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Turning a locomotive on a reversing star

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Marcus Wong

There are many ways for a locomotive to be turned – reversing loops, turntables, and triangular junctions. But there is one bizarre track configuration that can also do the same job – a reversing star. Google Maps How they work […]

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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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Ретропоезд – the heritage trains of Russia

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Marcus Wong

In Russian there is a word for old time trains such as steam engines – «Ретропоезд». It roughly translates to “retro train”, and on my visit to Russia, I saw quite a few of them.

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