This is an archive of images that have appeared in the Selected picture section of Portal:Trains in 2013.
- Week 1
- December 30, 2012 - January 5
An SNCF freight train passes Montigny-en-Ostrevent station in northern France in 2011.
Recently selected: CP Holiday Train - Kreiensen station platforms - Union Pacific 18
- Week 2
- January 6 - January 12
Looking almost like a miniature railway, a train of the World Heritage-listed Bernina railway traverses the Brusio spiral viaduct, a single track nine-arched stone spiral railway viaduct in Switzerland in 2012.
Recently selected: SNCF freight - CP Holiday Train - Kreiensen station platforms
- Week 3
- January 13 - January 19
A Deutsche Reichsbahn Class V 60 D is at work shunting a scrap metal facility in Riesa in the German Democratic Republic in 1983.
Recently selected: Brusio viaduct - SNCF freight - CP Holiday Train
- Week 4
- January 20 - January 26
SBB Re 460 number 023-5 pulls an IC 2000 double-decker passenger train near Schottikon on its way from St. Gallen to Zurich, Switzerland, in December 2010.
Recently selected: DR shunting in Riesa - Brusio viaduct - SNCF freight
- Week 5
- January 27 - February 2
Two VR Dv12 class diesel locomotives await their next assignment at Kolari railway station, Finland, in 2007. The class was first introduced in 1963 and remained in production through 1984.
Recently selected: SBB passenger train - DR shunting in Riesa - Brusio viaduct
- Week 6
- February 3 - February 9
Stacks of cement ties and continuous welded rail line the right-of-way for a new suburban service railway line under construction in Greece in 2007. The new line will connect Athens, Corinth and Patras.
Recently selected: VR class Dv12 locomotives - SBB passenger train - DR shunting in Riesa
- Week 7
- February 10 - February 16
A CargoNet Di 12 "Euro 4000" locomotive (road number 312 006) plows through snow drifts at about 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph). The train is an intermodal freight train from Bodø to Trondheim, Norway, seen here on the Saltfjellet in March 2011
Recently selected: Railway construction in Greece - VR class Dv12 locomotives - SBB passenger train
- Week 8
- February 17 - February 23
An RhB ABe 8/12 "Allegra" electric multiple unit works a local train to Tirano, Italy, in the grade between Bernina Lagalb and Ospizio Bernina, Switzerland, in February 2011.
Recently selected: CargoNet intermodal freight train - Railway construction in Greece - VR class Dv12 locomotives
- Week 9
- February 24 - March 2
An SNCF TGV PSE train crosses the Cize-Bolozon viaduct over the Ain river. The viaduct is part of the Haut-Bugey line, which was reopened in December 2010 for TGV services between Geneva and Paris.
Recently selected: Rhaetian Railway ABe 8/12 - CargoNet intermodal freight train - Railway construction in Greece
- Week 10
- March 3 - March 9
Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr is helped by a Southern Pacific Railroad locomotive as it passes Dutch Flat on the Donner Pass line.
Recently selected: Cize-Bolozon viaduct - Rhaetian Railway ABe 8/12 - CargoNet intermodal freight train
- Week 11
- March 10 - March 16
A passenger train led by an MÁV Class V43 electric locomotive makes its scheduled stop at Budapest-Nyugati station, Hungary, in 2003.
Recently selected: San Francisco Zephyr - Cize-Bolozon viaduct - Rhaetian Railway ABe 8/12
- Week 12
- March 17 - March 23
A train of the United States Military Railroad pauses atop the Potomac Creek Bridge in Stafford County, Virginia, in 1862 or 1863 for a photograph.
Recently selected: Budapest-Nyugati station - San Francisco Zephyr - Cize-Bolozon viaduct
- Week 13
- March 24 - March 30
A pair of electric multiple unit cars of the Dutch East Indies Staatsspoorwegen, the State Railway Company, await their next assignment in Tanjung Priok at an unknown date between 1915 and 1930.
Recently selected: Potomac Creek Bridge - Budapest-Nyugati station - San Francisco Zephyr
- Week 14
- March 31 - April 6
Preserved Great Northern Railway Class S 4-4-0 number 171, Slieve Gullion, pulls a Railway Preservation Society of Ireland excursion train past Lisburn, Northern Ireland, in 1985.
Recently selected: Dutch East Indies Staatsspoorwegen EMUs - Potomac Creek Bridge - Budapest-Nyugati station
- Week 15
- April 7 - April 13
An EMD FP7 leads the California Zephyr east on the Western Pacific Railroad through Altamont Pass in California in 1970.
Recently selected: Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Class S - Dutch East Indies Staatsspoorwegen EMUs - Potomac Creek Bridge
- Week 16
- April 14 - April 20
A 2-car diesel multiple unit set designed for the Transwa Prospector makes a trial run at Windmill Cutting near Toodyay, Western Australia, in 2004.
Recently selected: Western Pacific Railroad California Zephyr - Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Class S - Dutch East Indies Staatsspoorwegen EMUs
- Week 17
- April 21 - April 27
The preserved Schienen-Straßen-Omnibus (literally translated as rail-road-bus), a specially-built bus designed in the 1950s that uses removable bogies to travel on railway lines, carries passengers on an excursion past Hoorn railway station in the Netherlands in 2003.
Recently selected: Transwa Prospector - Western Pacific Railroad California Zephyr - Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Class S
- Week 18
- April 28 - May 4
The preserved Schienen-Straßen-Omnibus (literally translated as rail-road-bus), a specially-built bus designed in the 1950s that uses removable bogies to travel on railway lines, carries passengers on an excursion past Hoorn railway station in the Netherlands in 2003.
Recently selected: Transwa Prospector - Western Pacific Railroad California Zephyr - Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Class S
- Week 19
- May 5 - May 11
Preserved NZR JA class number 1271 pulls its train across the Otaki River on returning from an excursion to Woodville, New Zealand, in 2012.
Recently selected: - Schienen-Straßen-Omnibus - Transwa Prospector
- Week 20
- May 12 - May 18
Bøylefoss Bridge on the Arendal Line, which was originally opened in 1908 connecting Arendal and Froland in Norway, crosses Nidelva. The small station at the end of the bridge, Bøylefossbru, opened in 1911 and is seen in this view from 1913.
Recently selected: NZR JA class 1271 - - Schienen-Straßen-Omnibus
- Week 21
- May 19 - May 25
A double-stack container train of the Panama Canal Railway arrives at Colón, Panama, in 2007. The Panama Canal Railway is a subsidiary of the Kansas City Southern Railway, and the locomotives' livery is reminiscent of that railroad's Southern Belle passenger train of the 1950s and 1960s.
Recently selected: Bøylefoss Bridge - NZR JA class 1271 -
- Week 22
- May 26 - June 1
A PeruRail train stops at La Raya station in 2007. At 4,321 metres (14,177 ft) above sea level, La Raya is the highest point on the line between Cusco and Lake Titicaca.
Recently selected: Panama Canal Railway - Bøylefoss Bridge - NZR JA class 1271
- Week 23
- June 2 - June 8
A Great Western Railway (GWR) broad gauge train is depicted in this chromolithograph passing Praed Street junction near Paddington station in London, England. The first services on the Metropolitan Railway in 1863, which was eventually absorbed into the present London Underground, were provided by the GWR.
Recently selected: PeruRail at La Raya - Panama Canal Railway - Bøylefoss Bridge
- Week 24
- June 9 - June 15
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A Bombardier Flexity Outlook Eurotram traverses the streets of Porto, Portugal, on the Metro do Porto in 2011.
Recently selected: Great Western Railway at Praed Street junction - PeruRail at La Raya - Panama Canal Railway
- Week 25
- June 16 - June 22
Locomotives are prepared for a day of work at the narrow gauge Vișeu de Sus railway shed in September 2004. This railway shed is a national heritage landmark in northern Romania.
Recently selected: Flexity Outlook Eurotram on Porto Metro - Great Western Railway at Praed Street junction - PeruRail at La Raya
- Week 26
- June 23 - June 29
A train carrying freight continues its journey on the Trans-Manchurian branch of the Trans-Siberian Railway from Russia across the border into China near Manzhouli in 2009. In 2008, a break of gauge multi-modal transshipment facility was built across the Russian border in Zabaikalsk.
Recently selected: Vișeu de Sus locomotive shed - Flexity Outlook Eurotram on Porto Metro - Great Western Railway at Praed Street junction
- Week 27
- June 30 - July 6
A Železnice Srbije (Serbian Railways) class 441 electric locomotive pulls the morning local train from Belgrade to Prijepolje Teretna near Priboj, over a reservoir.
Recently selected: Russia-China border crossing - Vișeu de Sus locomotive shed - Flexity Outlook Eurotram on Porto Metro
- Week 28
- July 7 - July 13
A ČSD class 477.0 steam locomotive pulls a passenger train past Jedlová station, Czechoslovakia (present day Czech Republic), in 1974. On the siding next to the line is a class M 131.1 motorcar.
Recently selected: Serbian Railways passenger train - Russia-China border crossing - Vișeu de Sus locomotive shed
- Week 29
- July 14 - July 20
A diesel and an electric locomotive of Slovenske železnice await their next assignments in a yard in Slovenia in 2009.
Recently selected: ČSD class 477.0 - Serbian Railways passenger train - Russia-China border crossing
- Week 30
- July 21 - July 27
Two steam locomotive-hauled trains traverse the Aliwal North–Barkly East line in South Africa in 1983. The train in the foreground is in the 8th reverse station while the train in the background is in the 7th. This line was one of many South African lines that were abandoned in 2001.
Recently selected: Slovenske železnice - ČSD class 477.0 - Serbian Railways passenger train
- Week 31
- July 28 - August 3
Kambarka Engineering Works TGM40 diesel locomotive number 0386 switches cars on the Cherkizovo-Electrozavod branch line in Moscow, Russia, in 2003.
Recently selected: Aliwal North–Barkly East line - Slovenske železnice - ČSD class 477.0
- Week 32
- August 4 - August 10
Two RENFE class 730 "Dual-mode Patito" ("duckling") cross the Viaducto Martin Gil near Zamora, Spain in 2012. A train of a similar class, an Alvia (class 130), was involved in the recent Santiago de Compostela derailment.
Recently selected: TGM40 shunting locomotive - Aliwal North–Barkly East line - Slovenske železnice
- Week 33
- August 11 - August 17
London and North Eastern Railway D16 "Super Claud" class 4-4-0 locomotive number 62530 pulls a local stopping train out of March railway station in England in 1958. March was an immensely busy junction of important main lines, especially for freight to/from Whitemoor. None of the famous "Claud Hamilton" locomotives were preserved.
Recently selected: RENFE class 730 - TGM40 shunting locomotive - Aliwal North–Barkly East line
- Week 34
- August 18 - August 24
An SJ Rc6 class electric locomotive pulls a passenger train near Narvik, Norway, in 2009.
Recently selected: LNER D16 class - RENFE class 730 - TGM40 shunting locomotive
- Week 35
- August 23 - August 31
Type RAe TEE II Swiss trainset 1053, which was originally built in 1961, makes a stop at Airolo railway station while on a special trip after being restored in 2002/3 as an historic train.
Recently selected: SJ Rc6 class - LNER D16 class - RENFE class 730
- Week 36
- September 1 - September 7
A westbound electric commuter train departs Göztepe railway station, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2011.
Recently selected: RAe TEE II - SJ Rc6 class - LNER D16 class
- Week 37
- September 8 - September 14
A Ukrainian Railways class ChS7 electric locomotive pulls train 28 from Kiev to Sevastopol. In this view, it is seen approaching Inkerman, Ukraine, in May 2013.
Recently selected: Göztepe station - RAe TEE II - SJ Rc6 class
- Week 38
- September 15 - September 21
A southbound goods train pulled by LMS 4F class 0-6-0 No. 44386 departs Carnforth railway station on the ex-London & North Western West Coast Main Line in 1964. Carnforth Station is visible in the middle distance, with Carnforth No. 2 signalbox nearer, behind the train.
Recently selected: Ukrainian Railways passenger train - Göztepe station - RAe TEE II
- Week 39
- September 22 - September 28
Amtrak's Downeaster passes through the Scarborough Marsh in Scarborough, Maine, on tracks owned by Pan Am Railways in April 2011. The leading vehicle on this train is not a locomotive but rather a "cabbage car", a former F40PH that has had its prime mover and other equipment removed while the control cab remains for push mode operations; the empty space in the cabbage car is used for checked baggage.
Recently selected: LMS 4F class 0-6-0 - Ukrainian Railways passenger train - Göztepe station
- Week 40
- September 29 - October 5
A passenger train departs Ga Sài Gòn station, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in 2010.
Recently selected: Amtrak Downeaster - LMS 4F class 0-6-0 - Ukrainian Railways passenger train
- Week 41
- October 6 - October 12
A passenger train winds its way along a river canyon on the line between Jerusalem and Hartuv circa 1956.
Recently selected: Passenger train in Vietnam - Amtrak Downeaster - LMS 4F class 0-6-0
- Week 42
- October 13 - October 19
A train of the Borkumer Kleinbahn leaves Borkum harbour station (Bahnhof „Reede“) in Borkum-Reede, Landkreis Leer, Lower Saxony, Germany, in September 2013. This narrow gauge railway line is a listed cultural heritage monument.
Recently selected: Jerusalem-Hartuv line - Passenger train in Vietnam - Amtrak Downeaster
- Week 43
- October 20 - October 26
Trams share the street with pedestrians and a few carriages along the Via Roma in Genoa, Italy, circa 1895.
Recently selected: Borkumer Kleinbahn - Jerusalem-Hartuv line - Passenger train in Vietnam
- Week 44
- October 27 - November 2
An E351 series Super Azusa passenger train traverses the Chūō Main Line between Nagasaka and Kobuchizawa stations with the Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group in the background in 2011.
Recently selected: Trams in Genoa - Borkumer Kleinbahn - Jerusalem-Hartuv line
- Week 45
- November 3 - November 9
Kazakhstan Railways locomotive number 2ТЭ10М-2650 pulls the Moscow, Russia-Chișinău, Moldova, passenger train while shunter ЧМЭ3-6771 works the sidings at Tiraspol station, Moldova, in 2011.
Recently selected: Super Azusa train - Trams in Genoa - Borkumer Kleinbahn
- Week 46
- November 10 - November 16
Kosovo Railways diesel locomotive number HK 661 004, an EMD G16 formerly of Yugoslav Railways, pulls a freight train at Kaçanik in 2009.
Recently selected: Kazakhstan Railways - Super Azusa train - Trams in Genoa
- Week 47
- November 17 - November 23
A MTAB IORE pulls an empty ore train near Torneträsk (the lake in the background), between Abisko and Kiruna, Sweden, in 2009
Recently selected: Kosovo Railways - Kazakhstan Railways - Super Azusa train
- Week 48
- November 24 - November 30
A 4-6-2+2-6-4 standard gauge Garratt locomotive owned by Compagnie des Chemins de Fer Algériens de l'Etat in Algeria awaits its next work in 1933.
Recently selected: MTAB IORE - Kosovo Railways - Kazakhstan Railways
- Week 49
- December 1 - December 7
A narrow gauge train of the Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino with a Garratt locomotive waits at the station in 2009. Due to the railway's location in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, this line is sometimes called "Tren del Fin del Mundo" which loosely translates as "The Train to the End of the World."
Recently selected: Algerian 4-6-2+2-6-4 - MTAB IORE - Kosovo Railways
- Week 50
- December 8 - December 14
An Australian Railroad Group L class locomotive pulls a freight train crosses the Swan River at Guildford, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, in 2006.
Recently selected: Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino - Algerian 4-6-2+2-6-4 - MTAB IORE
- Week 51
- December 14 - December 21
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E1 class and K class trams emerge from underground track on the Währingerstraße ramp in Vienna, Austria, while a bus drives by on the adjacent street in 1970.
Recently selected: Australian Railroad Group - Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino - Algerian 4-6-2+2-6-4
- Week 52
- December 19 - December 28
The down Christmas Parcels train passes Didcot station with unusual locomotive on 24 December 1957. The train is headed by No. 4703, one of the Churchward 4700 class 2-8-0s normally employed at night on fast freight trains.
Recently selected: Trams in Vienna - Australian Railroad Group - Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino
- Week 53
- December 29 - January 4, 2014
Several passenger trains of many different types, including an ICE train, are either traversing or are stored on the complex track layout at Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof in 2007.
Recently selected: Christmas Parcels train at Didcot - Trams in Vienna - Australian Railroad Group