Sleeping-car train from Berlin to Rostov, Omsk,
Novosibirsk, Saratov and Astana. These cars are coupled 
among each other with Russian SA3 couplers; at both ends, 
UIC screw link couplers are installed (which are changed 
for SA3 couplers when the train enters the wide gauge 
network). Berlin-Lichtenberg, 5 August 2000.
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photo: tobias b k&ouml;hler