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Train 75 Siberia

26 hours Tynda to Severo Baikalsk crossing our second time zone

sunny 20 °C
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Breakfast of pancakes and omelete ($4), bought some fresh fruit and headed for the station (20 min walk).

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Tynda station is built to impress. The Soviets built these huge railway stations in the 70s and 80s thinking people would move to the towns. Unfortunately the plan did not work and towns like Tynda have been rapidly declining. Some towns along the BAM are almost abandoned leaving behind a massive train station.

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The obligatory steam train, outside almost every station of significance.

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Train 75 runs 7,000 km to Moscow (approx 5 days) crossing 7 time zones. We are just doing a short part of the journey to Severo Baikalsk on north Lake Baikal. The train was very old (60's??), but very clean and very comfortable.

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The scenery on this leg of the trip was much more interesting. mountainous country with pine forests.

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Along this part of the BAM were the usual little towns with massive train stations, and the local people selling goodies (mainly dried fish).

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An uneventful star.pngstar.pngstar.png 3 star day

Posted by MikeinCairns 03:55 Archived in Russia

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Thanks for bringing those remote places closer to us.

by Vic_IV

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