The European Railway Picture Gallery
Picture of the Month - March 2005

Photo by Tom Lahaye
(thlahaye@home.nl)
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Krivoy Rog ore mine (Ukraine)
An ore train of 1050 tons pulled by a 2TE10M on a steep incline
(40 promille = 1 in 25) in one of the open pit iron ore mines in
Krivoy Rog in the eastern part of the Ukraine.
The sound of the engines was deafening, even louder than a Nohab-GM sounds.