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Sleeping-car of RZD (WLABmee), seen on the compartment-side, in the consist of EN 348 "Jan Kiepura" (Warszawa Wschodnia->Bruxelles Midi/Brussel Zuid). It actually runs as a through-car from Moskva-Belorusskaja. This car features Class B compartments (1 to 3 berths each). Tour du Midi/Zuidertoren stands in the background. Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuid. 5th February 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Sleeping-car of RZD (WLABmee), seen on the compartment-side, in the consist of EN 348 "Jan Kiepura" (Warszawa Wschodnia->Bruxelles Midi/Brussel Zuid). It actually runs as a through-car from Moskva-Belorusskaja. Tour du Midi/Zuidertoren stands in the background, further left. Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuid. 5th February 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Route panel of a Sleeping-car (WLABmee) of RZD, diagrammed on EN 349 "Jan Kiepura" (Bruxelles Midi/Brussel Zuid--->Warszawa-Wschodnia, with through-cars to Minsk and Moskva-Belorusskaja). Interestingly, • This train is still named "Ost-West Express", which "Jan Kiepura" officially replaced some years ago; • The final destination (Moscow) is written in German ("Moskau"); • The departure station features a mix of English ("Brussels") and French ("Midi"), rather than something more consistent (viz. "Brussels-South" or "Bruxelles-Midi"); • No Cyrillic scripts whatsoever are used. Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuid. 6th April 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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EN 349 "Jan Kiepura" (Bruxelles Midi/Brussel Zuid->Warszawa Wschodnia, with through-cars to Minsk and Moskva-Belorusskaja), seen about to call at its very first station. This is the front end, with cars of RZD (to Moscow) and BC (to Minsk). Bruxelles-Nord/Brussel-Noord. 5th February 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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EN 349 "Jan Kiepura" (Bruxelles Midi/Brussel Zuid->Warszawa Wschodnia, with through-cars to Minsk and Moskva-Belorusskaja), seen about to call at its very first station. The mix of PKP cars (to Warsaw) and those of RZD (to Moscow) is well in evidence. Bruxelles-Nord/Brussel-Noord. 5th February 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)