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My wife, the travel agent, is currently touring 5 countries in Europe on one of those river boat cruises. Not very tall, but very long and luxurious.



She knows I'm a RR fan but here is the only photo she sent me of a crossing in a small town near Innsbruck.



After thinking about railroads in Europe I got to thinking about American built locomotives in service there. I've read about loco's being exported there and wonder where they run and if anyone has seen pictures of them.

Not on the continent, and built in Canada instead of the U.S., here is an Irish Rail 071 Class resting at Westport:

IrishRail078WestportIreland5-15-16 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

And class unit No. 071 on an excursion at Limerick Junction:

CIE071CurveLimerickJct5-13-16 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

I don't remember where it was, but I saw a picture of an EMD SW unit that was in service somewhere in the UK. It was odd to see it because it had the typical buffers and screw links and I think it might have had angled cab sides (not 100% on that). Other than that, it looked like a typical (out of place) American switcher.

EWRice wrote:I don't remember where it was, but I saw a picture of an EMD SW unit that was in service somewhere in the UK. It was odd to see it because it had the typical buffers and screw links and I think it might have had angled cab sides (not 100% on that). Other than that, it looked like a typical (out of place) American switcher.

Thats cool. Would be nice if you can track that picture down.

Foster Yeoman SW1001

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Note the drop down coupler mounted between the buffers.