Baikal–Amur Mainline
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The Baikal–Amur Mainline is a 1,520 mm broad-gauge railway line in Russia. Traversing Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, the 4,324 km -long BAM runs about 610 to 770 km north of and parallel to
RZD 3TE25K2M hauling freight at the Baikal–Amur Mainline
A rally in Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk Region, on the occasion of the arrival of a building team for construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway. 1979.
Tynda, the "capital" of BAM
Railway station at Tynda
Sovetskaya Gavan
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Sovetskaya Gavan is a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, and a port on the Strait of Tartary which connects the Sea of Okhotsk in the north with the Sea of Japan in the south. Population: 27,712; 30,480
Baikal–Amur Mainline
…at the northern tip of Lake Baikal, past Tynda and Khani, crosses the Amur River at Komsomolsk-on-Amur and finally reaches the Pacific Ocean at Sovetskaya Gavan. There are 21 tunnels along the line, with a total length of 47 km (29 mi). There are also more than 4,200 bridges, with a total length of over 400…
Sovetskaya Gavan Administration building