Up until the early 1970s I believe the Syrian Railways operated an isolated section between the Turkish frontier & the Iraqi frontier at Nusaybin?.The Syrians...
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Yesterday I went to Kayas and observed some earthwork on north side of the line where lies the CTC cables. Does anybody know if there will be a reneval of old...
Hi I discovered a working narrow gauge railway in Izmir Yesterday! It is inside the Tekel (Raki) factory at Hilal. All I could see were hand pushed skips,...
Hi Progress looks good except for one point. Aliaga branch two tracks (and used) all electrified. Route to Basmane electrified except for area around Cigili....
Hi Just before I left Turkey in 1999 a batch of Swiss fourgons arrived, since then I have seen 2, one at Halkipinar yesterday and one in Behicbey today, both...
Hi This was discussed a few days ago, and I noted in Izmir that the DE18100 have vertical grills at the front of the loco, while DE24000 does not. Also...
Hi All I did manage to visit Halkipinar and got almost everything there, and I will add as a file a little later, but one thing intrigued me a badly damaged...
The accident must be the one on August 6, 2002. The switchman Kayhan Bey (http://www.me.metu.edu.tr/~ergin/TCDD/MekanikSemafor/Hilal_Kumanda_Kayhan.JPG) told...
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Thanks Ergin I had assumed it was something like that from the damage to the body and the "scrape" mark on the signal cabin. As TCDD said thanks God it was an...
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I asked myself the same question quite a number of time! So far, my understanding is that CFS (Syrian railways) use to have some kind track access right to...
... some kind track access right to over TCDD rails until their direct line was built. But I could not prove that yet, especially the terms of the right. The...
subject to ... I know that there are still through trains to Syria, I saw one near Adana, interestingly formed of non UIC coaches! Also I have seen Syrian...
Dear Friends, May be you know, I am an Industrial Designer and working in Interior Architecture Department of Fine Arts Faculty of Kocaeli University as a Ass....
Hi All, I would like to share this special sighting with you. Although I have witnessed 3x14 000 EMUs working together in Ankara many times (even once the mid...
Hi, The technical structure of 14000's allow operation of 3 units coupled, and controlled from one cab. (I have confirmed this from a reliable source) As...
Well, I also know that at most 3 EMUs can work together as multiple units (however did not yet discover the reason behind this limitation). All EMUs had their...
Hi While I do not know the specific limitation, often it is the power needed in the control lines to operate things like doors, more cars, more relays, more ...
Hi I did indeed ask my friends and they said Syria had good relationships with Turkey. Under the takeover of the Cenup they thought some kind of running...
... course ... Malcolm, It would be interesting if the WD 2-10-0s ever ran on T.C.D.D. lines. I wonder if any of these 2-10-0s were preserved in Syria? Jeff...
Jeff Regarding preservation I have no idea, whileI have stood at the Syrian border, both in Turkey and Israel, I have never crossed it. Re Operation, according...
Hi everybody, I have a question: Is there any caboose left for service in TCDD, or all of cabooses (or tail checks ) have been replaced by End of Train...
There are no cabooses in Turkey. There are freight vans (furgon) usually coupled behind the locomotive for the conductor and other non-loco crew members. ...
Thanks Derya, I got your Answer, those furgon cars can be called cabooses, because train conductor and other crews (such as brake men) use them as their ...
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