|
Trains (Special Themes) This category is one of  My Original Selections. |
Download: All thumbnails and displayed images have been copyright-branded, dramatically downsized
(1/16 of the original area) and downgraded (75% JPEG), and are suitable for on-screen viewing only.
If you wish to download full-size originals you must notify me via e-mail and I will send them, provided your
e-mail provider allows file attachments of 1-1.6 megabytes each and that you have sufficient space. If I do not
know you personally you must include a declaration acknowledging my copyright and your intent not to commercially
utilize any of the pictures provided. Do not attempt to use site suckers, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer's
Make available offline feature - all access is being monitored and logged. |
|
1. Japanese Shark Wow... The JSR 700 series, mostly in service on the Nozomi top tier of the three Shinkansen bullet train service levels, sure is a sight to make people stop and look. In my ever-lasting quest to do everything in life at least once, I bit the bullet (pun intended) of astronomical prices for the pleasure of a ride: Almost US$300 for a second-class, two-hour ride from Tokyo to Kyoto and back. The inside of the trains is rather normal and can't hold its own against current-generation ICEs in Germany but the top speed is nothing short of awesome, baby. No shaking inside, no noise - you could play Mikado (again: pun), no kidding. Photo Data: File ID - 14248. Camera Model Name - Canon PowerShot S230. Shooting Date/Time - 04.01.2004 15:37:23. Shooting Mode - Manual. Photo Effect Mode - Vivid. Tv (Shutter Speed) - 1/200. Av (Aperture Value) - 2.8. Metering Mode - Evaluative. Exposure Compensation - 0. ISO Speed - Auto. Lens - 5.4-10.8mm. Focal Length - 5.4mm. Digital Zoom - None. Image Size - 2048x1536. Image Quality - Superfine. Flash - Off. White Balance - Auto. AF Mode - Single AF. File Size - 1041KB. Drive Mode - Single-frame shooting. |
|
2. German Engineering This is it. Germany' latest-generation engineering marvel, an InterCity Experimental III, at the main station in Munich. |
|
3. Swiss Tunnels High-altitude passes across the Alps are closed in winter, such as the Flüela-Pass on the way to ski heaven Livigno. Car on train, train through tunnel! |
|
4. Cinque Terre Trains following the beautiful coastline of Cinque Terre in northern Italy must stop in Vernazza at a platform mostly inside a tunnel. |
|
5. Dresden Park Train You can actually ride on this toy train in one of this German city's pretty old parks. Sitting in open lorries, the wind blows around your head! |
|
6. Marche This region of Italy choose to use an entire high-speed train to promote its region for tourism. Very effective, even pretty. |
|
7. Bombing Aftermath These AVE high-speed trains sit idle at Madrid's Atocha station after the terrorist attacks there on March 11, 2004. Note that there are no people. |
|
8. Colonial Charme Wonderfully old trains still run from Victoria Falls across the Zambezi river. The British really did travel in style... |
|
9. Old Bullet An earlier-version bullet train at Tokyo Central. Not as swoosh as the JSR700 but an imposing sight that screams speed at you. |
|
10. Arriving in Venice The D240, famous overnight InterRail favorite from Budapest, crosses the long bridge to the islands that make up Venice. |