North Korea: Branch line to an industrial area (refinery, magnesium plant) near Tanchon on the main-line Tumangan - Chongjin - Kilchu - Hamhung - Kovon - Sunchon - Pyongyang. Photo taken from train 8 (Tumangan - Pyongyang).
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This line is used by the twice-monthly Moskva - Khabarovsk - Khasan - Tumangan - Pyongyang sleeping car. Alltough this line into North Korea is officially not open for tourists, I and a friend of mine travelled this way to Pyongyang in september 2008. 
See the travelogue at http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/
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2008-09-20
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