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These are the archives of nomination discussions and their results for the image that appears in the Trains portal introduction.

Image archive[edit]

Images used in 2005[edit]

May-December
BNSF train in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Only one image was used in the introduction from the portal's creation until the end of 2005.

Images used in 2006[edit]

January
ÖBB 1044 274-7 with Express train from Croatia passing a viaduct on the Semmering line in Lower Austria 		February
Deutsche Bahn regional train departs from Maschen train station southbound on August 28, 2005 		March

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April
Nilgiri Mountain Railway train crossing the biggest viaduct on the line
May
Amtrak on the Northeast Corridor 		June
Senzan Line. Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan 		July
Great Eastern Railway Y14 / LNER Class J15 0-6-0 No. 65462 with demonstration freight train 		August
Sugar Cane Railway in Mossman, Australia, August 9, 2005
September
The Indian Pacific in Western Australia 		October
An electric-powered freight train in Japan, August 3, 2000 		November
Polish electric multiple unit 14WE-04
Polish electric multiple unit 14WE-04
 December
Canadian National Railway locomotive #1047 with a freight train at the Langley, British Columbia railway station in 1924

Images used in 2007[edit]

January
the world's fastest locomotive at the station of Kinding, Germany, after a 357 km/h world record run on the Nuremberg-Ingolstadt high speed track 		February
Burlington Northern Santa Fe 7663, a GE Rail "Evolution Series" ES44DC, brand new at Commerce, California, USA on the head of a transcontinental doublestack train. 		March
ÖBB 298.205 in Austria 		April
A Swiss EMU train in 2005
May
A diesel-hauled passenger train on JR-West, Japan 		June
Voralpen-Express Luzern 		July
Dutch Railways model 1954 trainset 		August
A Milwaukee Road train near Hampton, Washington, United States, in 1979
September
Santa Fe Railroad 2-10-4 locomotive #5000 "Madame Queen" pulling a freight train in New Mexico 		October
This image has been deleted 		November
A westbound Southern Pacific Railroad freight train west of Chicago in 1992 		December
The Gran Capitán of Ferrocarriles Argentinos in 1990
April 1
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Images used in 2008[edit]

January
VIA Rail Canada LRC #6917 comes to a stop at Brockville, Ontario. 		February
An EMU at Koprivshtitsa train station, Bulgaria 		March
CityPendel in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands 		April
A Conrail freight train leaving Altoona, PA, USA, in 1993
May
Russian TEP10-314 class diesel locomotive and train 		June
Two trains of the Great Northern Railway in the U.S. from different eras 		July
A freight train on the West Coast Main Line near Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England 		August
A train operated by České dráhy in the Czech Republic, July 2008
September
A train operating on the Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz heritage railway in Germany 		October
This image has been deleted 		November
885 Series Kamome passenger train in Japan 		December
Australian excursion train powered by a steam locomotive
April 1
Thomas the Tank Engine on the Avon Valley Railway, UK, in 2007

Images used in 2009[edit]

January
Denver & Rio Grande Western train after the merger into Union Pacific 		February
An Express train 'Niseko' bound for Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan 		March
A passenger train in Bulgaria in 2008 		April
TG16-047 in Sokol
May
Cityrail V-Set Power Car DJM 8113 at Central Station in Sydney, Australia 		June
New Zealand Railways 4-8-2 locomotive JA1271 with excursion consist climbing the Opapa incline - 16 February 2003 		July
Virginian Railway electric locomotives 		August
An ICE train leaving Mammendorf in January 2006
September
Trains on Taipei Metro's Muzha Line in 2005 		October
The Allama Iqbal Express passenger train operating in Pakistan

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November
A TGV train at Montpellier Saint Roch station in 2007 		December
A preserved steam locomotive and excursion train in Braník, Prague, the Czech Republic
April 1
Zooline Railroad train at the St. Louis Zoo, Saint Louis, Missouri, in 2006

Images used in 2010[edit]

January
Russian EMU train ER9E-591 bound for Vysochino in 2008 		February
A series 08 EMU operating in commuter service in Japan in 2007 		March
A restored train from Nordsjællands Veterantog, at Farum station in 2006 		April
BB 9200 class electric locomotive leads a train service in Perrigny-sur-Armançon, France
May
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in 2006 		June
A Japanese electric locomotive pulling an Orient Express special in 1988 		July
Albula line of RhB - nostalgic train near Preda, Switzerland 		August
The North Coast Limited passenger train operated by Northern Pacific Railroad circa 1900
September
SBB Ae 6/6 "Appenzell Innerrhoden" leads the Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express at Siders in 2006 		October
A Russian ЧС8 class electric locomotive leads a passenger train at Rostov in June 2010 		November
A Taiwan Sugar Railways train at Wushulin in 2008 		December
A worker readies a steam locomotive-hauled train on the Vasar Valley Mocăniţa, Romania, in 2007
April 1
The "World's First Trackless Train" on its worldwide tour in 1932

Images used in 2011[edit]

January

The image was deleted

February
A heritage railway train is prepared for operations in Slovakia, date unknown 		March
A TGV mail train near Chevry, in the greater suburbs of Paris in 2007 		April
A freight train in Varkaus, Finland, in 2008
May
A diesel-powered freight train in Italy in 2007 		June
7002 on an enthusiast special to the Inner Harbour at Port Kembla, Australia, in 1967 		July
A pair of DMUs operated by NWB at Trompet station, Germany, in 2010 		August
A passenger train in China in 2006
September
ČSD 387.043 pulling an excursion train at Bratislava Petržalka railway station in 1998 		October
A Litra ABs from Bombardier with an older Litra ABns at Østerport Station, Denmark, in 2007 		November
Tallinn-Rapla passenger train in Liiva railway station. Estonia, in 2009 		December
The Flying Scotsman pulled by locomotive 2547 "Doncaster" in 1928
April 1
Hoof-powered stock number 0286 on the Tralee and Blennerville Steam Railway in 2006

Images used in 2012[edit]

January
A diesel locomotive pulls a freight train in Slovakia in 2011 		February
Beira Railway BR7 (4-4-0), SAR Class NG6, in 2006 		March
A Korail 8000 series electric locomotive pulls a freight train of tank cars in 2009 		April
An AFE passenger train departs the Montevideo station in 2008
May
ONCF E 1100 with an empty phosphate train near Tamdrost, Morocco, in 2010 		June
An SAR class 33 (a GE U20C) switching freight cars at Saldanha, Western Cape, in 2009 		July
A diesel locomotive-hauled passenger train traveling from Laç to Durrës, Albania, in 2007 		August
A Japan Rail Freight EF65 class electric locomotive pulls a short freight train on the Yosan Line in 2012
September
Restored steam locomotives double-heading on an excursion train in Belgium in 2010 		October
ŽBFH (former JŽ) class 441 with a freight train on the line from Doboj to Maglaj, at Jabucic Polje in 2009 		November
China Railways train T42 departs Beijing West station bound for Xi'an station in July 2011 		December
Preserved Danish steam locomotive DSB PR 908 with restored train in Odense in 2006

Images used in 2013[edit]

January
An electric multiple unit passenger train at Psyrtsha station, Abkhazia, in 2011 		February
Diesel-hauled trains at Leipzig in 1967 		March
A short narrow-gauge steam locomotive-hauled passenger train in Haiti on an unknown date 		April
The Lucknow Shatabdi Express near New Delhi, India, in 2004
May
Narrow gauge steam locomotive U 57.001 and train in Osoblaha, Czech Republic in 2009 		June
A PKP class SM42 diesel locomotive pulls a passenger train in Poland in 2011 		July
Various passenger and freight trains of Israel Railways at Haifa East station in 2005 		August
A Korail 7400 class diesel locomotive pulls a passenger train in South Korea in 2009
September
A Kaohsiung MRT Red Line train at the World Games station in 2008 		October
A Northern Ireland Railways class 111 locomotive leads a ballast train at Dunmurry station in 1996 		November
Prussian G12 as JZ (Jugoslav Railways) Class 36 on a southbound freight at Bled Jezero station in 1971 		December
A class T669 diesel locomotive pulls a passenger train arriving at Lac station, Albania, in 2012

Images used in 2014[edit]

January
A preserved diesel-hydraulic locomotive and train on an excursion trip through the port of Antwerp in 1992 		February
A short BDŽ passenger train at Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in 2012 		March
A test passenger train behind an electric locomotive in Chile in 2008 		April
ŽS 661-247 ready to leave Belgrade train station ahead of B 414 "Alpine Pearls" to Schwarzach-St. Veit in 2010
May
Preserved Ansaldo 442 steam locomotive pulling a freight train in Eritrea in 2006 		June
A train of the narrow gauge Gulbene-Alūksne Railway at Alūksne station in 2011 		July
A Makedonski Železnici passenger train pulled by a class 661 locomotive at Veles, Macedonia, in 2010 		August
A phosphate train in Nauru in 2005
September
A 1050mm gauge 2-8-0 steam locomotive pulls a train of construction materials on the Palestine Railways in 1946 		October
An electric multiple unit train on the Baku-Sabunci line, Azerbaijan, in 1933 		November
Museum train, property of Slovenske železnice, in 2009 		December
A Cross Country intercity 125 (43366/43085) passes south through Starcross railway station in 2009

Images used in 2015[edit]

January
CAF-built SNTF ZZ 2202 at Sidi Bel Abbès station, Algeria, in 2008 		February
A China Railways DF11 diesel locomotive hauling a through train from Guangzhou to Kowloon, Hong Kong, in 2010 		March
Steam locomotive no 85 from Turistren with passenger coaches, on the line to Tunja, Colombia, in 2007 		April
Apollo 2400 DMU at the Pacific Railroad Station, San Jose, Costa Rica in January 2015
May
An eastbound BNSF Railway train at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in 2004 		June
The Asahi liner train in Ireland in 1985 		July
GWR 4575 class steam loco 5521 tails a "Steam on the Met" railtour at Amersham, England, in 2013 		August
Škoda electric locomotive ChS4-072 with a passenger train at Vinnitsa railway station in 2011
September
A diesel-powered passenger train on Sri Lanka's Northern Line in 2000 		October
A steam locomotive pulls an excursion train on the Hejaz Railway in 2007 		November
An Armenian passenger train in 2012 		December
A class 269 electric locomotive pulls the TerraSur Temuco passenger train at Temuco, Chile, in 2008
April 1
A bicyclist on the tracks in Hong Kong in 2013

Images used in 2016[edit]

January
Nohab Built MX 1001 pulls a heritage train to Randers, Denmark, in 2013 		February
Victorian Railways S301 pulls a freight train at Beveridge, Victoria, Australia, in 1852 		March
A passenger train in Austria in 2006 		April
A test run of the newly streamlined 20th Century Limited leaving Chicago in June 1938
May
EF65 class electric locomotive number 105 pulls the Euroliner train in Japan in 2009 		June
Preserved Great Western Railway locomotive 6024 "King Edward I" pulls an excursion train in 2007 		July
A Pacific National cement train led by Victorian X class locomotive X31 at Grovedale, Victoria, Australia, in 2007 		August
SLB steam locomotive no. Ds 03 (also known as Mh.3) following its arrival at Krimml railway station, Austria, with a Pinzgauer Lokalbahn steam nostalgia service from Zell am See to Krimml and return in 2014
September
An ICE train at Bonn station in 2006 		October
An excursion train at Paris Gare l'Est in 2010 		November
A diesel-powered freight train at Colchani, Bolivia, in 2013 		December
12-car former Kamakura set H27 and H14 in Kalibata, South Jakarta, October 2016
April 1
A miniature amusement ride at a zoo

Images used in 2017[edit]

January
A train of TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais at Amiens station in 2009 		February
Two "Bumble bee" DX class locomotives of New Zealand Railways pulls a coal train on the Midland Line in 2006 		March
The Faridpur Express travels near Giandia Bazar, Faridpur, Bangladesh, in 2014 		April
A Type 20 locomotive leads a passenger train in Belgium in 2006
May
An electric multiple unit train at Babīte railway station in Riga, Latvia, in 2015 		June
A British Railways Stanier 'Jubilee' steam locomotive pulls a coal train at Bromford Bridge in 1962 		July
An outbound (westbound from Chicago) BNSF Railway intermodal train crosses over to the middle track just west of the Naperville Metra station in 2010. 		August
A PKP passenger train led by locomotive number EP07-374 leaves Gdańsk Główny railway station in September 2015
September
A passenger train on the Dammam–Riyadh Line in 2009 		October
A train on Daegu Metro Line 1 in August 2017 		November
X10p at Stockholm East Station with UBp and UBxp 		December
A passenger train operated by Vale in Brazil in 2008
April 1
A narrow gauge handcar (draisine) at Laufen/Kocher, Germany, in 2012

Images used in 2018[edit]

January
The former ÖBB locomotive number 298.106 pulls a train over the Waldneukirchen bridge in August 2016 		February
A Ukrainian Railway passenger train traveling from Kharkiv to Kiev in 2012 		March
A freight train in Tajikistan in 2014 pulled by TE33A-0113 		April
Union Pacific Railroad's preserved Challenger class locomotive number 3985 leads an excursion train at Valley Junction, Texas, in June 2004
May
A diesel multiple unit train of Belgrano Sur makes a station stop in February 2018 		June
A preserved steam locomotive and passenger train in excursion service at Braník, Prague, the Czech Republic, in 2009 		July
Southern Pacific locomotive 6051 leads a passenger special near Pinole, CA, in 1985 shortly before being donated to the California State Railroad Museum. 		August
La Trochita heritage railway train crosses Argentine national route 259 in January 2010
September
EN57-1218 of Przewozy Regionalne at Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski station, Poland, in April 2017 		October
TraXion MY1134 and MY1110 pull a train of Maersk Sealand containers near Vejle, Denmark, in 2001 		November
A Piraeus-Corinth train made of two Desiro DMU-2s and a single Staedler GTW/2 railbus for the Piraeus-Airport suburban service stand at Piraeus railway station, Greece, in 2007 		December
Down Christmas Relief express passing Stratford in 1959 with a BR 'Britannia' Pacific
April 1
A replica of 'Toby' from the Thomas and Friends series in operation at the Avon Valley Railway's Thomas the Tank Engine Days in 2007

Images used in 2019[edit]

January
Two Canadian National freight trains meet at a small remote yard in Alberta in May 1985 		February
Chichibu Railway 1000 series EMU 3-car set 1012 in "canary yellow" livery on the Chichibu Main Line in 2009 		March
Bangladesh Railway Class 2600 locomotive number 2605 leads an oil train at Dhaka Cantonment rail Station in 2016 		April
London & North Western Railway 2-4-2 steam locomotive pulling a passenger train in the late 1910s
May
A Taiwan Railways Administration high-speed 1000 class train in February 2017 		June
Swiss Federal Railways train led by FFS Dt (driving trailer) 508592-33927-1 departs Zurich HB in April 2010 		July
A CSX coal train crosses under the New River Gorge Bridge in February 2008 		August
The Ulm-Lindau passenger train pulled by a Bavarian S 3/6 class locomotive at Erbach, near Ulm, Würtemberg, Germany, in 1958
September
VIA 6760, an MLW FPA4 built in 1959, pulls a passenger train on the Kingston Subdivision about 2 miles west of Newtonville, Ontario, Canada, in October 1980 		October
Freight train in Portugal 		November
A 6-car train of Shonan-colored S51 + S52 trains as an express "Shinshu" on the Shinano Railway in April 2013. 		December
DB Class "012" 4-6-2 No.012 063 pulls a passenger train from Rheine Hbf on a Norddeich - Munster express in 1972

Images used in 2020[edit]

January
A trio of Dr16 diesel-electric locomotives hauling a 5200-ton Kostamus-to-Raahe taconite train up the Hangas hill near Pikkarala station, in Oulu, Finland, on 1 September 2001. 		February
Rame TGV 4402 (TGV Lyria) at Paris-Gare-de-Lyon station in May 2018. This train set the world speed record on rails by travelling at 574.8 km/h in 2007 		March
JR East class C57 steam locomotive C57 180 on an SL Banetsu Monogatari in 2006 		April
Locomotive 254.03 of the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya pulls a freight train near Sant Boi, Barcelona, in 2006
May
A British Railways train, hauled by ex-War Department 2-8-0 No. 90035, moves empty flatcars past Barnetby station in 1961 		June
Southern Pacific 4449 leads an excursion train over Marias Pass in 2009 		July
A Tasmanian Railways ZA Class locomotive leads a container train on the Bell Bay line in 1978 		August
The second-generation "Free Gauge Train" set on a daytime test run on the Yosan Line near Kanonji Station in March 2012
September
Traffic on Torbay Road comes to a stand as West Coast Railway's 57314 pulls out of Paignton railway station with an excursion train returning north from Kingswear in August 2014 		October
An eastbound BNSF grain train near the Durham Road crossing on the Blackfoot Reservation near Browning, Montana, in January 2013 		November
A long down parcels train approaches Tilehurst with No. 5002 'Ludlow Castle' on the point in June 1962 		December
An SBB-CFF-FFS Re 450 double-decker push-pull train on S-Bahn Zürich line S16 near Henggart in 2009

Images used in 2021[edit]

January
A train of the Nilgiri Mountain Railway stops for water at Ketti in 2005 		February
A Korail train at Seoul Station in March 2020 		March
A B81500 class train to Lyon Perrache makes a stop at Bourg-en-Bresse station in 2015 		April
ÖBB 1042 029-7 passes Michelhausen station in Lower Austria with a goods train in May 2004
May
A westbound "Trans-Australian" train pauses for a photograph on its trip from Port Pirie Junction to Port Augusta and on to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, in September 1938. The locomotive is Ga class number 24. 		June
The first ICNG EMU (No. 6001), Alstom Konstal factory siding, Chorzów, Poland, in 2019 		July
AOMC BDeh 4/4 514 pulls a mixed train at Collombey-Muraz in 2011 		August
The "Blue Train" at Topčider railway station, Belgrade, in 2019
September
An SNCB Class 13 electric locomotive is at the head of a passenger train at Eupen railway station, Belgium, in June 2007 		October
East African Railways 30 class steam locomotive no. 3015 pulls a freight train near Morogoro, Tanzania, in 1967 		November
Three Canadian National Railway locomotives lead a westbound freight train near Newtonville, Ontario, in March 1981 		December
KCJ-liveried former Tokyu 8000 series EMU set 8008 at Bogor on the KCJ Bogor-Jatinegara Line in Indonesia in April 2016

Images used in 2022[edit]

January
SNTF (National Rail Transportation Company, Algeria) diesel multiple unit number ZZ 2202, built by CAF, is ready for passengers at Sidi Bel Abbès station, Algeria, in 2008. 		February
A freight train with PKP's locomotive SU46 025 on its way from Węgliniec (Poland) approaching Horka (Germany), train number 45480, in August 2004. 		March
Class AD6002 Garratt locomotive enroute between Emu Plains-Lapstone/Glenbrook as part of a trial run in November 1952 		April
ONCF Alstom Prima II locomotive number E-1417 pulls a passenger train between Sidi Mbarek Du R'Dom and Ain El Kaerma in October 2011
May
A 742 series locomotive leads a freight train at Bolehošť station in July 2006 		June

Express passenger tender locomotives Class 05 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (German Reich Railway).

July
GWR 6959 Class 7903 Foremarke Hall wearing a 40th anniversary placard, is ready to take the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway train out of Toddington station in July 2021 		August
Postcard photo of the California Zephyr in the Colorado Rockies in the mid-20th century. The train is being pulled by Denver and Rio Grande locomotives for this stretch of its trip.
September
A D12E diesel locomotive pulls the Hai Phong-Long Bien, Vietnam, passenger train in February 2019. 		October
Former JZ class 661, now Kosovo Railways 003, with an empty NewCoFerronikeli ore train on its way to the Golesh mine near Prishtinë airport in July 2009 		November
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 December
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Images used in 2023[edit]

January
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March
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April
ONCF Alstom Prima II locomotive number E-1417 pulls a passenger train between Sidi Mbarek Du R'Dom and Ain El Kaerma in October 2011
May
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June
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July
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August
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September
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 October
Transport for London Rail Class 345 passes West Ealing Station. 		November
A China Railways SS7-0083 electric locomotive, December 2017 		December
CR300BF (Fuxing Hao) at Nanjing South railway station

Discussion archive[edit]

Candidates for April 2018[edit]

AVR Thomas 7.JPG[edit]

Here's a good candidate for April 1. Slambo (Speak 16:44, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Candidates for several months[edit]

Early 2012 candidates[edit]

Starting off the candidates list again we have...

  • South Africa
    South Africa
  • Korea, 2009
    Korea, 2009

Slambo (Speak 14:39, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Used File:Beira Ry BR7 (4-4-0) SAR Class NG6 a.JPG for Feb. Slambo (Speak 15:33, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
Used File:KORAIL EL8000.jpg for March. Slambo (Speak 12:19, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Several candidates[edit]

Here are a few possibilities from Commons:

Slambo (Speak 14:25, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Used File:EMU-train ER9E-591.jpg for January. Slambo (Speak 16:33, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Used File:Series08.jpg for February. Slambo (Speak 11:31, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
Used File:NSJV train in Farum.jpg for March. Slambo (Speak 11:31, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Used File:EF65 1136 ORIENTEXPRESS'88 .jpg for June. Slambo (Speak 12:53, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
Used File:Albula 412.jpg for July. Slambo (Speak 14:34, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
Used File:SBB-CFF-FFS Ae 6-6.jpg for September Slambo (Speak 11:28, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Some more:

  • Russia, 2010
    Russia, 2010
  • Taiwan, 2008
    Taiwan, 2008
  • Romania, 2007
    Romania, 2007
  • Slovakia, 2005
    Slovakia, 2005
  • France, 2007
    France, 2007
  • Finland, 2008
    Finland, 2008
  • Italy, 2007
    Italy, 2007
  • Australia, 1967
    Australia, 1967
  • Germany, 2010
    Germany, 2010

Slambo (Speak 15:02, 9 August 2010 (UTC) Slambo (Speak 15:25, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Used File:ChS8-066,Rostov.jpg for October. Slambo (Speak 11:28, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
Used File:Taiwan Sugar Railways Train at Wushulin 01.jpg for November. Slambo (Speak 15:31, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
Used File:Mocanita.JPG for December. Slambo (Speak 15:39, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
Used [[:]] for January. Slambo (Speak 12:53, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
Used File:CHZ CKD Hronec.jpg for February. Slambo (Speak 12:49, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Used File:TGV la poste 3.jpg for March. Slambo (Speak 12:07, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
Used File:Tavarajuna Kommilan radalla 20080122.jpg for April. Slambo (Speak 11:09, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Used File:ST D 753.002 Vicenza 071110.jpg for May. Slambo (Speak 11:37, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Used File:Arhs 7002 inner harbour.jpg for June. Slambo (Speak 11:18, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Used File:648 928-9 1.jpg for July. Slambo (Speak 11:06, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Another candidate:

  • China, 2006
    China, 2006

Slambo (Speak 11:37, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

More:

  • Estonia, 2009
    Estonia, 2009

Slambo (Speak 12:17, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Used File:387043petrzalka1998.jpg for September. Slambo (Speak 11:21, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Used File:DSB Litra-ABs Litra ABns Oesterport.jpg for October. Slambo (Speak 13:18, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Candidates for May 2010[edit]

From Indian Railways[edit]

--SharadbobTalkC 10:32, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Candidates for April 2010[edit]

Possibilities for April 1[edit]

So it's time to start looking toward the next April Fool's Day. Add possible features for that week to this section.

  • Comment: I would vote for No. 1 --Janke | Talk 19:38, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

9242.jpg[edit]

BB 9200 class electric locomotive leads a train service in Perrigny-sur-Armançon, France

Nice countryside, reasonably clear image of the train on a curve, not too much obstruction. - Zzrbiker (talk) 13:26, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

A good candidate for the lead image, but as we've already had a few electric-powered trains in a row, this would be better for April, now that I've updated the March picture to be a diesel-powered train. Slambo (Speak 11:31, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Candidates for June 2009[edit]

Image:JA1271 Opapa 16Feb2003 JChristianson.jpg[edit]

New Zealand Railways 4-8-2 locomotive JA1271 with excursion consist climbing the Opapa incline - 16 February 2003

That JA picture used for the NZ rail portal - it's a got the essential ingredients of loco, track, carriages and nice composition.

Zzrbiker (talk) 13:58, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Candidates for September 2008[edit]

Image:V 36 123.jpg[edit]

V 36 123 at the Dampfbahn Fränkische Schweiz museum in Switzerland

Shows an entire train and is discernible in thumbnail view. Slambo (Speak 20:47, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Candidates for November 2007[edit]

Image:SP 8033 19921006 IL Eola.jpg[edit]

Yes, this is an image that I created (which is another reason I'm bringing it here first before plopping it into the main slot). It shows the definition of a train and it is clear with good color at small resolutions. Slambo (Speak 13:46, 25 September 2007 (UTC)


Candidates for October 2007[edit]

Image:MagyarÁllamvasutak.V63-039.jpg[edit]

Good contrasting colors, the entire train is visible. Slambo (Speak 16:21, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Candidates for February 2007[edit]

New BNSF ES44DC #7663 at Commerce, California on February 21, 2005.[edit]

BNSF Railway's New Evolution Series from GE

I feel that this image accutately portrays to the rail transport community modern trains in the United States. The locomotive featured here is a member of the GE Evolution Series, GE's top of the line. It features regenerative braking, to meet the new EPA Emissions Standards.KG6YKN 21:51, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Candidates for August, 2006[edit]

Multiple possible images[edit]

Okay, rather than listing each one individually, since it appears that I'm the only person who actively uses this page, here are six candidates from commons:

  • CityPendel in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
    CityPendel in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
  • Dutch Railways model 1954 trainset
    Dutch Railways model 1954 trainset
  • EC 370 (hauled by ČD electric locomotive class 371) to Berlin and Åarhus is leaving the new high speed track tunnel near Mlčechvosty
    EC 370 (hauled by ČD electric locomotive class 371) to Berlin and Åarhus is leaving the new high speed track tunnel near Mlčechvosty
  • Sugar Cane Railway in Mossman, Australia
    Sugar Cane Railway in Mossman, Australia
  • Indian Pacific passenger train at Bellevue, Western Australia
    Indian Pacific passenger train at Bellevue, Western Australia
  • Milwaukee Road GE U30B diesel locomotive #5601 in 1979
    Milwaukee Road GE U30B diesel locomotive #5601 in 1979

I'm inclined to use the sugar cane railway image since we've shown primarily standard gauge trains in the lead image so far. Slambo (Speak 15:53, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Looking back at the archive, we used photos depicting the following:
  • May-Dec 2005: US diesel powered freight train
  • Jan 2006: Austrian electric passenger train
  • Feb 2006: German electric passenger train
  • March 2006: US steam passenger train
  • April 2006: Indian steam passenger train
  • May 2006: US electric passenger train
  • June 2006: Japanese electric passenger train
  • July 2006: British steam freight train
So, if we're looking for diversity, then either of the two Australian images (showing diesel freight trains) would be near the top of the list. We've done four electric powered passenger trains in the last 8 images, and we've done US in three of the last 8. Slambo (Speak 13:29, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
You could also consider these. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 13:43, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Candidates for June, 2006[edit]

SenzanSen2005-5.jpg[edit]

Senzan Line. Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan

There's a preponderance of green which draws the eye to the train. We haven't used an image from Asia in this section yet. Slambo (Speak 16:32, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Candidates for May, 2006[edit]

Amtrak Regional viewed from NJ Transit train.jpg[edit]

Amtrak on the Northeast Corridor.

Shows a complete Amtrak train. Good composition and lighting. Slambo (Speak 14:32, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Candidates for April, 2006[edit]

Nilgiri Mountain Train on a viaduct


Candidates for March, 2006[edit]

StrasburgRR 2004 0920Image0044.jpg[edit]

Image deleted in August 2008

Good color, shows an entire train, highlights steam power. Slambo (Speak 12:22, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

  • It doesn't seem particularly striking, and for some reason I can't put my finger on it seems a little sort of vauge. Not a bad picture, but I'm not certain its the best we can do. The better of the two imho. Thryduulf 18:16, 21 February 2006 (UTC)


VW-Cargotram-Dresden.jpg[edit]

The Volkswagen Cargo-Tram

The structure in the background is a little distracting, but this is the first example I've seen of a tram designed for freight service. Very interesting image. Slambo (Speak 15:13, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

  • A really interesting image, but not, imho, good enough to be the lead picture. The building takes up too much of the frame and kind of distracts from the tram. Thryduulf 18:16, 21 February 2006 (UTC)


Candidates for February, 2006[edit]

WCML freight train.jpg[edit]

An electrified container train

Good color, shows a complete train under catenary. Slambo (Speak 12:24, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


RE Deutsche Bahn AG Maschen GFDL.JPG[edit]

German electrified passenger train

Another electrified train, this one from Germany. The catenary is not so obtrusive, and the red train is easy to pick out from the scenery. Slambo (Speak 12:32, 20 January 2006 (UTC)


Candidates for January, 2006[edit]

Oebb298205.jpg[edit]

ÖBB 298.205 in excursion service

An interesting image of something that isn't on the mainline. Slambo (Speak 17:30, 21 December 2005 (UTC)


Austria 1044 semmering.jpg[edit]

ÖBB 1044 274-7 with Express train from Croatia passing a viaduct on the Semmering line in Lower Austria

Good color and composition; an interesting image. Slambo (Speak 17:23, 21 December 2005 (UTC)


Candidates for April 1, 2016[edit]

Dokuchaevsk 016.jpg[edit]

Another April 1 candidate, this time of a park attraction. Slambo (Speak 02:27, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

Candidates for December 2017[edit]

TE33A-0113 with freight train.jpg[edit]

Straightforward depiction of a modern train in Tajikistan. Slambo (Speak) 15:47, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Candidates for September 2021[edit]

Bahnhof-Eupen001.jpg[edit]

Bahnhof-Eupen001

This picture shows one of the modern trains we see often in Europe. This is helpful for people to see how the European rail system looks like. This is why the picture should be nominated. Bredyhopi (talk) 22:56, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Promoted. Slambo (Speak) 14:30, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
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