Circum–Baikal railway
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The Circum–Baikal railway is a historical railway in the Irkutsk region of Russia. It runs along the Northern shore of the Southern extremity of Lake Baikal from the town of Slyudyanka to the Baikal s
The Circum–Baikal Railway in the winter
Slyudyanka station
Excursion train "Baikal cruise" in Kirkirey
Tunnels on the Circum–Baikal Railway
Trans-Siberian Railway
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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
Circum–Baikal railway
…Baikal from the town of Slyudyanka to the Baikal settlement. Until the middle of the 20th century the Circum–Baikal railway was part of the main line of Trans–Siberian Railway; later on, however, a duplicate section of the railway was built. Sometimes called a unique achievement in engineering, the Circum–Baikal is one of the…
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