Travelling by train is often associated with nostalgic childhood memories. While flights have become the preferred mode of transportation for their speed, train journeys still hold a unique charm.
The ailing and the injured await the train at every stop ... The BAM runs for 2,672 miles, parallel to the better known Trans-Siberian line but 400 miles or so to the north.
Four times a year she crosses her native region by train searching for the next top ... Anna selects about 30 young women during each of her Siberian scouting trips. Only a fraction of them ...
It’s the legendary Trans-Siberian, the pride of the Russian railway company. The provodnitsa, carriage attendants in navy uniforms, welcome passenger aboard at the entrance of each car.
The road would follow a similar path to the Trans-Siberian railway — but would stretch even further, crossing the Bering Strait to Alaska. It remains unclear what the US would think about ...
A key locomotive supporting Russian military logistics was destroyed in St. Petersburg on January 18, 2025, as reported by ...
A rotting railway bridge in the Siberian outback A punishment cell for prisoners A guard’s watchtower in autumn forest These are some of the ruins of Josef Stalin’s abortive “Transpolar ...
In January 1904 the first train from Orenburg to the Kubek station (Kazalinsk) was launched. Construction starts on the Turkestan–Siberian Railway, taking five years to complete and making it ...
Japan had become concerned that Russian expansion of the Trans-Siberian Railway into Chinese Manchuria could threaten Korea. China was weak and Japan had an interest in acquiring land for herself.