An image that is becoming increasingly rare to capture. Even the most developed countries are losing their edge by taking the easy way out and phasing out conventional rolling stock. On this occasion, we can see a TER service from Narbonne terminating at Portbou, well outside its usual home turf.
In the late 1990s, TUS (Transportes Urbanos de Sabadell, S.C.C.L.) took delivery of an Iveco 491E.12.27 Cityclass bus. It featured a Hispano V.O.V. body by the Zaragoza-based coachbuilder Hispano Carrocera, and was handed over as a demonstrator for the operator to test
In the winter of the newly arrived 2013, I wanted to tick another pending task off my list. So, we set course for Turin to discover a city with a very different kind of railway. It is a real pleasure to stroll along its cobbled streets, seeing the trams as
With a 30-second exposure, we can observe unit 111.09 departing from Plaça Catalunya operating an L7 service to Avinguda Tibidabo, while a fellow unit enters on the adjacent track working an L6 service from Reina Elisenda.
In true Welcome Mr. Marshall style, this Boeing 767 arrives at Barcelona - El Prat Airport from New York. I decided to head out and grab a snapshot of it as these were the final days of American Airlines' highly distinctive polished metal livery.
In December 2012, the AAFCB (Barcelona Railway Friends Association) organised this historical railtour. Passengers departed from Barcelona Pl. Espanya on a double-unit set of Class 213s, travelling as far as Martorell Enllaç to connect with the heritage train to Igualada. The return leg was to be identical, but in
Wood, relays, resistors, contactors, iron, rivets, screws, grease... Mythical scents, forgotten sounds, long-gone clickety-clacks... it is a utopia on rails. It even still trundles right through the middle of the city of Palma, just as it did a century ago... Time stands still for this RAILWAY in capital
As the title suggests, when it comes to the location where this photo was taken, it is a proper cliché. I am talking about the famous "S-bend" at Castellbisbal, located between Castellbisbal and Martorell stations. In the picture, we see the newly commissioned 253-087, hauling a
One Friday afternoon with nothing else to do, we headed to Cornellà, to a bridge that connects both banks of the Llobregat river, just to see what might pass by. The timetables looked promising, but paths are often cancelled, leaving you with very little. After several services—each more special
As I explained two posts ago, following our search for spots to get a decent shot of the veteran FGC Class 111 units, we headed back once again to the approach to Valldoreix station. This time, we took the photo from a different angle, framing the Collserola mountain range and
One Friday afternoon, under an almost unbearable heat, we patiently waited for a service that became a common sight in the summer of 2012 thanks in part to the new president of Renfe Operadora, who was keen on boosting the use of existing conventional rolling stock. Here is Talgo service
Back in the now distant June of 2012, knowing that the veteran FGC Class 111 units didn't have many years left, I decided to look for new spots to capture them as they deserved—free from those endless, annoying catenary masts. The search yielded few results, with only