Easyjet to Munchen then up to Regensburg for 5 nights for a visit to the lines in the area.
Also had a day trip to Plzen.

Trip traveling on various branch lines in the north west of the country.

A visit to Eastleigh works for the open days celebrating its 100 years.
Great to see some life in the place after the uncertainty of the last few years.

Visit to the western and south western side of Switzerland staying in Martigny.
Should have seen Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn plus some lesser peaks but the snow blocked most out but made for some good shots.

Trip out via Eurostar to the Harz mountain where we had a tour with the salon wagon on various service trains.
Return was Easyjet from Koln.

THe "Fallen Heroes" Railtour and some time in Belgium and Holland around it.
17t to 20th October 2008

Short trip to Slovakia via Brno Czeck republic using Ryan air.

My two favorite diesel classes so they have their own gallery.

The class 40`s being my favorite

Preserved railways and locomotives in the U.K.

Standard and narrow gauge steam in Germany both east and west

Includes preserved railways and Network staitions in the UK and oversees.

Includes plain blue also blue and grey.
I have also included the early liveried 2nd generation units here.

Steam locos before preservation and green diesel and electric locos.
Because of there age not all photos are of the best quality.

Various items of rolling stock both passanger and freight, in service and preserved.

This collection is for the smaller private operators.
Problem is they keep merging and getting larger!!

These are (or were) the two largest private railway operators in Switserland.
The BLS group , Bern Lotschberg simplon,
THe RHB is the famous Rhatische Bahn.

First European country I visited.
I was in search of the ex B.R. EM2 class but found a lot more.