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Express train (train category T) at Beijing West station. 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Express train (train category T) at Beijing West station. 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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CR express train coaches at Beijing West station. 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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CR express train hard sleeper coach (Ying Woche) YW25K 671374 at Beijing West station. 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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CR express train hard sleeper coach (Ying Woche) YW25K 671388 at Beijing West station. 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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CR express train hard sleeper coach (Ying Woche) in train T152/151 Xi Ning - Beijing Xi at Beijing West station. 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inside hard sleeper car in train T109 (Beijing - Shanghai). 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Connection between two cars in train T109 (Beijing - Shanghai). 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Conductors compartment in hard sleeper car in train T109 (Beijing - Shanghai). 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Corridor in hard sleeper car in train T109 (Beijing - Shanghai). 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inside hard sleeper car in train T109 (Beijing - Shanghai). 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Inside hard sleeper car in train T109 (Beijing - Shanghai). 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Middle bed in hard sleeper car in train T109 (Beijing - Shanghai). 2005-08-31 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Route table on train T109 Beijing - Shanghai. 2005-09-01 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Chinese hard-sleeper carriage YW18 668371 in train 4 (Moskva - Beijing) at Omsk. 2005-09-29 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at 34195 km by train from Graz to Shanghai and back. From Austria to China via Hungary, Ukraine, Russia, Mongolia and back via Kazakhstan, Usbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Hungary. Start of the travelogue

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The Chinese train no. 4 (Moskva - Beijing) at Omsk. Hard sleeper car YW18 668389. 2005-09-29 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at 34195 km by train from Graz to Shanghai and back. From Austria to China via Hungary, Ukraine, Russia, Mongolia and back via Kazakhstan, Usbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Hungary. Start of the travelogue

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Chinese hard sleeper (Yingwoche) YW18 673748. Train from Ürümqi (Wulumuqi). Almaty 2, Kazakhstan, 2008-08-11. tobias b köhler

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Chinese hard sleeper (Yingwoche) YW18 673753. Train from Ürümqi (Wulumuqi). Almaty 2, Kazakhstan, 2008-08-11. tobias b köhler

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Chinese hard sleeper (Yingwoche) YW18 673757. Some technical data, from the inscriptions: 36 beds, weight 50.6 t, length 24.7 m. (Perhaps this is, despite the inscription, not a "hard" (open) sleeper, but a car with 4-bed compartments, we did not look in ....) Train from Ürümqi (Wulumuqi). Almaty 2, Kazakhstan, 2008-08-11. tobias b köhler

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Chinese hard sleeper (Yingwoche) YW18 673758. Train from Ürümqi (Wulumuqi). Almaty 2, Kazakhstan, 2008-08-11. tobias b köhler

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Car with four-seater a compartment of Chinese fast train # 14 "Silk Road" from Alma-Ata 2 to Urumqi. Alma-Ata 2 station, Kazakhstan, July, 16, 2002. Photo and scan by Mikhail Utkin, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, pechnik@yandex.ru.

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Car with four-seater a compartment of Chinese fast train # 14 "Silk Road" from Alma-Ata 2 to Urumqi. Alma-Ata 2 station, Kazakhstan, July, 16, 2002. Photo and scan by Mikhail Utkin, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, pechnik@yandex.ru.

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Chinese fast train # 14 "Silk Road" from Alma-Ata 2 to Urumqi. Car YW18 73752. Alma-Ata 2 station, Kazakhstan, July, 16, 2002. Photo and scan by Mikhail Utkin, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, pechnik@yandex.ru.

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Chinese fast train # 14 "Silk Road" from Alma-Ata 2 to Urumqi. Car YW18 73756. Alma-Ata 2 station, Kazakhstan, July, 16, 2002. Photo and scan by Mikhail Utkin, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, pechnik@yandex.ru.