Milan

Steam locos on Milan shed

Believed to be FS '240 05' and definitely FS '640 148' on Milan shed

FS '240 05' on Milan shed

FS '640 148' on Milan shed

FS '640 148' on Milan shed

The trams of Milan

Many of Milan's old trams are still running alongside their more futuristic siblings

Milan tram '1564'	Milan tram '1564'	Milan tram '1566'	Milan tram '1580'
Milan tram '1582'	Milan tram '1635'	Milan tram '1726'	Milan tram '1738'
Milan tram '1798'	Milan tram '1835'	Milan tram '1841'	Milan tram '1852'
Milan tram '1883'	Milan tram '1915'	Milan tram '1922'	Milan tram '1948'
Milan tram '1948'	Milan tram '1948'	Milan tram '1951'	Milan tram '1976'
Milan tram '1976'	Milan tram '2000'
Milan tram '4612'	Milan tram '4723'	Milan tram '4904'	Milan tram '4909'
Milan tram '4918'	Milan tram '4927'	Milan tram '4970'	Milan tram '4982'
Milan trams '4985' and '7138'	Milan tram '4994'	Milan tram '4994'
Milan tram '7144'	Milan tram '7512'	Milan tram '7513'	Milan tram '7516'
Milan tram '7524'	Milan tram '7530'	Milan tram '7608'	Milan tram '7608'
Milan tram '7623'	Milan tram '7633'

Naples

Funiculi, Funicula

Not the funicula of the song, which went up Vesuvius, but the city centre funiculars and the view from the top.

Funicolare Centrale, Naples	Funicolare Centrale, Naples	Funicolare di Chiaia, Naples	Funicolare di Chiaia, Naples
Funicolare di Chiaia, Naples	Funicolare di Montesanto		Naples Railway Station

Industrial locos

Industrial locos at Naples dockland, taken from the cruise transfer bus.

Industrial locos in Naples

Industrial locos in Naples

Industrial locos in Naples

Industrial locos in Naples

The trams of Naples

A sadly decaying system. Every time I visit , there seems to be less and less.

Naples tram '1113'	Naples tram '1118'	Naples tram '11xx'	Naples tram terminus of route 4
Tram at Naples	Tram at Naples	Tram '954' at Naples	Tram '1005' at Naples

Naples to Sorrento and Capri

The Circumvesuviana is the 950mm gauge railway running to Sorrento and around Vesuvius.

Circumvesuviana 'ETR 062'	Circumvesuviana 'ETR 086'	Circumvesuviana 'ETR 094'	Circumvesuviana 'ETR 105'
Circumvesuviana 'ETR 111'	Circumvesuviana 'ETR 207'	Circumvesuviana 'ETR xxx'	Circumvesuviana 'ETR xxx'
Circumvesuviana 'ETR xxx'	Circumvesuviana covered stock	Circumvesuviana Naples yard
CV Poggiomarino Station	CV Poggiomarino Station		'Sorrento Express' unit '0222'
Circumvesuviana at Herculaneum	Circumvesuviana at Herculaneum	Circumvesuviana at Pompeii	Circumvesuviana at Pompeii
Flour mill at Sorrento	Flour mill at Sorrento		Capri Funicular

Northern Italy

Genoa

Genoa Metro '18' at Brin

Genoa Metro '31' at Brin

Pisa

'245 0414' at Pisa Station	'E402 118' at Pisa Station	'E656 580' at Pisa Station	Service loco at Pisa Station
'D520 018' at Pisa Station	'D520 018' at Pisa Station	'D520 018' at Pisa Station

Tirano

The Italian station at the end of the Rhaetian Railway from Chur, Switzerland.

FS 'E464 258' at Tirano	FS 'E464 258' at Tirano	FS 'E652 059' at Tirano	FS '245 358' at Tirano
FS '245 358' at Tirano	FS 'ETR 526 009' at Tirano, Italy	FS 'ETR 526 009' at Tirano, Italy	Tirano FS yard, Italy
FS '851 057' at Tirano, Italy	FS '851 057' at Tirano, Italy	FS '851 057' at Tirano, Italy
Pipeline and NG line, Tirano	Pipeline and NG line, Tirano	Railside tunnel at Tirano

Venice

The modern Venice people-mover and an old pier tramway.

Venice Peoplemover

Venice Peoplemover

Pier tramway at Venice

Ventemiglia

Ventemiglia in 1983

FS '235 0014' at Ventemiglia

FS '554 3529' at Ventemiglia

FS 'E656-163' at Ventemiglia

Trolleybus '36' at Ventemiglia

Cinque Terra

Monorails in the vinyards

Monorail loco at Vernazza	Monorail train at Vernazza	Monorail track at Vernazza	Monorail track at Vernazza
Monorail points at Manarola	Monorail tracks at Manarola	Monorail tracks at Manarola	Monorail tracks at Manarola

Carrera Marble Quarries

Carrera Marble Quarries

Carrera Marble Quarries

Carrera Marble Quarries

Carrera Marble Quarries

Palmaria Fortifications

Palmaria Fort	Palmaria Pillbox	Palmaria Pillbox
Palmaria Pillbox	Palmaria Pillbox

Palmaria Quarries

Palmaria Quarries	Palmaria Quarries	Palmaria Quarries	Palmaria Quarries
Palmaria Quarries	Palmaria Quarries	Palmaria Quarries	Palmaria Quarries
Palmaria Quarries	Palmaria Quarries	Palmaria Quarries	Palmaria Quarries

Sestri Levante and Riva

Sestri Levante Quarry

Riva dockyard

Riva dockyard branchline

Railways and Trains in Cinque Terra

Santa Marguerita	Santa Marguerita	Sestri Levante	'E414 130' at Sestri Levante
'E464 485' at Sestri Levante	'E464 700' at Sestri Levante	'E464 705' at Vernazza	'E652 055' at Corniglia
'E652 055' at Corniglia	'E652 055' at Corniglia	'E652 091' at Sestri Levante	'E652 091' at Sestri Levante
'E652 160' at Sestri Levante	'ETR 104 180' at Sestri Levante	'ETR 521 xxx' at Moneglia	'ETR 521 xxx' at Sestri Levante
RFI '151 774' at Riva	RFI '260 064' at Riva	RFI '260 064' at Riva	RFI '270 400' at Riva
RFI trolley at Riva	Loco wheel at Sestri Levante	Sestri Levante Station	Vernazza Station
Vernazza Station	Vernazza Station	Vernazza Station	Vernazza Station
Vernazza Station	Vernazza Station

Rome

Centocelle Railway

The 950mm gauge Centocelle Railway runs from Laziali, beside the main Terminii Station, to Centocelle. It used to go to Giardinetti but that section has been replaced by the Metro.

Centocelle Railway '069'	Centocelle Railway '069'	Centocelle Railway '106'	Centocelle Railway '421' and '423'
Centocelle Railway '421'	Centocelle Railway '421'	Centocelle Railway '425'	Centocelle Railway '425'
Centocelle Railway '425'	Centocelle Railway '823'	Centocelle Railway '825'	Centocelle Railway '832'
Centocelle Railway '835'	Centocelle Railway '835'	Centocelle Railway '835'	Centocelle Railway '836'
Centocelle Railway wagon	Centocelle Railway '421' and '424'	Unrefurbished Centocelle Railway train	Centocelle Railway '421'

Porta San Paolo to Lido Di Ostia Railway and Museum

A separate Metro line runs from Porta San Paolo to the seaside resort of Lido Di Ostia. Porta St Paolo Station has a with a small (but closed in 2022) museum. The line was opened in 1918.

Metro 'RA 395' at Cristoforo Colombo	Metro 'RA 396' at Cristoforo Colombo	End of the line at Cristoforo Colombo	Porta San Paolo Station, Rome
Porta San Paolo Museum '05'	Porta San Paolo Museum '70'	Porta San Paolo Museum '404'	Porta San Paolo Museum 'ECD 21'

Rome's tramways

An extensive voyage around Rome's tramways in 2022, including a 'Thunderbirds' rescue service on line 8. Sadly a fair amount of the network was closed due to overhead line issues.

Rome tram '7005'	Rome tram '7009'	Rome tram '7009'	Rome tram '7011'
Trams '7015', 9027', '7095', '9037'	Rome tram '7035'	Rome tram '7039'	Rome tram '7039'
Rome tram '7039'	Rome tram '7039'	Rome tram '7041'	Rome tram '7063'
Rome trams '7063' and '9249'	Rome tram '9021'	Rome tram '9021'	Rome tram '9024'
Rome tram '9031'	Rome tram '9031'	Rome tram '9101'	Rome tram '9112'
Rome tram '9112'	Rome tram '9122'	Rome tram '9128'	Rome tram '9205'
Rome tram '9205'	Rome tram '9212'	Rome trams '9212' and '9142'	Rome tram '9216'
Rome tram '9232'	Rome tram '9234'	Rome tram '9234'	Rome tram '9242'
Rome tram '9247'	Rome trams '9247' and '9112'

Thunderbirds to the rescue

Rome tram '9205'	Rome tram '9205'	Rome tram '9112'	Rome tram '9112'
Rome tram '9232'	Rome tram Thunderbird	Rome tram Thunderbird	Rome tram Thunderbird

Rome Terminii Station

Italo 'AGV 575 14' at Rome	'145 2032' near Rome	'245 718' near Rome	Frecciarossa 'ETR500 49', Rome
'ALn 776 022' at Ostiense Station	'ALn 776 059' at Ostiense Station	'E464 209' at Rome	'E464 611' at Rome
'E464 623' at Rome	'E464 648' at Rome	'E464 680' at Rome	'E464 707' at Rome
'E655 533' at Rome	'E655 533' at Rome	'ETR 425 042' at Rome	'ETR 425 069' at Rome
'ETR 425 078' at Rome	'ETR 600 1A' at Rome	'ETR 600 1B' at Rome	'ALn 501 295' at Rome
Driving trailer, Rome	Industrial loco near Rome	Rome Termini	'Eurostar' at Rome Termini
'Eurostar' at Rome Termini
Trams '9009' and '9018', Rome	Tram at the Colliseum, Rome	Tram '7003' at Rome

Sicily

Messina, Sicily

The terminus of the train ferry across the staits so quite a number of powerful shunters

'145 2026', Messina	'145 2026', Messina	'145 2037', Messina	'145 2040', Messina
'145 2045', Messina	'D445 105', Messina	Messina loco shed	'E656 294', Messina
'E656 294', Messina	ETR 425 040', Messina	Messina tram '09'	Messina tram '10'
Messina tram '13'	Messina tram '14'

Turin

Turin horse tram '197'	Turin horse tram '197'	Turin rack tram '209'	Turin rack tram '209'
Turin rack tramway car 'D.2'	Turin rack tramway Sassi station	Turin tram '2807'	Turin tram '2839'
Turin tram '2844'	Turin tram '2844'	Turin tram '28xx'	Turin tram '2902'
Turin tram '5010'	Turin tram '5034'	Turin tram '5035'	Turin tram '5047'
Turin tram '6000'	Turin tram '6008'