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Chinese sleeping car in train no. 3 (Bejing - Moskva) at Krasnojarsk. 2005-07-30 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Chinese sleeping car Erlian - Beijing in train 24 Ulaanbaatar - Beijing at station Kanchjuan. 2005-08-28 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inside CR soft-sleeper car Erlian - Beijing in train 24 Ulaanbaatar - Beijing. 2005-08-28 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inside CR soft-sleeper car Erlian - Beijing in train 24 Ulaanbaatar - Beijing. 2005-08-28 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Express train (train category T) at Beijing West station. 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Express train (train category T) at Beijing West station. 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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CR express train coaches at Beijing West station. 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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CR express train hard sleeper coach (Ying Woche) YW25K 671374 at Beijing West station. 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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CR express train hard sleeper coach (Ying Woche) YW25K 671388 at Beijing West station. 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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CR express train hard sleeper coach (Ying Woche) in train T152/151 Xi Ning - Beijing Xi at Beijing West station. 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inside hard sleeper car in train T109 (Beijing - Shanghai). 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Connection between two cars in train T109 (Beijing - Shanghai). 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Conductors compartment in hard sleeper car in train T109 (Beijing - Shanghai). 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Corridor in hard sleeper car in train T109 (Beijing - Shanghai). 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inside hard sleeper car in train T109 (Beijing - Shanghai). 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inside hard sleeper car in train T109 (Beijing - Shanghai). 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Middle bed in hard sleeper car in train T109 (Beijing - Shanghai). 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Route table on train T109 Beijing - Shanghai. 2005-09-01 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Route table of train T138/139 Shanghai - Xian. 2005-09-02 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Two boards indicating the limits for children fares in a hard sleeper car in train T138/139 Shanghai - Xian: Untill 1,1 m height - free of charge Untill 1,4 m height - half fare 2005-09-02 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inside hard sleeper car in train T138/139 Shanghai - Xian 2005-09-02 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inside hard slepper car in train T138/139 Shanghai - Xian 2005-09-02 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Connection between two cars in train T138/139 Shanghai - Xian 2005-09-02 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Train T138/139 Shanghai - Xian approaching Xian. 2005-09-03 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Corridor in soft sleeper car in train 1043 (Xian - Urumchi - Kuytun). 2005-09-04 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Soft sleeper car in train 1043 (Xian - Urumchi - Kuytun). 2005-09-04 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Train 1043 (Xian - Urumchi - Kuytun, left) and mail train (right) at Jiayugan. 2005-09-04 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Soft sleeper car of train 1043 (Xian - Urumchi - Kuytun) at Jiayugan. 2005-09-04 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Washing room in soft sleeper car in train 1043 (Xian - Urumchi - Kuytun). 2005-09-04 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Bed in soft sleeper car in train 1043 (Xian - Urumchi - Kuytun). 2005-09-04 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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The Chinese train no. 4 (Moskva - Beijing) at Omsk. 2005-09-29 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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Chinese hard-sleeper carriage YW18 668371 in train 4 (Moskva - Beijing) at Omsk. 2005-09-29 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 Chinese train no. 4 (Moskva - Beijing) at Omsk. Hard sleeper car YW18 668389. 2005-09-29 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 Chinese train no. 4 (Moskva - Beijing) at Omsk. 2005-09-29 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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Chinese sleeping-car in train No. 004 (Moskva - Ulan Bator - Beijing); Moskva Jaroslavskaja, 2002-07-23 Author: Helmut Uttenthaler, Graz, utti@telering.at

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Destination plate of overnight non-stop, top-quality, sleepers-only service Z41/42 between Tianjin and Shanghai, with brand-new air-conditioned sleeping-cars and bar/restaurant car. Coaches are YW25T and RW25T (hard and soft sleepers), hauled by locomotive DF11G double units. Shanghai Railway Station Photo by Chunlu Sun (chunlusun@yahoo.co.uk)

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Temporary service Lxxx, from Hangzhou to XiĄŻan, canĄŻt remember exact number and it is not shown on the plate either. Rolling stock: YW25B, hard sleeper. Zhengzhou Railway Station Photo by Chunlu Sun (chunlusun@yahoo.co.uk)

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Destination plate of temporary service Lxxx, from Hangzhou to XiĄŻan, canĄŻt remember exact number and it is not shown on the plate either. Rolling stock: YW25B. Zhengzhou Railway Station Photo by Chunlu Sun (chunlusun@yahoo.co.uk)

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Trans Mongolia Express: Plate showing the route of the train in Russian, Chinese and Mongolian (Beijing-Ulaanbaatar-Moscow). Photo by Perry Vrisekoop Uploaded (with permission) by Marco van Uden

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Trans Mongolia Express: Typical food on the train, noodles and coke. Photo by Perry Vrisekoop Uploaded (with permission) by Marco van Uden

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Sleeping car RW25G 554430, Changzhou, 2009-07-21. tobias b köhler

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Destination indicator on train 895/896 Wulumuqi - Alamutu (which is the chinese pronunciation of Ürümqi - Almaty). 2008-08-11. tobias b köhler

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Chinese hard sleeper (Yingwoche) YW18 673748. Train from Ürümqi (Wulumuqi). Almaty 2, Kazakhstan, 2008-08-11. tobias b köhler

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Chinese hard sleeper (Yingwoche) YW18 673753. Train from Ürümqi (Wulumuqi). Almaty 2, Kazakhstan, 2008-08-11. tobias b köhler

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Chinese hard sleeper (Yingwoche) YW18 673757. Some technical data, from the inscriptions: 36 beds, weight 50.6 t, length 24.7 m. (Perhaps this is, despite the inscription, not a "hard" (open) sleeper, but a car with 4-bed compartments, we did not look in ....) Train from Ürümqi (Wulumuqi). Almaty 2, Kazakhstan, 2008-08-11. tobias b köhler

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Chinese hard sleeper (Yingwoche) YW18 673758. Train from Ürümqi (Wulumuqi). Almaty 2, Kazakhstan, 2008-08-11. tobias b köhler

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Sleeping car YW25G 672568, Changzhou, 2009-07-21. tobias b köhler

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Sleeping car YW25G 676300, Changzhou, 2009-07-21. As you can see from the sign at the end of the train, this is the train K559/560. tobias b köhler

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9. auf 10. September 2001, zwischen Peking und Schanghai Schlafwagen oder Liegewagen, jedenfalls Sechserabteile der "harten Klasse", ohne Abteiltüre, im Nachtzug, Abfahrt 20 Uhr ab Peking, kurz vor dem Aussteigen in Schanghai. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (klaus@foehl.net)

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Car with four-seater a compartment of Chinese fast train # 14 "Silk Road" from Alma-Ata 2 to Urumqi. Alma-Ata 2 station, Kazakhstan, July, 16, 2002. Photo and scan by Mikhail Utkin, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, pechnik@yandex.ru.

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Car with four-seater a compartment of Chinese fast train # 14 "Silk Road" from Alma-Ata 2 to Urumqi. Alma-Ata 2 station, Kazakhstan, July, 16, 2002. Photo and scan by Mikhail Utkin, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, pechnik@yandex.ru.

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Chinese fast train # 14 "Silk Road" from Alma-Ata 2 to Urumqi. Car YW18 73752. Alma-Ata 2 station, Kazakhstan, July, 16, 2002. Photo and scan by Mikhail Utkin, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, pechnik@yandex.ru.

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Chinese fast train # 14 "Silk Road" from Alma-Ata 2 to Urumqi. Car YW18 73756. Alma-Ata 2 station, Kazakhstan, July, 16, 2002. Photo and scan by Mikhail Utkin, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, pechnik@yandex.ru.