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How do trains change to daylight savings time?
Timekeeping is something that railways take seriously – but what happens to trains when the clocks changes from ‘normal’ time to daylight savings, and an hour is either lost or gained? Germany Deutsche Bahn cancel trains due to run in […]
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Tagged America, Amtrak, Australia, Deutsche Bahn, France, Germany, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Netherlands, rail operations, Russia, Russian Railways, SNCF
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Russian level crossings bite back!
As I travelled across Russia by train there was an interesting feature at every level crossing we passed through – massive steel plates that lifted out of the roadway, preventing cars from driving around the boom gates. Some level crossings […]
Barbed wire and guard towers protecting the bridges and tunnels of the Russian Railways
On my journey across Russia by train I passed through many tunnels and over many bridges, and noticed something strange at each one.
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Tagged bridges, mystery, police, Russia, Russian Railways, security, tunnels
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Transporting spent nuclear fuel on the Russian Railways
With a large fleet of nuclear power stations used for electricity generation across Russia, there is also an increasing quantity of отработанного ядерного топлива (spent nuclear fuel) needing to be safely transported to reprocessing or storage facilities, where the useful […]
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Tagged freight trains, nuclear power, rail freight, Russia, Russian Railways, waste management
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«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 […]
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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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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Fire-fighting trains of the Russian Railways
Russia’s rail network stretches the length of the country, from cities to mountainous forests. Fires can happen anywhere – even in the middle of nowhere – so the Russian Railways have their own fleet of fire-fighting trains, to put out […]
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Tagged emergency services, firefighting, rail operations, Russia, Russian Railways
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Funding Russia’s suburban commuter train routes
I’ve written about the three tiers of Russian rail service before – and today I am looking at the middle tier of suburban trains. Known as электри́чка (Elektrichka), they run along tracks shared with freight and long distance passenger services, […]