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Author Archives: Marcus Wong
«Саквояж СВ» – inhouse magazine of the Russian Railways
Inflight magazines are a common sight whenever you fly, but the Russian Railways also have give their passengers something to read on long train journeys – inhouse magazine «Саквояж СВ». «Саквояж» is the Russian word for a leather travel bag […]
Sochi construction before the 2014 Winter Olympics
My visit to Sochi was during the leadup to the 2014 Winter Olympics, so the city was in a state of flux. Cranes soared into the sky. As new apartment blocks took shape. As well as new hotels. Adding to […]
Builder’s plates on Russian-built trains
A builder’s plate indicates who built a particular piece of machinery, as well as the the model number, serial number, and date of manufacture. Here are some examples from the rolling stock of the railways of Russia and Ukraine. ЭД4МК […]
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Tagged Kiev Metro, Nizhny Novgorod, rail operations, Russia, Russian Railways, Ukraine
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Ice fishing across Russia
As I travelled by train across Russia in the middle of winter, there was one thing I saw on every river I passed over – people going ice fishing. They drive down to their local river. Then tramp across the […]
Setting sail on the Railklipper
What happens when you send a train out to sea? You get the Railklipper – a vessel built by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways) in 2005 to celebrate the country’s maritime history. Photo by Edwtie, via Wikimedia Commons Dutch-language Wikipedia has […]
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Tagged Dutch Railways, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Netherlands, on the water
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Sacrificial buffer stops at Munich Hauptbahnhof
Across Europe a common theme at major railway stations is dead end platform tracks ending at buffer stops, with the main passenger concourse behind. But there was one thing I didn’t realise – sometimes the buffer stops are designed to […]
Russia’s ‘robotic fire-fighting train’
As well as ‘conventional’ fire-fighting trains used to put out the flames anywhere conventional fire trucks can’t reach, the Russian Railways have also started rolling out a fleet of ‘robotic’ trains that can be used to fight fires in railway […]
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Tagged emergency services, firefighting, rail operations, Russia, Russian Railways
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Track laying trains of Russia
My my journey across Russia by train I came across a curious looking piece of equipment parked in a siding – a track laying machine. Called a Путеукладчик in Russian, here is a similar machine at work laying track for […]
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Tagged rail operations, railways, Russia, Russian Railways, track machines, trackwork
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Celebrating five years of Euro Gunzel
It is hard for me to believe, but 2018 marks five years since I started this blog. Conceived after my returning from my month long trip to Europe as a way to make share the 19,856 photos of trains, trams […]
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Шаропоїзд – a Ukrainian monorail that ran in a trough
Monorails are a mode of rail transport that is yet to break into the mainstream, despite decades of research and development on a wide variety of track standards. Most monorail trains are suspended from a track, or run on top […]