May 2008
Czech Pictures Added - April 2008
18/05/08 18:56 |
Czech Republic
These pictures are from the first part of my April
2008 Czech trip and include new galleries covering
the Ostrava - Valasske Mezirici and Olomouc - Sumperk
lines as well as additions to the Brno - Jihlava,
Zdar nad Sazavou - Tisnov and Brno - Veseli nad
Moravou galleries. Pictures from the other lines
visited will be added later.
Brno - Jihlava photo gallery
Zdar nad Sazavou - Tisnov photo gallery
Brno - Veseli nad Moravou photo gallery
Ostrava - Valasske Mezirici photo gallery
Olomouc - Sumperk photo gallery
Brno - Jihlava photo gallery
Zdar nad Sazavou - Tisnov photo gallery
Brno - Veseli nad Moravou photo gallery
Ostrava - Valasske Mezirici photo gallery
Olomouc - Sumperk photo gallery
Chinese Pictures Added - March 2008
17/05/08 13:52 |
China - Steam
Pictures from my March 2008 trip to Baotou, Gongwusu
and Baiyin have been added to the photo galleries.
Baotou photo gallery
Gongwusu photo gallery
Baiyin photo gallery
Baotou photo gallery
Gongwusu photo gallery
Baiyin photo gallery
Cuban Pictures Added - March 1996
17/05/08 13:25 |
Cuba
I've been meaning to start adding pictures scanned
from slides to the photo galleries for some time but
it's proven difficult to obtain suitable quality
results. I'm not entirely happy with the colours on
some of these pictures but there comes a time to stop
tweaking and get them published.
The big attraction in Cuba was the sugar cane harvest that took place in spring every year. Most mills had their own rail system to bring cane from outlying loading points to the mill and many of them still used steam locomotives right up to the end of the 20th century. An unbelievable variety of engines from the main US builders could still be seen at work in the mid 1990s, from diminutive 2-4-0s to main line 2-8-2s and most of them over 70 years old. There are 18 shots of Cuban sugar mill steam in this gallery, all taken on a March 1996 trip.
Cuba 1996 photo gallery
The big attraction in Cuba was the sugar cane harvest that took place in spring every year. Most mills had their own rail system to bring cane from outlying loading points to the mill and many of them still used steam locomotives right up to the end of the 20th century. An unbelievable variety of engines from the main US builders could still be seen at work in the mid 1990s, from diminutive 2-4-0s to main line 2-8-2s and most of them over 70 years old. There are 18 shots of Cuban sugar mill steam in this gallery, all taken on a March 1996 trip.
Cuba 1996 photo gallery
French Trip Report (Rails Along The Cote Vermielle) -
May 2008
13/05/08 21:47 |
France
The Perpignan to Cerbere line runs along the Cote
Vermielle or Vermillion Coast, an area of superb
scenery where the Pyrenees meet the Mediterranean
sea. This is one of the two main lines linking France
with Spain and sees a variety of passenger and
freight trains worked by a number of different
classes of locomotive. I visited the area for a few
days in early May 2008.
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