The Amur–Yakutsk Mainline, abbreviated to AYaM, is a partially complete railway in eastern Russia, linking the Trans–Siberian Railway and Baikal–Amur Mainline with the Sakha Republic.
Amur–Yakutsk Mainline
Bridge over the Aldan River at Tommot
Ceremony at Neryungri in 1985, marking the beginning of construction towards Yakutsk
The Trans-Siberian Railway, historically known as the Great Siberian Route and often shortened to Transsib, is a large railway system that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over 9,289 kilometers, it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the east.
VL85 container haul along the coast of Lake Baikal (2008)
Clearing on the right-of-way of the Eastern Siberian Railway, 1895
Construction work being performed by convicts on the Eastern Siberian Railway near Khabarovsk, 1895
Siberian peasants watching a train at a station, 1902