Picture of the Day
Above: Euro Cargo Rail Class 77 No. 77023 hauls a train of Fiat cars from the Italian plant in Torino to Gevrey (near Dijon, France), from where they will be distributed all over France. the train is seen passing St Jean de la Porte, in the French alps, on 16 February 2013. This loco is operated by ECR (part of German operator DB) and is very similar to UK Class 66s. The locos have a speed limit of 100km/h (62mph) and the cabs have been equipped with air-conditioning, which is seen on the roof line.
Frederick Jury www.euro-photos-trains.com
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Frederick Jury www.euro-photos-trains.com
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Visit the TRC Secondhand book shop
TRC has now considerably enlarged and improved the 'On Line' Secondhand Book Shop, with dozens of new titles added and an easier to follow format introduced with one touch ordering. Follow the link Books for Sale on the left side menu bar or follow the link below to the section you require.
Modern Traction | Steam Books | General & History Books | Overseas | Narrow Gauge | Non Railway |
Modern Traction | Steam Books | General & History Books | Overseas | Narrow Gauge | Non Railway |
Our YouTube channel
TRC.Com in conjunction with DawlishTrains have now launched a YouTube channel where an expanding number of UK and Overseas video clips can be viewed. Click the link right to connect with Dawlish Trains You Tube Channel.
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Welcome to the updated Railway Centre.Com website. Following transfer from our old servers to our new site earlier in the year, retaining a number of the original features, including our highly popular 'Picture of the Day', we are now getting over 10,000 hits per day, with the most popular pages being our Picture of the Day. By popular demand, and to provide as much information free of charge to fellow enthusiasts as possible. Our site changes now allow us to upload news items from a handheld smartphone or iPad and is thus less time consuming to maintain, it also allows us to upload last minute changes and follow important news stories - This service will be back soon.
Feedback from visitors is important to us, so if you have any comments or suggestions please drop us an e-mail. Much further expansion to this site is in the pipeline, much of which follows reader comment. We have no intention whatsoever to introduce any form of charges, log in or password system, allowing users easy site access at all times. All our main services are free. In the future, we will be producing a limited number of e-books - these will of course be chargeable on a one-off basis and be viewable on all modern computer and iPad equipment. Watch here for details.
Feedback from visitors is important to us, so if you have any comments or suggestions please drop us an e-mail. Much further expansion to this site is in the pipeline, much of which follows reader comment. We have no intention whatsoever to introduce any form of charges, log in or password system, allowing users easy site access at all times. All our main services are free. In the future, we will be producing a limited number of e-books - these will of course be chargeable on a one-off basis and be viewable on all modern computer and iPad equipment. Watch here for details.
Submitting your material for consideration for use as Picture of the Day
The Railway Centre.Com are always looking for quality digital images for use as Picture of the Day. If you have any suitable item, preferably with a news content, please submit as an e-mail attachment in a jpg format to editor@therailwaycentre.com Please do not reduce your image to less than 1600 pixals in width and please do not add text or graphics to the image. Remember to include as much information about the picture as possible, including the loco/unit number, train, date and location, plus your name. We are also willing to include personal website details at the end of the picture credit.
The Railway Centre.Com are always looking for quality digital images for use as Picture of the Day. If you have any suitable item, preferably with a news content, please submit as an e-mail attachment in a jpg format to editor@therailwaycentre.com Please do not reduce your image to less than 1600 pixals in width and please do not add text or graphics to the image. Remember to include as much information about the picture as possible, including the loco/unit number, train, date and location, plus your name. We are also willing to include personal website details at the end of the picture credit.
