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Pictures 22 Dec 2009 /
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This is one of the highest railways in the world. It connects Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, in China. The total length of Qingzang railway is 1956 km. Construction of the 815 km section between Xining and Golmud was completed by 1984.
This railway is the first to connect China proper with the Tibet Autonomous Region, which, due to its altitude and terrain, is the last province-level entity in mainland China to have a conventional railway.
More than 960 km, or over 80% of the Golmud-Lhasa section, is at an altitude of more than 4,000 m.
The 1,142-km Qinghai–Tibet railway from Golmud to Lhasa was completed on 12 October 2005. It opened to regular trial service on 1 July 2006.
The trains are specially built for high altitude environment. From October 2006 five pairs of passenger trains run between Golmud and Lhasa, and one more pair between Xining and Golmud. The line has a capacity of eight pairs of passenger trains, and the carriages are specially built and have an oxygen supply for each passenger.
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Videos 11 Nov 2009 /
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So many broken cars … my heart is bleeding :(
This accident happened in Oshawa (Ontario) last month in a rail yard where they ship out GM vehicles.
One of the guys who attaches and detaches the car haulers accidentally unhooked a set of train cars while the brakes were not set. As the yard is inclined, the set of car trains rolled down the hill and smashed a fence and then new GM cars that were in the parking lot…
What a mess and what a waste…
Someone’s gonna get fired!!
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Pictures 4 Nov 2009 /
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He came and sat down on the rails.
In the meantime, the train was approaching.
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Pictures 26 Oct 2009 /
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David Smith, an enthusiast from New Jersey, has created the world's smallest railway station with a train of five cars.
This train is 35,200 times smaller than a real one. And it is able to move along the circular "railroad" through the tiny tunnel. What's the secret? 
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Pictures 21 Oct 2009 /
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Early in the morning, you go to catch your train, then you see ‘this’ and your mood is immediately improved even though there’s a whole working day ahead :)) Yes, I would laugh hard if I saw this.
To each their own, but as for me, this is not for men... 
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Pictures 19 Oct 2009 /
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It happened in Melbourne - a six-month-old baby survived after his stroller rolled off a railway station platform and into the path of an incoming train.
No one thought he could have survived, but he did!
Look at the pictures and the video inside the post!
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Pictures 15 Sep 2009 /
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Although the experiment was quite dangerous (the train could go off the rails), but the pictures turned out to be very good.
Various objects (bottles, apples, stones) were put on the rails just before a train passes at a high speed smashing them and turning those objects into dust. High-speed photography was used to make these great shots. 
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Pictures 10 Sep 2009 /
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Journey to the Orient Express has always been something more than just a trip.
The route passes through the most beautiful cities of Europe - Paris, Rome, Venice, Vienna, Budapest, Prague and Istanbul. The train has a great comfort and luxury.
For five memorable days spent on the Venice Simplon-Orient Express, a couple should pay €13.160. The price of a ticket for one person is of €8.350.
And now I propose you to look at this beauty. 
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Pictures 23 Jul 2009 /
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This is Kursky Rail Terminal in Moscow.
And that is how people had to ‘climb’ on the train because of the rebuilding works that are taking place there. 
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Pictures 16 Jul 2009 /
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As an example of the nightmare of overpopulation, I want to show you how the Chinese are traveling in trains 
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Pictures 24 Jun 2009 /
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A woman was returning home with a shopping bag and I do not know if she was in her normal state or not but that day could have ended badly for her ... 
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Pictures 19 Jun 2009 /
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We often have posts about China and there is nothing surprising, because you won’t see the most of such things anywhere else.
This time, we will see a train wagon and something unexpected in it. 
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Pictures 11 Jun 2009 /
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Poor rural residents living near the railway tracks have developed an interesting means of transportation.
Most importantly is to clear the rail track quickly before a train arrives. 
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Pictures 9 Jun 2009 /
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I was quite impressed with this train. It can be truthfully called – the Pride of Africa!
The Pride of Africa is a luxury train which is run by Rovos Rail. It is billed as the World's Most Luxurious Train. It travels through South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania.
Rovos rail was established in 1989.
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Pictures 13 May 2009 /
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The first one is simple and amazing.
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Pictures 27 Apr 2009 /
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A baby elephant was hit by a train in India.
With the help of a crane, the injured animal was taken to the local zoo for treatment.
It’s not an easy work to transport, even a small elephant! 
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Pictures 21 Apr 2009 /
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An excellent idea. Very interesting and unusual.
You write down your order and put it in the train. Then the bartender put the beer on the train and it arrives to you.
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Pictures 24 Mar 2009 /
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Stories with blonds will never stop. But this blond has gone too far. She lied down between the rails before the train coming.
And all this for what? To show her “buddies” how cool she was!
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Pictures 6 Mar 2009 /
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The day before yesterday we already put the video of this incident.
But now I got the details.
“Propelled sideways, the truck sweeps over 32-year-old Cem Tokac, who was standing beside the tracks.
Amazingly, he was swept underneath the truck between its wheels.
The train then missed him by just inches, meaning Tokac had cheated death twice.
He survived with just bruises and a scratch to his ear.” [Mail online]
I watched this video several times and thought that the man actually had died but as I wrote earlier he survived, a pure miracle.
I found some pictures and put once again the video made by surveillance cameras for those who didn’t see it.
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Pictures 16 Feb 2009 /
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One of the versions of this incident is that one of the train cars used to be a boxcar and it didn’t pass through the truss. The wagon fell into the river below and the rest of it stuck in the truss.
Well, I’ve never seen something like this before.
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Pictures 9 Feb 2009 /
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The US Department of Transportation published these photos to show why sometimes there are train delays.
Edit: These are photos of the Canadian Pacific Railway, (CP) taken in the Province of British Columbia. The Tunnel in the photos is called the Mount MacDonald Tunnel. It is on the western side of Roger's Pass, in the Selkirk Mountains.
Thanks Erik de Vries
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Pictures 19 Jan 2009 /
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And he’s not going by plane or by car but by… train.
It is exactly the same route as took Abraham Lincoln 150 years ago from Philadelphia to Washington..
The train will make several stops in different cities where Obama will meet people.
Good move Obama )
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