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Talgo train "Tulpar" to Astana at Alma-Ata 2. Postroen v Ispanii, zavod Talgo = built in Spain, company Talgo. 2005-09-12 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Talgo train "Tulpar" ready for departure to Astana at Alma-Ata 2. 2005-09-12 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Display indicating route and car number at Talgo train "Tulpar" Alma-Ata 2 - Astana. 2005-09-12 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Wheel of Talgo train "Tulpar" Alma-Ata 2 - Astana. Alma-Ata 2, 2005-09-12 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Talgo train Astana - Alma-Ata at Astana station. 2005-09-28 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at 34195 km by train from Graz to Shanghai and back. From Austria to China via Hungary, Ukraine, Russia, Mongolia and back via Kazakhstan, Usbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Hungary. Start of the travelogue

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Talgo train Astana - Alma-Ata at Astana station. 2005-09-28 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at 34195 km by train from Graz to Shanghai and back. From Austria to China via Hungary, Ukraine, Russia, Mongolia and back via Kazakhstan, Usbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Hungary. Start of the travelogue

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The wheel of the Spanish train such as "Talgo-200", specially reconstructed in Spain for a wide gauge of 1520 mm. Alma-Ata 2 station, Almaty city, Kazakhstan, August 10, 2003. Photo and scan by Mikhail Utkin, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan pechnik@yandex.ru, http://ezdok.narod.ru

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All four Talgo units in Kazakhstan have names. The name of this train is "Fatima". Alma-Ata 2 station, Kazakhstan, August 10, 2003. Photo and scan by Mikhail Utkin, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan pechnik@yandex.ru, http://ezdok.narod.ru

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The sleeping-car of the Spanish train "Talgo 200", TWL6u 604 034 (071 10000), contains 20 sleeping berths or 20 armchairs in 5 compartments. Alma-Ata 2 station, Kazakhstan, August 10, 2003. Photo and scan by Mikhail Utkin, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan pechnik@yandex.ru, http://ezdok.narod.ru

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The carriage with numbered reserved seats of Spanish train "Talgo 200", TA6 601 051 (071 30115), contains 25 armchairs. In the windows of the car the building of the station is reflected. The inscriptions on the car in translation from Russian mean that the car had its last major overhaul at the Talgo factory in Spain on 18.11.2001. Weight of the empty car is 19 tons, maximum speed 220 km/h. Alma-Ata 2 station, Kazakhstan, August 10, 2003. Photo and scan by Mikhail Utkin, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan pechnik@yandex.ru, http://ezdok.narod.ru

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High-speed train "Zhana Dauir" 001 from Alma-Ata 2 station to Astana station (Spanish train "Fatima", type "Talgo 200"), Almaty city, Kazakhstan, August 10, 2003. Photo and scan by Mikhail Utkin, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan pechnik@yandex.ru, http://ezdok.narod.ru

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tse-kt: "Другие миры..." Старенький плацкартный "КВЗ" и "Тальго". Астана, Казахстан, 28 мая 2005 / "Other galaxies..." Old soviet car (from Kalinin /Tver/ plant) and "Talgo". Astana, Kazakhstan, May 28 2005. Photo by Mikhail Utkin. pechnik@yandex.ru