The original four Class 59s were ordered by Foster Yeoman in 1985 as a replacement to the increasingly unreliable Class 56. For the design of the Class 59, Foster Yeoman engaged General Motors Electro-Motive Division, one of the leading...

The high performance ES64F locomotive built by Siemens forms part of the company’s EuroSprinter range, and started life as a mixed traffic locomotive. However, almost all locomotives were reserved and assigned primarily for heavy freight...

Intended to be the first truly universal locomotive with capability to haul fast passenger trains and heavy freight loads, prototypes of the class were delivered in the late 1970s and more than 60 models entered service in the late...

A reproduction of the Stadler GTW passenger train that can be seen all over Europe: Diesel and electric versions 2/6 and 2/8 (2-wagon and 3-wagon) versions EMU consists for : Arriva Limburg, Arriva Merwedelingelijn, Arriva Vechtdallijn,...

Ordered in 1999, 15 locomotives were produced for Amtrak and six for MARC. Similar in external style to the Acela, the HHP-8 was designed to operate as a true locomotive to haul conventional passenger cars, as a replacement for Amtrak’s...

A total of 397 units have so far been manufactured, with 325 ordered by Deutsche Bahn. The four-car EMUs primarily operate on Germany-Austria routes, with 37 units introduced to the Munich – Garmisch-Partenkirchen route in August 2013....

As China's Ministry of Railways sought to increase the running speed of trains nationwide in the 1990s, many new electric locomotives were designed, each one tailored for a specific type of railway line. One particularly successful...

Classified as BR 189 by Deutsche Bahn, the Class is one of only a handful equipped with all four electric systems commonly used in mainland Europe and various light formations, making it capable of running on most of Europe’s rail...

A reproduction of the SLT Sprinter electric passenger train that can be seen all over the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch national railways) network. History The Sprinter Lighttrain (SLT) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) used on...

A reproduction of the NS mP3000 test train that used to be seen all over the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch national railways) network. History: In the 60's, special mail trains were developed for the PTT (the Dutch postal service) to...

A reproduction of the SGM Sprinter electric passenger train that can be seen all over the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch national railways) network. Feature list: Full custom model Hybrid audio uses 95% custom sounds and 5% Railworks...

The resulting ICE 2 featured one power car, six passenger cars and an unpowered cab car with a top speed of 174mph (280km/h), instead of two power cars and up to 14 passenger cars as was the consist of the ICE 1. The ICE 2 is similar in...