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For index please expand description! 10-day-trip through Northern Europe, visiting class 181 electrics in Mosel river valley, BB 67000 and Caravelle diesel in Alsace region, thundering class CC 72000 diesel locos around Paris, museum steam and diesel in Greater Manchester, steam specials on the Settle - Carlisle line, steam specials, narrow gauge steam, rack steam, cable-hauled tramways and diesel class 57 pulled trains in Northern Wales, monster diesel GE Dash-7, 2TE116 and 2M62 hauled freights in Estonia and Riga, Latvia, as well as trams and some other modes of transport. Index (sadly times exceeding one hour cannot be linked): --- Germany --- 0:15 Mosel valley: Koblenz, Hatzenport, Treis-Karden - class 181 --- France --- 3:30 Elsass / Alsace: Frohmuhl, Tieffenbach, Sarreguemines - BB 67000 7:50 second day: Sarreguemines, Zetting - Caravelle, BB 67000 diesel parallel ride 13:45 cabride Saarbahn S1 Sarreguemines - Saarbrücken 16:55 TGV to Paris, diesel: Paris Est, Verneuil l'Etang - CC 72000 27:00 Eurostar Paris - London --- England --- 27:45 East Lancashire museum railway - "Sapper" Hunslet steam, 101 diesel 38:05 Saddleworth viaduct - 142, DBS 66, 6201 "Princess Elisabeth" steam 40:10 Ribblehead - 158+142, Black Five 44932 steam "The Waverley" --- Northern Wales 43:50 Snowdon Mountain rack railway ride, #2 "Enid" steam, #9 Ninian diesel 48:40 ride to Blaenau Ffestiniog 49:15 Roman Bridge - 150, 48151 steam "The Welsh Mountaineer" 50:18 Blaenau Ffestiniog - Ffestiniog narrow gauge diesel, Double Fairlie steam 55:40 Conwy - 57 Holyhead - Cardiff express, 221, 175 57:40 70013 "Oliver Cromwell" steam "The North Wales Coast Express" 1:00:19 Llandudno - Great Orme Tramway 1:03:57 Llandudno Junction - 48151 steam departure 1:05:35 Colwyn Bay - 70013 "Oliver Cromwell" steam departure 1:07:31 Abergele & Pensarn - 57 Cardiff - Holyhead express, 158, 221 1:09:36 Llanfairfechan - 57 Cardiff - Holyhead express, 158 --- England --- 1:11:26 Ely - Freightliner class 66 1:11:45 Stansted Airport - Easyjet departure --- Estonia --- 1:12:40 Tapa - several GE Dash-7, 2TE116 diesel freights, DR1B, TEP70 passenger 1:22:05 ride to Rakvere - GE Dash-7 freight departure 1:25:50 Lehtse - morning mist TEP70 "Moskva Express", DR1B 1:27:06 Tapa - 2TE116, GE C-36-7i freights, DR1B, track maintenance vehicle 1:31:36 Tallinn - DR1B, trams, ferries 1:35:40 TEP70, TEM2, ChME3, Dash-7, DR1B, ER2 parade 1:39:04 "Moskva Express" departure, Trolleybus 1:40:18 Ülemiste - DR1B, original ER2 departure 1:41:30 Tallinn Ülemiste airport - Air Baltic Fokker 50 departure --- Latvia --- 1:43:55 Riga, Daugava bridge - 2M62 freight, M62 with crane, light 2M62, ER2s, tram 1:47:57 Riga - trams 1:49:15 Riga station - 2M62 freight departure, DR1A departure ----------------------------------------------------------------------------