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Chapels on the tracks of Russia
Russia is a massive country, which combined with a religious population has resulted in an odd sight – Вагон-храм – railway carriages converted into mobile chapels. Photo via Журнал «Всемирная иллюстрация» Chapel of St. Olga (1896) Construction of the first […] Continue reading
Vladimir Putin’s private railway stations
For heads of state around the world private aircraft are a common model transport. But for Russian president Vladimir Putin, he also has a private armoured train, and a network of private railway stations. Photo by Mikhail Korotkov The train […]
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Tagged mystery, Novo Ogaryovo, Russia, Russian Railways, Sochi, Valdai, Vladimir Putin
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Porta Alpina – a railway station beneath The Alps
I’ve written about a number of railway stations located deep beneath mountain ranges before, and here is another one – Porta Alpina, which was to be located in the middle of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland. Photo by KlausFoehl, […]
A change of pace
Eventually everything comes to an end, including this blog – I’ll no longer be posting new articles every fortnight. I started Euro Gunzel back in 2013 following my month long trip to Europe, and since then I’ve been digging through […]
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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 share the 19,856 photos of trains, trams and […]
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So the hard work is done (my photos are all online)
It’s taken just over a year, but I’ve finally finished uploading and captioning all of my Europe photos to Flickr! During my month long trip I took 19,856 photos, of which 3,855 I’ve determined are of a standard to share with all and sundry.
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Welcome – I’m back home!
Finally – I’m back in Australia after my month long trip to Europe. In that time I passed through six countries, ten cities, three rail gauges and 15 rail operators – but how many photos did I take?
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