I just got my copy of "Yatakli Vagon" (thanks for the tip Erim!). The book is an absolute treasure chest of information and a real "time machine". I couldn't...
Dear Derya, I look forward to purchasing a copy of the book also- looks interesting. I wanted to bring to your attention the concept of "Fair Use", at least in...
Hello Stan, If this group was a tightly controlled closed list, I might consider posting scans of pictures. But due to the open policy of this list, I can not...
And regarding this particular book, the pictures are not too good. The fun is in the text. Someone ought to write the history of the CIWL in Turkey. Best...
A short documentary on Haydarpasa-Baghdat line, the Toros Express, 1944. http://demiryollariulasimi.page.tl/Toros-Express.htm As I have no French, any...
- Interesting doc, also because it was issued in 1944 and it mentions the train being a haven of peace and people and languages in a world at war. - Sorry no...
This is a litterary story about a travel on the Toros Express in 1944. The text is only comments about the pictures , themselves showing passengers and staff...
Your assumption is correct: in 1944 the Toros Exp went via Alep. This was important since many passenger were going south to Damascus and Cairo. The line via...
... Hello Jean-Francois, The "Yatakli-Vagon" book I recently received also talks about the CIWL service through the Balkans during World War II. It seems...
Dear Jean-Patrick, isn't it time to update the current Turkish Railways map after the "Ministry of Dreams' has awakened from its deep sleep? =) Cheers, Egemen ...
Yes, the map is completly outdated: it is amazing the amount of work done in so little time. However, I don't have the raw material to work from regarding the...
Hi all In Trainsofturkey.com, it is time to include a data sheet about the new high speed EMU now being tested by TCDD. Does anybody know the official...
I was on the ferry that carried this set from Sirkeci to Haydarpasa. Regret I did not take the number. However, this number might be subject to change, so let...
I have uploaded some "new" photos of a trip in April 2000. "A ten day trip to Turkey to go to Kars, then to Elazig, Adana, Eskisehir and back to Ankara, and a...
Dear Philip, Thank you for sharing your photos with us. My favorites were DE 21 500's (all are withdrawn now). Ergin -- Y. Doç. Dr. Ergin TÖNÜK Assistant...
Dear Wormald thank you very much for the pictures,especially 21500 GE pics are really very rare and hard to find nowadays,i dont know what happened last GE ...
Dear Gürcan, The last DE 21 500, 505 loco was withdrawn. Many were torched. I heard that 520 loco was going to receive a cosmetic revision to be displayed at...
Thank you very much my teacher for the information, it's a little bit sad story of DE21500's,unfortunately i never had a chance to go and see them as working,i...
i photographed these when it was september 2005... de 24382 and de 33023 working together at Cerkezkoy station..In Cerkezkoy;there is no any shunter...
Numbers are the Lingua Franca of railwaymen, and they fit my French Cartesian head... This is why I like them! But you are right, I will go ahead and do the...
... heard ... displayed ... 21505 was overhauled around 3 or 4 years ago I think, but then got quite badly damaged in an accident, all the frame was bent so...
Coulod it be http://E40003.me.metu.edu.tr/21500/ during the last stages of overhaul or when it was in service... Regards, Ergin -- Y. Doç. Dr. Ergin TÖNÜK ...
I had taken a photo of it at The Karabük depot, where she was waiting for her faith. I am out travelling for the moment. however I can share my last photos of...
Question about the closed line Mandira - Kirklareli. Was it fully electrified? The wires clearly visible far into the distance! Was it energised and ever used?...
Dear P.Wormald, as i know;there is not electrified yet,i heared from a railman about some rearranges on this line,because there in some places very slight for...
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