The best thing on two rails!
Alstom has received an order for two Coradia Stream hydrogen trains from transport operator Ferrovie del Sud Est (FSE).
A Mastodon thread by [@q3k](https://social.hackerspace.pl/@q3k), who, together with [@redford](https://kbin.social/search?q=redford@infosec.exchange) and [@mrtick](https://kbin.social/search?q=mrtick@infosec.exchange) have reverse engineered the PLC code of NEWAG Impuls EMUs
I found this photo digging through my old photography stuff and thought I'd share! Here we see NSSR's 193 in DMIR livery as it returns from its excursion from Two Harbors(?) This photo was shot on a canon elan 7ne loaded with kodak portra 400
On the 10. august a freight train derailed in the Gotthard Base Tunnel causing both tubes to be closed for traffic. Many freight trains can no longer use the old Gotthard line due to clearance and have to use alternative routes or cannot run at all. This postal train is one of the few freight trains able to use the old Gotthard line and can be seen leaving the Gotthard tunnel in Göschenen.
[Southern Pacific #4449](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Pacific_4449) at Portland Union Station. The locomotive will depart with an excursion train the following morning. Photographed in Portland Oregon, September 2006.
[Spokane, Portland and Seattle #700](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokane,_Portland_and_Seattle_700) on the turntable at Union Pacific's Brooklyn Yard in Portland. When this photograph was taken in September 2006, both SP&S 700 and SP 4449 were housed in the Brooklyn roundhouse. Neither the roundhouse nor the turntable remain, but 700 and 4449 now reside in the publicly accessible [Oregon Rail Heritage Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Rail_Heritage_Center).
Another locomotive from Portland & Western's collection of first generation diesels, this SD9 still shows its unmistakable Southern Pacific heritage. Built in April 1955, this loco was celebrating its 51st birthday when this photo was shot in April 2006 at the St. Helens yard.
Just caught two of these weird, supposedly experimental “composite” reefer cars while on a trip with mrs. PrimeMover. I haven’t been able to dig up much info on them yet, heck I didn’t know of their existence before today. But they’re too cool to not share!
At the time of this photo, [Union Pacific 3985](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pacific_3985), a Challenger class 4-6-6-4, was the largest operating steam locomotive in existence. This locomotive was donated by Union Pacific to a museum and has been replaced in excursion service by an even larger 4-8-8-4 Big Boy locomotive. Photographed in September 2005 at the UP Albina Yard. Portland, Oregon.
Willamette & Pacific 2308 assists the Lewis & Clark Explorer after one of the the RDCs suffered a mechanical failure. WPRR 2308 is an EMD GP39-2 built in 1974 for the Santa Fe Railroad. Photographed August 2005 in St. Helens, Oregon
PPCX (SP) 6304 in fresh paint and unpowered in a freight train consist. The loco is moving south to head an excursion in Northern California. Later in the decade, 6304 operated for a few years on a short line in Idaho/Eastern Washington. To the best of my search engine skills, this loco fell off the face of the earth in 2011, although I recall reading that it may be stored in Canada under private ownership. Hope this beauty is still intact. Photographed at Lake Yard, Portland Oregon, July 2005
The 2005 NRHS (National Railway Historical Society) convention was held in Portland, Oregon. The highlight of the convention was a Columbia Gorge excursion double-headed by [SP&S 700](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokane,_Portland_and_Seattle_700) and [SP 4449](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Pacific_4449). In this photo, the train has just departed Portland Union Station and is passing under the Fremont Bridge. Photographed in Portland Oregon, June 2005.
2003 built GE C44-9W #5199 leads a BNSF employee appreciation special into the Vancouver, Washington Amtrak station. Photographed in June, 2005
This locomotive started life in 1953 as an SD7. Was rebuilt as an SD9M and probably acquired its chopped nose during the rebuild. Photographed at St. Helens, Oregon in January, 2005
[GE C44-9W](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Dash_9-44CW) #4762 near Stevenson, Washington in October, 2004. This locomotive was built in 1998.