Ever since this line opened (8 years ago?), I have waited for a passenger service over it so that I can make a through rail journey from Siberia to Iran. The...
To the best of my knowledge, there is no passenger service between Iran and Turkmenistan. Unless I missed some very important news. ... The cross-border link...
By any chance would anyone, please, know when I might obtain good, high resolution colour photos, preferably taken 'square-on', of the graphics and logos that...
Hello! Anybody know the locomotive type and number which burned last Thursday between Tyumen and Noviy Urengoy? Here is the short news concerning this: ...
Ever since the line was opened, I have wanted to travel over it. There has been discussion in this forum before about the proposed through Almaty - Tehran...
Thanks Dima, It is possible for both Cook and you to be correct. Cook is showing it as two local trains: Iran 14.35 mm gauge; Turkmenistan 1520 mm gauge, so no...
Thank you Fiodor! Yes, I also think probably 2TE116. Although, in the past sometimes TEP70 were also used on these trains. But, I don't know if this happens at...
I have had a direct e-mail from another source, confirming that Cook is correct. The gap between the two trains is a few km, and no taxi is allowed; cross by...
Hello, The following article contains information regarding newest locomotive types which are being used, and will be used in the near future, from the Tyumen ...
In the early 1970s, at the height of the 'Cold War', it was indeed a (heavily chaperoned) privilege to ride Trains 1 & 2 (Moscow-Vladivostok) to and from...
Dear All, I hope to visit Haapamaki in August. As well as visiting the Steam Park I would like to have a look around the roundhouse. does anyone have an email...
... As far as I know the roundhouse as well as the railyard used for the Steam Park is owned by the Municipality of Keuruu and is leased to the Steam Park...
Thanks John, It does seem that completion is still several years off (100 km per year?). My travel agent has the necessary Russian fluency. ... ...the Russian...
Mike, I think that your assumptions are spot on. IIRC, 1 & 2 never did have 3rd class platzkartny. I rode the train in Dec.83, because regulations had been...
Since this was December, how cold was it when you boarded at Irkutsk and during the trip? Were the cars warm enough inside? I follow temperatures at many...
John Lassahn
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Jun 24, 2007 4:45 pm
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The train was heated well. In winter, the windows are locked: passengers can't open them to let heat out. IIRC, I travelled in just a shirt and sports jacket...
Thank you very much for such a detailed reply. I buy just about every video tape or DVD on Russian railroads that I can get in the USA. They verify that the...
John Lassahn
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Jun 25, 2007 4:21 pm
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On my way to China via Zabalkalsk and Manzhouli I made two pictures at an anknown place in Siberia about 24 hours before reaching Zabalkalsk. ...
Looking at picture 2, does it say Ulan Ude (ÃÛÐÝ ÃÔÕ in cyrillic) on the station building (in red)? Is it any clearer on the original picture? Jeremy ...
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