Hello All, Yesterday, a new fast train trial run was made from Ankara to Istanbul. The passengers were the minister of transportation (Mr. Binali Yıldırım),...
I have tonight posted another 23 steam shots from my 1975 trip in the files section. I hope you enjoy them. More to come when I've done some more scanning. ...
Picture 13606 The side on shot shows that one loco is an oil burner whilst the other is a coal fired loco, very strange since I had been led to believe that...
Picture 13713: A line up of gangers also waiting for the passenger train to pass. CHECK OUT ALL THOSE MUSTACHES! I love the little gray shack in the left of...
Hi Suits were the norm even for construction workers till very recently, and may still be so in more rural areas. Malcolm [Non-text portions of this message...
I have tonight uploaded a further 14 pictures taken on the Kurtalan line around Maden. The file is now full so over to you J-P. Enjoy the pictures and more to...
In Turkish, Maden literally means, mineral mine. Judging by the yard overflowing with wagons, I think this name is also a good indication for this towns reason...
Robin, The lack of an exhaust on steam engines may not be photogenic, but from the railways point of view, "No Exhaust", as Martha Stewart would say, "is a...
I am organising a diesel tour of Eastern Anatolia in March 2005 and am trying to get some nice photos to put on my website.There are suitable pics in the...
I have just purchased a paper back book called "Ron Jarvis From Midland Compound to the HST" by J. E. Chacksfield and published by The Oakwood Press. In this...
I have tonight uploaded the balance of pictures taken on my 1975 trip. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did taking them. Any questions please ask. Robin...
This detail was already published by several sources. In TrainofTurkey, I am quoting the Rowledge book http://www.trainsofturkey.com/steam_engi_4w.htm#45151 ...
I have just uploaded 28 pictures from the first day of our 1976 trip showing steam engines working on the lines to the south of Izmir. Enjoy, Robin Lush...
Robin, Did you know that "Catal" (pronounced - Chuh-TUHL) means "fork" in Turkish? Appropriate, isn't it? Thanks, Derya ... __________________________________ ...
Is the 4610X specific to the TCDD or were there other examples of this engines in the UK? I would like to know if I could find a model of this engine, or ...
Hi Yolcati is also from the same root- meaning junction (yol = road/way and cati fork/cross) (of course it is a "c" with a cidilla and an "i" with no dot) ...
I am not aware of any Robert Stephenson 2-8-2s being produced for the home market but some might have been produced for other export markets but nothing...
Hello to everybody on this list, My name is Kapaklis Andreas and I am a rail entusiast from the neiboughring country Greece.I have been actively involved with ...
An interresting bit of news from Today's Railways July 2004 issue: They report that DB and TCDD ran a special test train from Istanbul to Köln on 9 May. The...
Jean-Patrick, Tarkan Etginoglu, who works in the TCDD freight department at Haydarpasa reported this in the Turkish version of this list about a month ago....
Hello Derya, there was an announcement for a block container train from Köseköy to Köln in my station on Tuesday. The single information I got for the...
Kalimera! So if you are a real steam fan, my first recommendation to you is to plan a trip to Camlik museum at your earliest convenience. At this point in time...
Yes. Please see the link below (Ummm... It is in Turkish, but you will understand anyway) http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/yolcu/bolgesel/basmaneafyon.htm ... From:...
... This is a corruption of the old Turkish word 'catalagizi' ( cidilla and the crested-moon-g of course! ) meaning 'river delta', nowaday's Turkish would say...
An excellent report about Irak in Trains Magazine issue of July 2004 is indicating railway freight traffic between Turkey and Irak through Syria. In Rail...
Hi I had a long discussion with my Turkish colleagues on Catalazi they certainly didn't come up with delta, as I even suggested all the possible combinations...
