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2M62-0845 and 2M62-0786 draw a heavy freight train out of Kedrozero station, near Petrozavodsk in Karelia, on 17 June 1993. |
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A view of Murmansk station on the evening of 13 June 1993, as crowds gather on the platform to see away friends and relatives on the 20.20 departure to Moscow, a 39-hour journey. |
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In June 1993 the Locomotive Club of Great Britain organised a special train from St Petersburg to Pechenga on the Kola Peninsula, with steam haulage for most of the journey. Several 'run-pasts' were performed for the benefit of photographers. This one shows ER-770-72 between Luostari and Pechenga, nearly 200 miles (300km) north of the Arctic Circle. |
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At Kirov station on the Trans-Siberian main line, ChS4T-281 backs onto the weekly Moscow to Beijing (via Mongolia) train, on 19 March 1997. This train formed one stage of my York to Hong Kong rail journey. |