulo Metro - Dobrik viaduct

Week 40: October 1 - October 7

Slovenian Railways Class 664 locomotive, an EMD G26, number 111 leads a freight train at Hajdina in August 2007.

Recently selected: Cambodian diesel locomotives - Septemvri–Dobrinishte line - São Paulo Metro

Week 41: October 8 - October 14

A DAF Duoliner and a flatcar with an intermodal container used for materials storage await their next assignment at Keila station, Estonia, in March 2013. The Duoliner, a road–rail vehicle, is used for railway electrification system reconstruction.

Recently selected: Slovenian Railways freight train - Cambodian diesel locomotives - Septemvri–Dobrinishte line

Week 42: October 15 - October 21

Two VR Class Sm4 trains make a passenger stop at Helsinki Central station in July 2011.

Recently selected: DAF Duoliner - Slovenian Railways freight train - Cambodian diesel locomotives

Week 43: October 22 - October 28

Electric insulators on some of the overhead lines at Gare de l'Est, Paris, France, in May 2012.

Recently selected: VR Class Sm4 - DAF Duoliner - Slovenian Railways freight train

Week 44: October 29 - November 4

Several locomotives are being serviced at Bahnbetriebswerk Tübingen, Germany, in 1970.

Recently selected: Overhead line insulators - VR Class Sm4 - DAF Duoliner

Week 45: November 5 - November 11

Two trains, one with wrap advertising applied, stand at Budapest Keleti railway station in 2014.

Recently selected: Bahnbetriebswerk Tübingen - Overhead line insulators - VR Class Sm4

Week 46: November 12 - November 18

Several trains make station stops at the snow-covered Tampere railway station in Finland in February 2010.

Recently selected: trains at Budapest Keleti station - Bahnbetriebswerk Tübingen - Overhead line insulators

Week 47: November 19 - November 25

A train of the Mumbai Suburban Railway in India makes a station stop at Sandhurst Road station in March 2016.

Recently selected: trains at Tampere station - trains at Budapest Keleti station - Bahnbetriebswerk Tübingen

Week 48: November 26 - December 2

Diesel hydraulic locomotive number BB 306-10 performs shunting moves at Jakarta Kota station, Indonesia, in 2004.

Recently selected: Sandhurst Road station - trains at Tampere station - trains at Budapest Keleti station

Week 49: December 3 - December 9

Locomotive number 40-12 (an EMD G12) of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways hauling a local train from Chamsangar to Dorud, is seen just before entering the loops of Sepid Dasht in April 2016. The train consists of former DB Regio "Silberlinge" passenger cars, a baggage car of unknown origin and a US-style boxcar fitted with a diesel generator.

Recently selected: shunting in Jakarta - Sandhurst Road station - trains at Tampere station

Week 50: December 10 - December 16

New track using grooved rail for the Jerusalem Light Rail system is being installed in 2007.

Recently selected: Iranian passenger train - shunting in Jakarta - Sandhurst Road station

Week 51: December 17 - December 23

A pair of trams cross a bridge over the Vltava in Prague, Czech Republic, in May 2006 with Prague Castle in the background.

Recently selected: Jerusalem Light Rail track - Iranian passenger train - shunting in Jakarta

Week 52: December 24 - December 30

Moscow Metro's "Journey Into Christmas" train departs the depot on its way to regular service on the network in November 2017.

Recently selected: trams in Prague - Jerusalem Light Rail track - Iranian passenger train

Week 53: December 31 - January 6, 2019; The selected picture has not yet been chosen for this week.

Recently selected: Moscow Metro "Journey Into Christmas" - trams in Prague - Jerusalem Light Rail track