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Tallinn-Moskva special train in 31.12.2003 in Tallinn Baltic Station, Estonia Photo and scan: Jorven Rang <train@jippii.ee>

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Novosibirsk. Train no. 2 "Rossija" Moskva - Vladivostok is leaving Novosibirsk. Novosibirsk, 15.05.2004 Digital photo by Tadej Brezina, Baden, Austria (tadej_usenet@gmx.at)

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Novosibirsk. Train no. 2 "Rossija" Moskva - Vladivostok is leaving Novosibirsk. Novosibirsk, 16.05.2004 Digital photo by Tadej Brezina, Baden, Austria (tadej_usenet@gmx.at)

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Transsib somewhere between Tajshet and Krasnojarsk. Train no. 2 "Rossija" Moskva - Vladivostok pulled by a VL80 waiting for two hours in a picture-perfect curve. Transsib, 16.05.2004 Digital photo by Tadej Brezina, Baden, Austria (tadej_usenet@gmx.at)

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A few hours to go to Zabaikalsk. Diesel loco pulling train no. 20Ch "Vostok" Moskva - Beijing with gruesome slow speed through the sparse manchurian steppe. Manchuria, 19.05.2004 Digital photo by Tadej Brezina, Baden, Austria (tadej_usenet@gmx.at)

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Ulan Ude. Train no. 20Ch "Vostok" Moskva - Beijing. Ulan Ude, 18.05.2004 Digital photo by Tadej Brezina, Baden, Austria (tadej_usenet@gmx.at)

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Zabaikalsk. Diesel loco pushing train no. 20Ch "Vostok" Moskva - Beijing into bogie changing shed. Due to "low traffic" - only one cross-border train per direction and week - only one changing-track is working. Therefore the procedure takes extra long. Total time spent in Zabaikalsk was abt. 7 hours Zabaikalsk, 19.05.2004 Digital photo by Tadej Brezina, Baden, Austria (tadej_usenet@gmx.at)