European Railway Photographs by Paul Steane
2009
 
87012-1 is dwarfed by 07042-5 at Dupnitsa. The 07 worked the railtour to Bobov Dol and back.
Thu 1st Oct 2009 to Sat 10th Oct 2009
Bulgaria 2009
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2008
 
After arrival back at Sofia, the railtour was taken forward by Russian-built BDZ diesel loco 07068-0.
Thu 2nd Oct 2008 to Sun 12th Oct 2008
Bulgaria 2008
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HSH diesel locomotive T669 1059 stands at the head of the 13:08 train from Pogradec to Tiranë on 12 May 2004. The disused works at Pogradec can be seen in the background.

Albania 		A long way from home, German Railways 151 144-3 on a freight train in the yard at Ebenfurth, close to the Hungarian border.

Austria 		ŽFBH electric locomotive 441-411 has just backed onto train 397, Zagreb to Ploce via Sarajevo, at Doboj on 22 August 2003 - and is just lowering its pantograph. Doboj is where through trains across Bosnia-Hercegovina change locomotives from ŽRS to ŽFBH. Note that 441-411 is still showing itself as belonging to ŽBH, the former name of ŽFBH.

Bosnia-Hercegovina
 
One of the trial locomotives, 87019-6 stands in the yard at Podujane. Two days later this locomotive worked the first Class 87 railtour since the last few 87s were withdrawn from service in the UK in 2007.

Bulgaria - Class 87s exported from UK 		Seen here at Zagreb Glavni Kolodvor on 3 September 2003, 1141 385 is in the newer Hrvatske Željeznice livery.

Croatia 		Preserved railcar M240 0089 (CD 820 089-1) on the

Czech Republic
 
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France 		HSB Steam Locomotive 99 7242-3 on a scheduled passenger working from Nordhausen arrives at Eisfelder Talmuehle.

Germany 		OSE (Organismos Sidirodromon Ellados, Greek Railways) diesel locomotive 220 030 stands at Idoméni station whilst working train 410 northwards from Thessaloníki. This loco will be replaced by a Macedonian Railways electric at Gevgelija, just across the border. Though the whole line is nominally electrified at 25kV 50Hz, the Greek section was being worked by diesels due to long term engineering works. Train 410 works through to Beograd and Ljubljana, hence the JŽ restaurant car (at the rear) and Slovenian coaches.

Greece
 
Believe it or not, this train belongs to Hungarian National Railways (MÁV)! This is the 13:55 departure from Somosgyszentpal to Balatonfenyves GV, with locomotive 5727 hauling one coach. This is one of the lines of the Balatonfenyvesi gazdasagi vasut (Balatonfenyves Farm Railway) and was built in the mid 1950s at 760mm gauge. Under threat of closure for some time, most of the Balatonfenyves system closed at the end of August 2002, leaving a limited seasonal service on some routes.

Hungary 		Italian Railways locomotive E402 040 at Udine.

Italy 		MŽ 3-car DMU 712-102 etc. has arrived at Kočani from Skopje on 9 May 2004, and will soon work the 18:50 return service. The recent rain has provided plenty of fresh water for the local duck and chicken population.

Macedonia
 
MÁV (Hungarian Railways) diesel railcar Bzmot 351 on foreign rails at Carei on 29 April 2002, ready to form the 19:40 to Mátészalka. CFR locomotive 81 0395-4 sits alongside.

Romania 		JŽ railbus B812-017 stands at Zvornik Grad on 28 August 2003. This location is the terminus of the branch line from Ruma, and only sees one service train per day. There is no station building, and the track continues a little further beyond where the orange-coloured van is parked.

Serbia (including Kosovo) and Montenegro 		ŽSR (Slovak Republic Railways) double locomotive 131 079-6/131 080-4 heads a southbound freight train at Kysak on 4 May 2002.

Slovakia
 
The same day as the photo at Jesenice, but on the other side of the mountains, SŽ diesel multiple unit 813/814-123 has arrived at Ajdovščina. This branch sees only two return trains per weekday, none at weekends, and on schooldays only.

Slovenia 		Arlanda Airport Express trainset 1 at Tillberga TGOJ depot in Sweden on 13 January 1999 during commissioning tests. These 200km/h EMUs have now entered service between Stockholm and Arlanda Airport.<br/><br/>This train contains equipment designed by me whilst working for Alstom at Manchester.

Sweden 		The summit at Uetliberg. Note the offset overhead wiring and pantographs, which allow different electrification systems to be used at the Zurich end of the route.

Switzerland
 
760mm gauge locomotive ТУ2-020 heads a train out of Vinogradov towards Hmel'nik on 29 April 2002.

Ukraine
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