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A whistle stop tour of Sinaia railway station, Romania

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Marcus Wong

As I travelled across Romania by train, the railway station at the mountain resort of Sinaia in Prahova County caught my eye. Photo by Andrei Stroe, via Wikimedia Commons Căile Ferate Române 4-6-0 steam locomotive 230-039 was plinthed outside the […]

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Passenger trains of Romania

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Marcus Wong

I only spent a couple of days travelling through Romania, but I did manage to photograph a wide variety of the passenger train fleet that operates across the country.

CFR Class 41 electric locomotive 41-0767-8 with a very modern looking carriage set Continue reading →

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Staying the night at Brasov railway station

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Marcus Wong

When arriving into a new city late at night, the last thing you want to do is traipse all over town in an attempt to find your hotel. I found myself in this situation when travelling to the Romanian city of Brașov, but my solution didn’t quite work as well as planned.

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Budapest to Bucharest by train

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Marcus Wong

Our rail journey from Budapest in Hungary to Bucharest in Romania was a long one, because we made a pit stop in Transylvania to see Dracula’s Castle. So what did we see along the way?

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Stationmasters on guard across Romania

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Marcus Wong

As I travelled by train across Romania, one thing stood out to me – the stationmaster on guard as we rolled through each station.

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Bucharest to Kiev by train

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Marcus Wong

One of the more interesting legs of our trip across Europe was the 27 hour long train ride from Bucharest in Romania to Kiev in Ukraine. We joined the train in Bucharest, where a Ca(ile Ferate Române (Romania Railways) locomotive hauled the train into the dead end station at Gara de Nord.

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