RR in Europe

[James Sofonia]

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.

[railohio]

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

[railohio]

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

CIE071CurveLimerickJct5-13-16 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

[EWRice]

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.

[James Sofonia]

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.

[EWRice]

Foster Yeoman SW1001

[M.D.Bentley]

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Note the drop down coupler mounted between the buffers.