Comments written by the user Hagues98

I only saw 0001 and 0002 in Astana

Quote (Andrews, 30.03.2023):
> Оh, those wives... :)

She's been really good and had quite the adventure following me around some days haha)

After getting off the train at Astana I spotted this brightly coloured shunter and had to investigate. I promised my wife who by this point wanted to get to the hotel that I wouldn't be long))

I would also like to clarify that no disrespect was meant to the people in the right of the photo, or any Uzbeks, it was simply an observation I made with experiences from the UK. :)

Victor
Exacty, in the cities and towns this blue fence rules, thankfully in rural areas it's just a barbed wire fence which isn't so much of an eyesore. In the UK we sometimes have 2 meter green fences which are much worse.

Алексей
I wasn't sure what they were doing to be honest, there seemed to be a lot of them in a small area, not doing a great deal. It actually reminded me of people doing supervised work or community service in the UK. I am quite curious to what they were actually doing.

Thank you, I need to get out more with my drone :)

After a day of sightseeing and visiting the amazing city of Samarkand I headed for an hour to a spot in the suburbs to try to catch something for my first taster of Uzbek railways. The first catch was a new type of loco for me personally a 3ES5K with a mixed freight heading westbound out of Samarkand. Also seen at this location was a 2O'ZELR and Talgo set 01/02.

Nice, I think I saw the same service in Saryagash.

Looking rather smart displaying a headboard on the front and of course the common sight of Romanian flags in the cab, 60 1376 works regional train CONSTANTA - TULCEA ORAS

Crofton Viaduct - Cross Country 220007 and 220008 work 1S47 1235 Bristol Temple Meads to Glasgow Central

Agreed, there were a lot of locomotives with very fresh, clean appearances.
*Согласитесь, было много локомотивов с очень свежим, чистым внешним видом.*

TransPennine Express 68 031 works driver training service 5B79 1334 Cleethorpes to Doncaster. The locomotive is named Felix after Huddersfield station's resident Cat. This cat is quite famous in the UK with a book even being written about her. https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/n...t-bolt/

Quote (WEST, 27.03.2023):
> былые перевозки возобновятся

I sadly doubt that, the EU would prefer for freight to travel from the west (1435mm) than from Russia and Belarus.

Thanks for the reply :). We ended up going earlier this week and it didn't disappoint at all, saw quite a lot, had a look from viewpoints of the mines and got to have a ride in the cab of one of the locos!

Great photo! I might visit here soon, how often did you see trains pass roughly?

Brilliant!

Nice!

Thanks :)

When you forget your pizza in the oven....

Yeah I agree, and I'm not sure we have a specific word or term for that haha!