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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 leading end a shunting engine (DH 9521) is pulling the train as it was joined together piece by piece. 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)

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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)

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This is how trains pass from Europe to Asia... At least nowadays. After the completion of Marmaray Project, trains will pass Bosphorus (Istanbul Strait) through seabed submerged tunnels. The first high speed train of Turkey owned by TCDD is approaching her homeland on a ferry. At the far behind the Blue Mosque (left), St. Sophia (center) and Topkapi Palace (right) can be seen. The train set needed to be dismantled in order to fit onto the ferry. It was divided into 3 parts of two cars each. Normally the train doesn't have any coupler hooks but two scharfenberg couplers at each end. The intermediate couplings consist of special guide pins and huge screws. Photo by Ali AKSIN (aliaksin@gmail.com)

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This is how trains pass from Europe to Asia... At least nowadays. After the completion of Marmaray Project, trains will pass Bosphorus (Istanbul Strait) through seabed submerged tunnels. The first high speed train of Turkey owned by TCDD is approaching her homeland on a ferry. At the far behind the Blue Mosque (left), St. Sophia (right) can be seen. The train set needed to be dismantled in order to fit onto the ferry. It was divided into 3 parts of two cars each. Normally the train doesn't have any coupler hooks but two scharfenberg couplers at each end. The intermediate couplings consist of special guide pins and huge screws. Photo by Ali AKSIN (aliaksin@gmail.com)

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This is how trains pass from Europe to Asia... At least nowadays. After the completion of Marmaray Project, trains will pass Bosphorus (Istanbul Strait) through seabed submerged tunnels. The first high speed train of Turkey owned by TCDD is approaching her homeland on a ferry. At the far behind the Topkapi Palace can be seen (right). The train set needed to be dismantled in order to fit onto the ferry. It was divided into 3 parts of two cars each. Normally the train doesn't have any coupler hooks but two scharfenberg couplers at each end. The intermediate couplings consist of special guide pins and huge screws. Photo by Ali AKSIN (aliaksin@gmail.com)

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This is how trains pass from Europe to Asia... At least nowadays. After the completion of Marmaray Project, trains will pass Bosphorus (Istanbul Strait) through seabed submerged tunnels. The train set needed to be dismantled in order to fit onto the ferry. It was divided into 3 parts of two cars each. Normally the train doesn't have any coupler hooks but two scharfenberg couplers at each end. The intermediate couplings consist of special guide pins and huge screws. 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. Photo by Ali AKSIN (aliaksin@gmail.com)

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The ferry is trying to align the tracks. After the alignment process the wire on the tracks was removed of course.. The train set needed to be dismantled in order to fit onto the ferry. It was divided into 3 parts of two cars each. Normally the train doesn't have any coupler hooks but two scharfenberg couplers at each end. The intermediate couplings consist of special guide pins and huge screws. 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. Photo by Ali AKSIN (aliaksin@gmail.com)

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This can be a small movement of an unloading train from a ferry but of course a giant step in over 150 years of Turkish State Railways' history. On this photo the first high speed train of TCDD is stepping her first axle to Anatolia. It has a factory classification number 9-650016-9 which soon will be replaced in accordance with the TCDD standard classification numbering system (not clear yet). Photo by Ali AKSIN (aliaksin@gmail.com)

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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. Photo by Ali AKSIN (aliaksin@gmail.com)

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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. Photo by Ali AKSIN (aliaksin@gmail.com)

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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. Photo by Ali AKSIN (aliaksin@gmail.com)

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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. Photo by Ali AKSIN (aliaksin@gmail.com)