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RZD sleeping-car No. 084 12587 Novosibirsk - Berlin-Lichtenberg - one of Europe's longest train connections. Berlin-Lichtenberg, 5 August 2000. Photo: tobias b köhler

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RZD sleeping-car No. 084 10383 Omsk - Berlin-Lichtenberg. The old raised "CCCP" globe of the SZD has been replaced by a similarly detailed "Rossija" eagle. Berlin-Lichtenberg, 5 August 2000. Photo: tobias b köhler

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RZD sleeping-car Omsk - Berlin-Lichtenberg. These wide profile sleeping-cars, whose bogies are changed at Brest, exceed the regular UIC 505 loading gauge and operate to Berlin by special permission. They were built by DWA in Ammendorf (Germany) in the early 1990s and painted in an elegant dark green. Berlin-Lichtenberg, 5 August 2000. Photo: tobias b köhler

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RZD wide profile sleeping-car Rostov - Berlin-Lichtenberg with nine 4-bed compartments and a crew compartment, painted in a brighter shade of green than the cars from Omsk and Novosibirsk. Berlin-Lichtenberg, 5 August 2000. Photo: tobias b köhler

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RZD wide profile sleeping-car Rostov - Berlin-Lichtenberg. Berlin-Lichtenberg, 5 August 2000. Photo: tobias b köhler

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RZD wide profile sleeping-car Saratov - Berlin-Lichtenberg. As the area of Saratov has some population with German roots, this relation generates several carloads each week. Berlin-Lichtenberg, 5 August 2000. Photo: tobias b köhler

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RZD wide profile sleeping-car Saratov - Berlin-Lichtenberg. It's not black, it's just a very dark green. Berlin-Lichtenberg, 5 August 2000. Photo: tobias b köhler

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RZD wide profile sleeping-car No. 061 16701 Saratov - Berlin, with yet another RZD logo. Under the destination sign with the Russian and German heraldic eagles, the central European railways where this car can operate are marked. Berlin-Lichtenberg, 5 August 2000. Photo: tobias b köhler

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RZD wide profile sleeping-car Saratov - Berlin with an antenna on the roof - radio? TV? mobile phone? internet? Berlin-Lichtenberg, 5 August 2000. Photo: tobias b köhler

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Sleeping-car train from Berlin to Rostov, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Saratov and Astana. These cars are coupled among each other with Russian SA3 couplers; at both ends, UIC screw link couplers are installed (which are changed for SA3 couplers when the train enters the wide gauge network). Berlin-Lichtenberg, 5 August 2000. Photo: tobias b köhler

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RZD logo on a wide-profile sleeping-car. Berlin-Lichtenberg, 28th March 1998. Photo: Tobias B. Köhler (unci@furry.de)

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RZD wide-profile sleeping-cars in train D 1249 to Saratov, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Rostov and Voronesh. Berlin-Lichtenberg, 28th March 1998. Photo: Tobias B. Köhler (unci@furry.de)