Portal:Trains/Selected picture/2022 archive

This is an archive of article summaries that have appeared in the Selected picture section of Portal:Trains in 2022. For past archives, see the complete archive page.

Week 1

East African Railways 13 class 4-8-2 T steam locomotive #1314 is moved on the transfer table in Nairobi in December 1976.

Recently selected: - Tunisian Railways passenger train - V skip wagons

Week 2

A ТЭМ4 diesel locomotive is used to perform some industrial shunting in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in 2008.

Recently selected: EAR 13 class locomotive - - Tunisian Railways passenger train

Week 3

An MTA maintenance of way worker checks a train clearance measurement during track repairs at the IND Sixth Avenue Line's 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station in September 2012.

Recently selected: shunting in Ukraine - EAR 13 class locomotive -

Week 4

The Ribblehead Viaduct stands in the Ribble Valley at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England. It was opened in 1875 and is now is a Grade II* listed structure, carrying the Settle–Carlisle railway across the valley.

Recently selected: New York City Subway track maintenance - shunting in Ukraine - EAR 13 class locomotive

Week 5

Vy El 18 2262 hauls a Regiontog passenger train consisting of B5 coaches to Trondheim, reflecting in the water on a fall day between Ring and Brøttum south of Lillehammer, Norway.

Recently selected: Ribblehead Viaduct - New York City Subway track maintenance - shunting in Ukraine

Week 6

Uzbek Railways industrial electric locomotive PE2U-165 with two motor dump cars in front, pulls a set of conventional dump cars near Tashkent in January 2020.

Recently selected: Vy passenger train in Norway - Ribblehead Viaduct - New York City Subway track maintenance

Week 7

National Railways of Zimbabwe 15A class 4-6-4+4-6-4 Garratt no. 407 Ukhozi (Eagle, built by Beyer, Peacock and Company in 1950) is positioned with a train on the Victoria Falls Bridge, Zimbabwe.

Recently selected: dump car train in Uzbekistan - Vy passenger train in Norway - Ribblehead Viaduct

Week 8

Elektrizace železnic locomotive 742.015-1 leads an overhead line maintenance train at the Bezpráví junction, Czech Republic, in October 2021.

Recently selected: Victoria Falls Bridge - dump car train in Uzbekistan - Vy passenger train in Norway

Week 9

The Bangladesh Railway train from Sylhet passes a level crossing near Srimongal railway station, Bangladesh, in February 2016.

Recently selected: overhead line maintenance train - Victoria Falls Bridge - dump car train in Uzbekistan

Week 10

A CrossCountry Class 220 "Voyager" train makes its run between King's Sutton and Banbury, UK, in the late afternoon sun in September 2015.

Recently selected: Bangladesh Railway passenger train - overhead line maintenance train - Victoria Falls Bridge

Week 11

Trains of the narrow gauge Banovići colliery railway are gathered at the coal washing plant near Oskova in June 2016.

Recently selected: CrossCountry passenger train - Bangladesh Railway passenger train - overhead line maintenance train

Week 12

A Croatian Railways series 2062 diesel locomotive, an EMD G26, leads a freight train through Pula railway station, Croatia, in October 2007.

Recently selected: Banovići colliery railway - CrossCountry passenger train - Bangladesh Railway passenger train

Week 13

A multiple unit railcar of the Hershey Electric Railway takes on passengers at Hershey station in March 2013.

Recently selected: Croatian Railways freight train - Banovići colliery railway - CrossCountry passenger train

Week 14

Passengers crowd the platform at Luz station, in São Paulo, Brazil, after disembarking from two São Paulo Metro trains in December 2018.

Recently selected: Hershey Electric Railway - Croatian Railways freight train - Banovići colliery railway

Week 15

Steam locomotive number 555.0153 leads the Králický Sněžník train at the Hanušovice station in August 2021.

Recently selected: trains at Luz station - Hershey Electric Railway - Croatian Railways freight train

Week 16

Driving the Sabah Heritage Steam Train locomotive

With his hand on the throttle, a Sabah State Railway driver on the Sabah Heritage Steam Train carefully controls the locomotive to position it on a turntable in November 2011

Recently selected: Králický Sněžník train - trains at Luz station - Hershey Electric Railway

Week 17

Bulgarian State Railways train number FT 8612, from Varna to Sofia, arrives at Plovdiv Central railway station amidst falling snow in February 2010.

Recently selected: steam locomotive driver at work - Králický Sněžník train - trains at Luz station

Week 18

South African Railways class 19D 4-8-2 steam locomotives 3323 and 3334 (both built by the North British Locomotive Company in 1948) perform a run-past near Medike, South Africa. The train is the Union Limited Zambezi in August 1992 organised by the Transnet Museum while heading back to Johannesburg from Zimbabwe.

Recently selected: passenger train in Bulgaria - steam locomotive driver at work - Králický Sněžník train

Week 19: The selected picture has not yet been chosen for this week.

Recently selected: Union Limited Zambezi - passenger train in Bulgaria - steam locomotive driver at work

Week 20

A Canadian National Railway SD70MM-2 number 8015, SD75I 5690 and SD60F 5517 lead a freight train in western Alberta, with the Canadian Rockies in the background in March 2015.

Recently selected: - Union Limited Zambezi - passenger train in Bulgaria

Week 21: The selected picture has not yet been chosen for this week.

Recently selected: Canadian National Railway freight train - - Union Limited Zambezi

Week 22: The selected picture has not yet been chosen for this week.

Recently selected: - Canadian National Railway freight train -

Week 23

Multiple IC4 diesel multiple unit trains stand under the Ringgaden bridge in Aarhus, Denmark, with the "Hesitation of Light" light installation in April 2017.

Recently selected: - - Canadian National Railway freight train

Week 24

Three Egyptian National Railways trains make a station stop in Egypt in January 2017 while porters and passengers traverse the platforms.

Recently selected: trains under the Ringgaden bridge - -

Week 25

2-8-2 steam locomotive number 71 pulls a charter train out of Amman station, Jordan, over a viaduct on its way south to Qasir in September 2000.

Recently selected: trains at an Egyptian station - trains under the Ringgaden bridge -

Week 26

SNCB electric locomotives #2635 (a Class 26) and #2013 (a Class 20) await their next assignments on a sunny July day in Belgium in 2011.

Recently selected: charter train in Jordan - trains at an Egyptian station - trains under the Ringgaden bridge

Week 27: The selected picture has not yet been chosen for this week.

Recently selected: SNCB electric locomotives - charter train in Jordan - trains at an Egyptian station

Week 28

Three different forms of traction, a diesel locomotive, a railbus and a steam locomotive, are on display at Asmara station, Eritrea, in 2011.

Recently selected: - SNCB electric locomotives - charter train in Jordan

Week 29

Broad gauge, oil-fired class SGS 0-6-0 number 2470, built by Vulcan Foundry in 1920, pulls a late afternoon passenger train between Lilla and Malakwal, Pakistan, in December 1993.

Recently selected: trains at Asmara station - - SNCB electric locomotives

Week 30: The selected picture has not yet been chosen for this week.

Recently selected: steam-powered passenger train in Pakistan - trains at Asmara station -

Week 31

2ES7 type electric locomotive number 2ES7-030 leads a freight train made up of tank cars on the line connecting Burunday and Axenger, Kazakhstan, in March 2022.

Recently selected: - steam-powered passenger train in Pakistan - trains at Asmara station

Week 32

East African Railways 57 class (ex-KUR EC3 class) 4-8-4+4-8-4 Garratt-type articulated steam locomotive no. 5712 pulls a freight train at Mombasa railway station, Kenya, in 1969.

Recently selected: freight train in Kazakhstan - - steam-powered passenger train in Pakistan

Week 33: The selected picture has not yet been chosen for this week.

Recently selected: East African Railways freight train - freight train in Kazakhstan -

Week 34

A Karelian Trains Class Sm6 "Allegro" is ready to depart from Helsinki Central Station for its first commercial journey to St. Petersburg, Russia, on 12 December 2010.

Recently selected: - East African Railways freight train - freight train in Kazakhstan

Week 35

Rail clips are used to fasten the rail to the sleepers on new standard gauge track in Kenya in 2016.

Recently selected: first Sm6 departure from Helsinki - - East African Railways freight train

Week 36

Korail freight train number 3345, pulled by Class 7500 diesel locomotive number 7511 (an EMD GT26CW-2), rounds a curve at an unidentified junction in June 2019.

Recently selected: rail clips - first Sm6 departure from Helsinki -