Likely composition of a Brenner Korridorzug, from 1980s until 1990. OeBB class 20(1)43 and three or four OeBB Schlieren coaches. The consist was often enforced with a van or a Gabs wagon in summer and winter, for the transport onboard of skiis and bikes. The Korridorzug links Innsbruck and Lienz (Tirol), passing through South Tirol, Italy, following the Brenner Line to Fortezza, and reversing to North on the Pustertal Line, with border station located in San Candido (or Innichen in German language, now famous as Jannik Sinner's birth town). In Italy, traction was taken over by an FS Diesel machine, while the OeBB one generated electric power for train heating and lighting. This choice was imposed by FS workers since Austrian personnel rarely spoke Italian, and there was only one engineer into the cab instead of two. As counterpart, OeBB imposed that all FS workers in South Tirol must speak both Italian and German fluently. In 1989-1992 all the Pustertal Line has been electrified (3kV DC in Italy, 15kV AC in Austria) and OeBB built the Brennerlok class 1822 multi-system (Steam DLC by RSSLO) for the Korridors. In 90's OeBB replaced Schlieren coaches with more confortable and air-conditioned Eurofima UIC-Z1 cars. Nowadays the service is run with Stadler Flirts owned by a specific Italo-Austrian public local transport company. The 2143 loco is a freeware DLC of RailWorks Austria as well as the coaches.
Haven't played in ages.... Brighton Mainline, Class 442 Gatwick Express (Workshop Scenario N.S1006 (V2) - a lot going on here, as in almost every NotSilent scenario )
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Installment 7 in a multipart chronological depiction of a mid-autumn morning stopping passenger service Heritage Railtour QD, from London to Peterborough, on ECML London - Peterborough route. Motive power is Caledonia Works' GER T69 4-6-0 tendered steam loco, seen in LNER B12 Lined Black Livery. It hauls what QD terms the 1936 Queen of Scotland Coach Set. As such, I selected Queen of Scots for the loco's headboard. We travel the "slow" track, allowing stops at all stations en route. Approaching Potters Bar: Stopped at Potters Bar: RWE2 (gimped due to serz error), AP S&W2+Clouds+Veggies TO BE CONTINUED . . .
Blazin had a remark a wee while ago (this week) about overhead shots... I captured this shot below intentionally to illustrate my thought about it: For a while Facebook supplied me with a fair amount of European train shots (Czech & Austrian mostly), but most of them weren't stellar. Compared to the American photographers who are miles above everyone else. Obviously. The culprit is overhead line equipment. Sometimes it adds to the scene but usually you have to work around it, and the most standard solution is to make the wires the roof. Meaning, head level shots exclusively. In addition to that, there is another element of image complexity, which again recommends to try and keep the theme focused, give it space, and so. Consequently, you want to avoid OLE as much as possible, shifting it out of the frame or at best leaving it as frame (at the edge).
1) ScotRail Class 158 DMU (158741) forms the 23:13 Edinburgh to Motherwell service as the train prepares to stop at Kirknewton, 13th June 2024: 2) BR Class 47 No.47156 pulls out of Hedborough North on an afternoon local service in June 1984:
ICE over ice (Hamburg-Hannover): SD45 duo climbing to Colfax with good old banded silos (Donner Pass): The nose of this Cab Forward feels vertical to me, as if this is a funicular or cogwheel engine: Lots of grass and a little bit of train (Sherman Hill): Industrial scene at Castle Rock:
Freightliner Class 70 '70010' of the GE PH37ACmi model begins in a group of sidings at Rutherglen located in Scotland, United Kingdom during a cloudy Autumnal morning and reverses out of the sidings in preparation to begin a southbound journey on the West Coast Main Line. The train is formed of 14 MJA wagons loaded with aggregates and after receiving permission to proceed from the sidings the train heads approximately 24 miles south to Carstairs on service 6J18 where the wagons will be formed with another service. Loco: GE PH37ACmi Route: West Coast Main Line North Scenario: Freightliner Heavy Haul - CS Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Alan Thomson Sim AP Track Enhancement Textures Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Signal Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Some shots of large GWR steam locomotives on the main line where they belong. First we have 7029 'Clun Castle' flying along the Down Main at Ruscombe... Followed by (much) older classmate 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe' double-heading with 7802 'Bradley Manor' on a heavy excursion to the Far West, firstly at Saltash... You have to imagine the cacophony of these two storming the inclines of eastern Cornwall... And finally pausing at Truro on the return.
It's a relatively bleak Summers morning at Doncaster Works of England, United Kingdom in 1980 and British Rail Class 03 '03014' is out and about shunting in the yard specifically tasked with transporting 2 sets of 2 HAA wagons to the carriage workshops specifically for maintenance on the wheels of the wagons. Loco: British Rail Class 03 Route: Doncaster Works Scenario: 2. Wagon Wheels Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Furness Railway Trust 4900 Class '4979' 'Wootton Hall' finally takes to the rails after a successful 2 year restoration after a successful application for a lottery grant in mid 2012. It's a lovely 2014 Summer afternoon and the train departs from Carlisle, England located in the United Kingdom on the West Coast Main Line but quickly diverts on to the Settle-Carlisle Line for a 30 mile southbound run to Appleby with no stops in between hauling 7 British Rail Mark 1 Coaches on rail tour service 1Z77. Loco: GWR 4900 Class Route: Settle to Carlisle Scenario: [SSc]Hall Of Fame Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Alan Thomson Sim AP Track Enhancement Textures Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Installment 8 in a multi-set chronological depiction of an Autumn morning stopping passenger Heritage Rail Tour QD, from Newport to Shrewsbury, on Welsh Marches Line - Newport to Shrewsbury. Caledonia Works' GWR 3031 Achilles class 4-2-2 tendered steam loco, commonly known as a Dean Single, provides motive power. This installment sees us traverse the countryside between Leominster and Ludlow, arriving at the latter in the final captures: The below image graces my Win10 Desktop Background folder: Two views of the train stopped at Ludlow Station: RWE2 (gimped due to serz error), AP S&W2+Clouds+Veggies TO BE CONTINUED . . .
The year is 1952 and after not even a decade in service the Baldwin DR-12-8-1500/2s are having trouble in the railway industry mostly due to reliability problems and maintenance issues; partly due to the fact that they were built like steam locomotives at one at a time instead of efficiently made in batches leading to the locomotives having slight differences between units leading to maintenance frustration! The Pennsylvania Railroads units ended up being moved off prime mainline passenger workings and were relegated to freight and helper workings as seen here. Pennsylvania Railroad Baldwin DR-12-8-1500/2s '5830-A2' and '5830-A1' are put in charge of an eastbound loaded coal train made up of 20 hopper wagons and a caboose at the rear departing from Johnstown during an Autumnal morning on the Pennsylvania Railroad Mainline (this portion now being Norfolk Southern's Pittsburgh Line) and travel 35 miles to Altoona with no stops in between but having to contend with slippery portions of track and faulty signals due to recent rain. Loco: Baldwin DR-12-8-1500/2 Route: Horseshoe Curve Scenario: Downhill Coal [Adv] Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Driving a "Silberlinge" Regionalbahn service on the "Rollbahn" Münster-Bremen. Pushed by a BR 141 and controlled by a "Karlsruher Kopf" BDnrzf 740 Cabcar.
Back at Doncaster Works it's a mostly bleak Summers 1980 morning as British Rail Class 03 '03009' is tasked with forming up 8 stripped out British Rail Mark 1 Coaches from the wagon workshop and shunting them to the scrap lines to be completely broken up. Afterwards; a damaged British Rail Class 47 is waiting in the nearby sidings for a shunt to the locomotive workshop where it will be repaired back to working order. Locos: British Rail Class 03, British Rail Class 47 Route: Doncaster Works Scenario: 3. Shunting Shells Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
The last location is awfully similar to the section between the spiral tunnels at Yoho on Canadian Mountain Passes. Could be multiple scenarios; the first location isn't entirely familiar to me.
Thanks. Is 10 year old but still a lot of money. 40 USD in the US and surprisingly just 32 USD in Europe. But I think I am going to put it on my short-list for the next sale.
It goes on sale, but the reason for its price is that it's an all time best. *cough* I mean, it's aged, look at the lack of near scenery, minimal bushes, hardly any grass, time for a discount! *cough* Adding route / rolling stock information to each post is appreciated.
Another weekend, another adventure out with Tyseley's charter rake. This time we're starting from Kent, with a preserved 'Schools' masquerading as long-withdrawn classmate 30914 'Eastbourne'. The 11-coach set includes the water-carrier and several Mk1 Pullmans, a heavy load for a medium-sized loco! Lets see what she can do. The morning sun is pleasantly warm at Ramsgate as we await the 09h30 departure for London. It's 09h55 and we're pausing for our final passengers at Margate before a (hopefully) non-stop dash to London Victoria. The intermediate stop at Broadstairs produced some fireworks, as the 4-4-0 struggled to find her feet on departure and we dropped 8 minutes. Lets see if they can be made up en-route... The heavy load has taxed our 'Schools' to the limit but she's on fine form. The undulating route across north Kent was covered in the mid-high 60s and following a careful (non-stop!) trundle through the Medway towns, we're heading out of Rochester/Strood and getting ready for the long hard climb to Sole Street. Sole Street was passed at a steady 23mph, and then an exhilarating run down the bank to Farningham Road followed, touching, ahem, 75mph* at the bottom. Once we passed into the suburban area there is a hard 60mph limit but we're now on-time and upon stopping at the blocks in Victoria platform 2, the clock ticks to 11h44 exactly. 6 mins early! Some very happy passengers will now spend the day in London before the evening return, lets hope there are more fireworks to come. *87mph Route: DTG London-Chatham, Dover & Ramsgate Loco: Precision Locomotive Developments (BMG) 'Schools' class Stock: Armstrong Powerhouse Mk1 & 2A, PLD Mk1 Pullmans Various Route & Simulator upgrades to track, signals & lighting (AP)
And now for the journey home. It seems the support crew have been busy, as our 'Schools' has been renumbered as another fellow classmate 30937 'Epsom'! The Kentish Belle railtour stands at Victoria just before 6pm, loading the punters. The kitchen crew are no doubt hard at work already... At 18h12 on the dot we get the road. With the climb to Grosvenor Bridge safely negotiated, the loco is warming to the task as we wend our way past Battersea towards Wandsworth Road. However all is not well with the normal train service and we're soon diverted via the Catford loop, and end up crawling behind a Sevenoaks stopper. Good enginemanship sees the train keep rolling and approaching Beckenham Hill the green signals start reappearing as the road is set ahead of us onto the Down Fast at Shortlands. Once back on the main line, the fireworks begin. Our loco crew Andy Driver and Brad Stoker are not messing around and 56mph at Bromley is quickly followed by 68mph through the dip at St Mary Cray. The acceleration continues and another very fast passage through Farningham Road (78mph plus quite a bit!) sees an extraordinary minimum of 62mph at Meopham and 63mph over the summit at Sole Street - a monumental effort. Our 'Schools' then blows off all the way down the other side, until we're rolling into the Medway towns at Rochester, where the cathedral and castle can be seen. Our passage through Chatham is once again sedate as the crew endeavour to keep the train rolling between the normal service trains. More to follow...
The final part. A punter on the Up platform at Newington captures us as we roar through the middle road in the high-60s. After negotiating the 30mph through Faversham the switchback north-Kent route resumes. Our 'Schools' has her head down in determination as Andy Driver puts the hammer down and holds speed just below 75mph, as we dash through Whitstable and Herne Bay. Margate is reached in exactly 1h42m from Victoria - a fantastic effort. The dining crew were hard-pressed to get 3 courses served and some punters choose to stay on-board until Ramsgate so they can enjoy the cheese board and glasses of port. As the fire is run down, a more gentle ascent of Broadstairs bank is followed by a steady roll down into the platform. No such trouble as this morning - the rails are nice and dry after a summer's day. And finally, journey's end at Ramsgate platform 4. 20h13 arrival means 2hrs and 1-minute against a booked timing of 2h20. Driver Driver and Fireman Stoker are due a good rest (once the stock is shunted!) I hope this has been entertaining - I've tried to capture the excitement and thrill of proper steam on the modern UK railway, with a touch of realism and professional reporting. See next month's 'Steam Beano' for the full details... Route: DTG London-Chatham, Dover & Ramsgate Loco: Precision Locomotive Developments (BMG) 'Schools' class Stock: Armstrong Powerhouse Mk1 & 2A, PLD Mk1 Pullmans Various Route & Simulator upgrades to track, signals & lighting (AP)
Installment 8 in a multipart series chronologically documenting a mid-Autumn morning stopping passenger service Heritage Rail Tour QuickDrive, from Crewe to Holyhead, on North Wales Coast Line, acquired during Steam's Winter 2023/24 sale. Having belonged to LNWR in pre-grouping days, I power the train with a favorite steam-era loco, Caledonia Works' LNWR "Greater Britain", No.3435 "Queen Empress" to be exact, seen in Lilac & Cream livery. Though Greater Britain looks to be a conventional 2-4-2 tendered locomotive it is, in actuality, a 2-2-2-2 compound loco. It pulls four LNWR coaches, the last of them an observation coach, which I fail to get a decent capture of. This installment sees our train traversing the countryside beyond Y Fflint, with no station stops: RWE2 (gimped, possibly due to serz.exe error), APS&W2+Clouds+Veggies TO BE CONTINUED . . .
Finished Hamburg-Hannover (first cycle) this week. Quite happy with it. Ample compromise between quality and performance, while offering decent speeds and activities. Also encouraging thoughts about which each 101 livery is meant to represent. Next to my IC speeding past, a local crew shunts some vans. A rare passenger painted 5MT travels the ECML with some maroon Mk1s. Amtrak Zephyr traversing Soldier Summit, with F40 power. (The F150 wasn't the first GM-Ferrari clash.) CP ES44AC with intermodal climbing from Revelstoke (Canadian Mountain Passes). Location of the first aid kit clear? Check. Blues. Amtrak Acela and AEM-7 at Newark. The reason for parking the Acela is simple - NEC free roams have Newark filled and the last option for an express to switch to the slow track is many miles to the south. Thus the pretence that all these services are happening simultaneously. On the upside, had a few nice eerie pictures with the Acela (already shared).
It's a lovely Spring morning in Wyoming of the United States of America and Union Pacific Big Boy '4002' is at the lead of a short driver training run with 18 hopper wagons starting just south of Laramie heading 9 miles northwards to the railway yard there on Union Pacific's Overland Route; specifically the Laramie Subdivision section. Loco: Union Pacific Big Boy Route: Sherman Hill Scenario: Big Boy Intro Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade Interesting discussion topic; I will try and get around to starting a DM with you to talk about it.
The photo taken by the SD40-2 driver in the cab. Driving the train under the sunset. Everything seems so relaxed, comfortable and beautiful
It's a cold Winters night in Reno, Nevada of the United States of America and Amtrak EMD F40PH '201' starts at Sparks Railway Station on Southern Pacific's portion of the Overland Route and couples up to 3 Amtrak Superliner coaches before operating a small short distance passenger train primarily for casino-goers 3 miles eastbound into Reno. Afterwards; '201' will reverse back westwards to Sparks having traveled 6 miles in total afterwards. Loco: EMD F40PH Route: Donner Pass: Southern Pacific Scenario: CZ Casino Commuter CS Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Part 1 of 4 It's bucketing rain on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales, United Kingdom and Talyllyn Railway Tattoo Class '4' 'Edward Thomas' is assigned on a special Summers wedding service for the day. The first step is to shunt the coaches together at Pendre and after waiting for the eastbound morning train to pass through '4' 'Edward Thomas' collects 4 coaches and then travels about half a mile west to Tywyn Wharf in preparation for the service west to Abergynolwyn departing in an hours time at midday. Hopefully the weather will improve!! Loco: Kerr Stuart & Co. Tattoo Class Route: Talyllyn Adventure Scenario: The Wedding Party - Part 1 Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Toaster running express, the next stop is Trenton, NJ. I must say, the AP Weather & Sky Enhancement and a mix of mods make a difference to the vanilla TSC variant. Equipment: Amtrak AEM-7 Route: Northeast Corridor
Part 2 of 4 Luckily after an hour the severe weather passed and after a run around shunting manoeuvre with the coaches at Tywyn Wharf and wedding passengers loaded; the train of 4 coaches led by Talyllyn Railway Tattoo Class '4' 'Edward Thomas' now sets off shortly after midday headed approximately 6 miles west for Abergynolwyn. Along the way the train will need to make stops at Pendre for a procedure token, Rhydyronen for wedding photos, Brynglas to wait for a procedure token alongside passing eastbound passenger service led by Talyllyn Railway 0-4-2ST '3' 'Sir Hadyn' and finally the Quarry Siding for yet another procedure token before reaching Abergynolwyn. Later; the train will be heading back to Tywyn Wharf where the wedding reception will be held. Loco: Kerr Stuart & Co. Tattoo Class Route: Talyllyn Adventure Scenario: The Wedding Party - Part 2 Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Welcome to Miami - West Palm Beach route.(It's full of tropical atmosphere and very lively and busy, and it is also a great place to visit.Here, CSX freight trains and Amtrak passenger trains are common.)
Part 3 of 4 After a while the wedding ceremony at Abergynolwyn is over and after performing a run-around shunting manoeuvre Talyllyn Railway Tattoo Class '4' 'Edward Thomas' couples up to the 4 coaches during the afternoon and proceeds approximately 6 and a half miles west back to Tywyn Wharf for the weddings reception. Along the way; the train will need to stop at the Quarry Siding for a procedure token, Brynglas for a procedure token alongside having to wait for an eastbound passenger service to pass led by Talyllyn Railway 0-4-2T '7' 'Tom Rolt' before being able to proceed to Pendre for another procedure token before the final arrival at Tywyn Wharf. Afterwards; the train uncouples from the coaches to briefly load up on water while the wedding passengers leave the railway. The only task now left is to shunt the coaches away in the sheds at Pendre and put the locomotive in the shed for the evening so general cleaning and servicing can be undertaken. Loco: Kerr Stuart & Co. Tattoo Class Route: Talyllyn Adventure Scenario: The Wedding Party - Part 3 Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Installment 2 in a multiset depiction of an Autumn morning stopping passenger service, from Wycombe to Maidenhead, on Wycombe Branch Steam Workshop route. Our train is headed by a Caledonia Works' GWR "Armstrong" class 4-4-0 tendered steam locomotive, seen in its 1894-1905 livery. It must be said that a route of this size, less than ten miles, would almost certainly never see a train this long, but rather two-to-three coach trains. My excuse for running this configuration is that my original purpose was to test the Armstrong, which I'd not driven in ages, and additionally to gauge the route's screenshot potential. I got carried away, the results seen in this and future installments. As mentioned in Installment 1, I neglected to document station/halt names. This is interim stop 2: Stop 2 station area detail: RWE2 (gimped, likely due to serz error), AP S&W2+Clouds TO BE CONTINUED . . .
Part 4 of 4 With the wedding ceremony held on the Talyllyn Railway now having been over for a while; Talyllyn Railway Tattoo Class '4' 'Edward Thomas' couples up to the 4 coaches used on the wedding service after having filled up on water and sets off half a mile westwards to Pendre during the late afternoon to shunt the coaches away in the sheds after waiting for Talyllyn Railway BB Class '2' 'Dolgoch' to leave light engine from Pendre for Tywyn Wharf. After the coaches have been shunted away; '4' 'Edward Thomas' heads into the locomotive shed for general servicing and cleaning where the coaches will be getting the same treatment after this long day! Loco: Kerr Stuart & Co. Tattoo Class Route: Talyllyn Adventure Scenario: The Wedding Party - Part 4 Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Taking advantage of Caledonia Works' ongoing sale (as of end-June 2024), this morning I purchased a locomotive that's been on my Wish List since release; the SECR class D. Plopped it down on Chatham Main Line - London Victoria to Dover + Ramsgate. This is not the start of a new multipart drive chronicle, merely me giving the loco a brief audition. First impressions are quite favorable. It's first-rate in looks and driving characteristics. I was initially somewhat alarmed, discovering that it utilizes a "steam reverser". I like that CW nowadays implements them on locos that sported them in RL. However, they don't work well with the F4 HUD. I'm an F4 HUD driver, F5 HUD lettering being too tiny for my decrepit old eyes. Thankfully, it isn't an issue in this case. The cab's "physical" reverser-setting display is easily readable. No need to leave F4-mode. Also on display are MT/CW 12wheel Pullman Coaches, bought during CW's last sale but not used in any prior screenshot series. Not far beyond London Victory Station: I wouldn't be me if I didn't include a few station-stop captures, despite the loco being stopped in shade, thus not seen to best advantage. RWE2 (gimped, likely due to serz error), AP S&W2+Clouds+Veggies
A re-run of last week's steam excursion from Ramsgate to Victoria, this time with 'super-Castle' no.5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. Sole Street bank is surmounted at an impressive 33mph, seen here approaching the summit. Approximately 3/4 regulator and 40% cutoff indicates that the loco has plenty in reserve, not surprising with a class 7 locomotive. Then swishing down across the viaduct to Farningham Road with the speedo in the low 80s. After a dead stand for signals approaching Swanley and a sedate journey through south London, 5043 awaits access to her platform approaching London Victoria. Journey's end, at 11:44am. Another excellent display from our enginemen, Driver and Stoker. Route: DTG London-Chatham, Dover & Ramsgate Loco: Precision Locomotive Developments (BMG) '4073 Castle' class Stock: Armstrong Powerhouse Mk1 & 2A, PLD Mk1 Pullmans Various Route & Simulator upgrades to track, signals & lighting (AP)
It's a hazy Spring morning in the New York area of the United States of America and CSX Transportation EMD SD40-2s '8818' and '8813' are on the lead of service Q701 in charge of empty trash carriers and mixed freight making up a train of 31 wagons. The train begins with a crew change at the railway yards of Croton-Harmon and afterwards proceed non-stop southbound for 27 miles on the Hudson Line before diverting to the Oak Point Link at Highbridge Railway Yard and traveling a further 4 miles to the trains destination of Oak Point Railway Yard. Loco: EMD SD40-2 Route: Hudson Line: New York - Croton-Harmon Scenario: [SD40-2] 6. Bound for the Bronx Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
After fixing some details on the locomotives, I decided to drive, it was sensational. EMD SD40-2 - BNSF [Bundle] Developer: Jointed Rail / Searchlight Simulations
BR 402 (ICE 2) on Hamburg-Hannover: EMD GP7 on Horseshoe Curve: BR 151 and UIC-X on the Semmeringbahn: Class 33 and Mk2 on Bristol-Exeter: Class 101 on Settle-Carlisle:
It's a freight train struggling to climb a hill. The maximum slope here reaches 4.8%. Although 18 cars had been unloaded before the climb, it was still a laborious climb.
