1st-class (RIC-X) Sleeping-car (WLAlm - K50) of TCDD, seen in the consist of E 11410 "Dogu-Ekspresi" (Istanbul Haydarpasa ---> Kars), while starting its long journey through Turkey (1,933 km).

Rebuilt to TVS-2000 standards in 2006/2007, yet still with original bogies and restricted to 120 km/h.

Istanbul-Haydarpasa.

20th October 2009.

P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)