Besides SZ Tovorni, Adria Transport is the other Slovenian freight operator, 100% private owned with operations based out of the Koper port. Operates a couple of Taurus and a batch of Vectrons leased from LTE, usually running with beautiful liveries.
I guess it’s just not possible to go to that side of Europe and not get into Slovenia for a little bit of amusement. … and a brand new Tag Cloud section where you can check all the photos of my portfolio based on tags. Happy browsing!
Back to action in Hungary where the Ganz-built electric locomotives are being withdrawn at a very rapid pace, after more than 60 years of loyal services.
Since 1989, the Neves Corvo mine ignites a relevant freight traffic between the mine and the Setúbal port. Until 2025, the CP 1900/30 series reigned in this traffic – probably the longest sequence for a single locomotives series within a single freight traffic in our country. To this date, a few trains are still operated …
Time for a new country in my portfolio – Croatia! One of the most beautiful countries in Europe, sadly with not such a happy picture when the subject is the railway network, but still we can see some highly interesting trains running throughout the country. In other news, a couple more portuguese photos were added:
Cantabria is one of my favourite destinations in Spain – breathtaking landscapes, extremely good food and throughout the years enjoyed some diversity in its railway network, formed by meter and iberian gauge lines. Can you resist it?
Winter is certainly not an easy period for photographers – light is tough, sun sometimes is nowhere to be seen… but it has also its own coolness. Just arrived from Slovenia, I leave you with some shots from the blistering cold of this year’s Winter season.
December 27th, 1975 – the date where the first 363 locomotive started commercial service in Slovenia, then Yugoslavia. After 50 years, this famous series that ranks among my preferred locomotives worldwide is still very much alive and kicking but replacement will start by the 2nd half of 2026. I also added a new photo of …
Coal transportation was in high demand after Portugal ramped up its energy production using imported coal, typically from Australia and Colombia. Six years ago, on Dec 7th 2019 I photographed my last portuguese coal train, and this is the opportunity to share some more photos of the important traffic from Sines to Pego thermal station, …