A fright car owned by www.transportesvicuna.com was attached to both ends of the train for coupling to the locomotives of various countries which she traveled through. Heavy iron loads on those cars was used in order to keep them balanced against the weight of the train they pulled. One end of the cars were fitted with coupling hooks and other was fitted with long scharfenberg couplers. They also provided brake air connection between the pulling locomotive and the rest of the train.

At the left side of the photo a shunting engine (DH 9512) is performing ballast duty to keep the ferry in balance as the load shifts to the starboard because of the leaving train. Those engines were built by www.tulomsas.com.tr and have remote controlled operation capabilities.

Haydarpasa Mosque and some buildings of Haydarsapa Station can be seen.

Photo by Ali AKSIN (aliaksin@gmail.com)