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RZD sleeping car WLABm in train R 209 "Vltava" to Moskva, leaving Praha hlavni nadrazi at 22:21. The car is one of five sleeping cars of that train: 1 older blue-white CD car, 1 older green RZD car, 2 newer blue-red RZD cars, 1 modernized blue-purple RZD car 2004-11-01 Photo: Helmut Uttenthaler, helmut.uttenthaler@gmx.at

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Delayed IC200 at Balatonszentgyörgy railway station 2008-08-29 Photo by J.Tuchel

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Russian Sleeping Car (52 20 70 80 349-2) at Budapest Keleti station on Sunday May 2nd, 2004.    Photo by Michael Taylor, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. (michael@einbahn.org) Website www.einbahn.org

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Bucharest, Romania, Bucuresti Nord Station RZD 52 20 70-80 240-3 WLABm Foto: Dr2005 - homedr2005(a)yahoo.com More high-resolution pictures can be found at www.trenuri.uv.ro

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Bucharest, Romania, Bucuresti Nord Station Boogie of RZD 52 20 70-80 240-3 WLABm Foto: Dr2005 - homedr2005(a)yahoo.com More high-resolution pictures can be found at www.trenuri.uv.ro

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DSCF1022 Budapest-Keleti: The Russian sleeping coaches will be joint to IC Avala, the destination is Beograd. Digital photo: B. Krisztian (unrealguy28@yahoo.com)

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DSCF5939 MAV Budapest-Keleti Terminal.RZD/Russian/ sleeping coach/Moscow-Zagreb Kol./ of the international fast-train "Maestral"/Budapest-Keleti-Zagreb Kol/. Digital photo: B. Krisztian unrealguy28@yahoo.com

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DSCF6079 MAV Budapest-Keleti Terminal: Russian WLAB sleeping coach, directly to Moscow with Tisza-Express. Digital photo: B. Krisztian unrealt04@freemail.hu

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RZD RIC sleeping-car 01703719, modernized but again painted in classic green. Lviv, Ukraine, 2008-08-21. tobias b köhler

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RZD Athina-Moskwa 1986 Copyright by Rolf Wiemann www.eisenbahndiaarchiv.de , Contact: rw@eisenbahndiaarchiv.de

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RZD Roma Termini-Moskwa 1986 Copyright by Rolf Wiemann www.eisenbahndiaarchiv.de , Contact: rw@eisenbahndiaarchiv.de

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RZD Skopje-Moskwa Copyright by Rolf Wiemann www.eisenbahndiaarchiv.de , Contact: rw@eisenbahndiaarchiv.de

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RZD sleeping car WLABm on train from Moskva to Belgrad. Budapest Keleti, 8.5.2007. Photo by PetrSv.

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RZD sleeping-car Moskva Kievskaja - Roma Termini at Bruck an der Mur, attached to train D 233 ("Gondoliere", Budapest - Wien - Venezia). Exact date unknown, the photo must have been taken between 1991 and 1994 (introduction/cancellation of that train). Scan: Helmut Uttenthaler, Graz, utti@sbox.tugraz.at

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A sleeping car of RZD in Tisza Express to Moskva at Budapest Keleti. 07/04/2003 Photo: Ulf Thousands of full size pictures from the ARP at www.eisenbahn-bilder.com

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WLABm Sleeping-car of SZD (017-04139 ; 56-20-70-80-452-0), seen at Hendaye, while being shunted towards the bogie-changing yard. On that day, it was to get Iberic-gauge bogies, under a testing program required to introduce the (short-lived) Moscow-Madrid seasonal through-car... French mechanical signalling (BMU) and 1.5kV DC Catenary formed quite an exotic and unexpected environment for such car! :-) Hendaye (Hendaia). 26th March 1990. Photo by Jean-Claude Perreaud (Acknowledgements). Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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WLABm Sleeping-car of SZD (017-04139 ; 56-20-70-80-452-0), seen at the bogie-changing yard of Hendaye, which accommodated French-Iberic through-cars from 1968 until 1996. Hendaye (Hendaia). 26th March 1990. Photo by Jean-Claude Perreaud (Acknowledgements). Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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WLABm Sleeping-car of SZD (017-04139 ; 56-20-70-80-452-0), seen at Madrid-Chamartin. This sleeping-car ran a through service on Moscow-Madrid in Summers 1990, 1991 and 1992, via Berlin, Karlsruhe, Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lyons, Toulouse, Irun and Valladolid. It would change bogies twice (Brest-Litovsk and Hendaye). It is seen in the rear part of the consist of Estrella 204 "Costa-Vasca" (Madrid-Bilbao/Hendaye), at around 09:30pm. Madrid-Chamartin. June 1990. Photo by Perolo (perolo@tranvia.org) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org. Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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WLABm Sleeping-car of SZD (017-04139 ; 56-20-70-80-452-0), seen at Madrid-Chamartin. This sleeping-car ran a through service on Moscow-Madrid in Summers 1990, 1991 and 1992, via Berlin, Karlsruhe, Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lyons, Toulouse, Irun and Valladolid. It would change bogies twice (Brest-Litovsk and Hendaye). Madrid-Chamartin. June 1990. Photo by Perolo (perolo@tranvia.org) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org. Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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WLABm Sleeping-car of SZD (017-04139 ; 56-20-70-80-452-0), seen at Madrid-Chamartin. This sleeping-car ran a through service on Moscow-Madrid in Summers 1990, 1991 and 1992, via Berlin, Karlsruhe, Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lyons, Toulouse, Irun and Valladolid. It would change bogies twice (Brest-Litovsk and Hendaye). The SZD numbering as well as the Soviet emblems are very much in evidence on this pic. Madrid-Chamartin. June 1990. Photo by Perolo (perolo@tranvia.org) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org. Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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WLABm Sleeping-car of SZD (017-04139 ; 56-20-70-80-452-0), seen at Madrid-Chamartin. This sleeping-car ran a through service on Moscow-Madrid in Summers 1990, 1991 and 1992, via Berlin, Karlsruhe, Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lyons, Toulouse, Irun and Valladolid. It would change bogies twice (Brest-Litovsk and Hendaye). This pic features an interesting mix: Soviet rolling-stock, with a Route Panel in German, and coach number display in Spanish... Madrid-Chamartin. June 1990. Photo by Perolo (perolo@tranvia.org) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org. Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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SZD sleeping-car at the end of train D 240 Moskva - Warszawa - Berlin - Jeumont. Going forward you see a SNCB first/second class car I1 AB, a PKP sleeping-car and a PKP couchette car. Photo: Winfried Hauer, scan: tbk

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Passenger cars of "Russian" and "European" (in middle) gabarites. Station Sandarovo. Moscow region.09.05.2004. © Artem Svetlov. trolleway @ narod.ru, http://trolleway.tramvaj.ru/

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Zuglaufschild Moskau - Genf; Genf Sommer 1988 Foto & Scan: Peter Berlich (peter@berlich.de)

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Wappen der Sowjetischen Staatsbahnen an einem russischen Reisezugwagen (017 04675); Genf, Sommer 1988. Foto & Scan: Peter Berlich (peter@berlich.de)

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Sleeping-car of the SZD (Soviet railways), of the OSShD-Y type built in the 60s/70s. This type (24.5 m long, with UIC505 loading gauge) was designed for international service, the gauge can be changed by exchanging the bogies. Technically they are very similar to the long distance cars with wider carbodies. These cars have now disappeared from their intended service, replaced by new 26.4 m cars. Photo by Tobias B. Köhler (unci@tigerden.com)

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SNCF 16053 BB (ac electric) just arrived at Paris Nord, with the Ost West express. On foreground, the soviet sleeping car Moscow-Paris . 16000 hauled this train when belgian or french multi electric engines were not available. About 1992 Photo and scan Patrick Meunier Pmeunier23@aol.com