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UTY electric loco class "O'zbekiston" at Tashkent station. 2005-09-16 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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UTY EMU ER9E 663 at Tashkent station. 2005-09-16 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Builder's plate of UTY electric engine "O'zbekiston 0012" Tashkent, 2005-09-17 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Bogie of UTY electric engine "O'zbekiston 0012" Tashkent, 2005-09-17 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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UTY loco "O'zbekiston 0012" with express train no. 2FJ "Registon" (Tashkent - Samarkand) at Tashkent station. 2005-09-17 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Pantograph of UTY electric engine "O'zbekiston 0012" Tashkent, 2005-09-17 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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UTY electric engine "O'zbekiston 0012" has just arrived with express train no. 2 "Registon" (Tashkent - Samarkand) at Samarkand. Samarkand, 2005-09-17 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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UTY electric engine "O'zbekiston 0012" at Samarkand. Samarkand, 2005-09-17 Photo: HHelmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Express train no. 1 "Registon" ready for departure for its 350 km non-stop trip (3h50min) to Tashkent at Samarkand. 2005-09-17 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Express train no. 1 "Registon" ready for departure for its 350 km non-stop trip (3h50min) to Tashkent at Samarkand. 2005-09-18 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Express train no. 1 "Registon" ready for departure for its 350 km non-stop trip (3h50min) to Tashkent at Samarkand. 2005-09-18 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Electric engine type "Uzbekiston" with express train no. 1 "Registon" ready for departure for its 350 km non-stop trip (3h50min) to Tashkent at Samarkand. 2005-09-18 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Express train no. 10 "Sharq" (Tashkent - Buchara) arriving at Samarkand station. This train has been introduced on 5th september 2005, just two weeks before my trip. It consists of rebuilt seating cars. 2005-09-19 Helmut Uttenthaler helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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sgsh01: Chinese (under the license by Siemens, max 120 km/h) electric loco "Uzbekiston" (25 kV, 50 Hz) from Tashkent loco depot with passenger train from Russia to Uzbekistan and shunting diesel-electric loco such as TEM2. Sary-Agach railway station (state border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan), Saryagash city, Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya (South Kazakhstan) province, Kazakhstan, 21.02.2006. Digital photo by Mikhail Utkin, Utkin@KEGOC.kz.