It seems that 2006 will be the 150th anniversary of the first concession granted to build a railway in Turkey. What was the date of the concession,where did...
Hi Jim you can read all about this first line here: http://www.trainsofturkey.com/hist_orc.htm I don't know wether TCDD will celebrate this but most likely it...
Hi Every year there is a party to celebrate the railway aniversary at Ankara Station attended by TCDD senior management and all the related politicians. I used...
Hi Jim, The first concession was granted to the Oriental Railway Company (ORC) on September 22, 1856 to a group of Britsh investors to build and operate the...
Hi all Some of you may already know the excellent site "trainspotting Bükkes" and its excellent collection of railways maps. http://bueker.net/trainspotting/ ...
Hi, The map looks great and really detailed. Just one thing, I think the station south of Izmir which appears as "Boca" is actually "Buca". Regards....
Hi Phil, No, this message just signals that trains are full/filling again, especially during the holidays. The writer is happy to see that the Turkish people...
Todays Railways May 2005 issue (p18) has a short comment about train ferries on the Black sea. In addition to the Roumania / Derince service indicated by...
Hi Jean-Patrick, hi All, I do have some comments on the map published earlier this week, which you may wish to consider. The comments come in free order, so...
Hi Christian Thanks for the comments. - color coding: point taken, I will pass it on the the guy in charge of this. - closed / disused lines: the idea was to...
Hi Jean-Patrick Excellent map, the short branch from Sincan is missed (used by 4 EMU's daily plus freight) also the scale precludes clear indications of ...
There is an industrial branch to the Kirikkale refinery, diverging from east of Kirikkale station (on the Irmak-Bogazkopru segment), running south of the main...
From ERG - Mailing List Subject: OSE/TCDD New night direct trains THESSALONIKI-ISTANBUL by 15/7/2005 This the announcement at OSE's Internet site: OSE informs...
Copy of Message from ERG Yahoo group Mail List Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 13:06:49 +0100 (BST) From: George Deskas <gdeskas2003@...> Subject: Schedules of EN...
Why would I have seen at least eight ex-DSB carriages attached to an eastbound goods train at Keyseri on Saturday 10 July? They have, in the best liberal...
Dear Friends, I'm from israel and request your assistance in translating the text (probably in Turkish Arabic) appears on a marble monument in Haifa East train...
I will try my best if the text is in Latin alphabet. If the text is in Arabic alphabet, I may try to get help from elderly people who know how to read that...
I could also try to translate, if it is plain arabic letters and not written artfully. You can send the photo to my e-mail sb@... Serdar Buyukonat ... ...
To all those who are wishing to help in the translation mission, the monument photos were uploaded to "Valley Train" album. Many Thanks for your efforts....
Dear Oguz, Thanks for your good will. Files enclosed. I've asked the administrator to mention my album's name with those photos but here they are attached. ...
Alex, I've been to Israel almost a dozen time on business, and stayed in Haifa several times. It is a very Ottoman city (the old part). I particularly enjoyed ...
You see, Derya, I'm not an expert in train models and the word 'shunter' is totally strange to me. I'll try to broad my knowledge during the time I participate...
Dear Alex, It looks like everything is in Arabic letters (As I have already predicted). Therefore, as I have explained in my original message, I need some time...
England and America, two countries separated by a common language. Shunter or shunting engine is the English usage, the American word is Switcher or switching...
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