002ЩА Irkutsk to Vladivostok Day2

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002ЩА Irkutsk to Vladivostok Day2

002ЩА Irkutsk to Vladivostok Day2 was a another grey and overcast day with a bit of rain. Good train weather.

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The Toilet

I know what everyone is waiting to see, the 1st class toilet……

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A lot cleaner and more “spacious” than the one on board 070Ч . There was also a lot less people traffic, so this is how the toilet stayed for the entire trip. The attendants were very active when comes to cleaning as well. No shower so still had to do the bird bath daily though.

Dinning Car

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The Dinning Car on 002ЩА was more modern, but one big different is no wine or spirits were sold. Found that to be weird.

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002ЩА Irkutsk to Vladivostok Day1

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002ЩА Irkutsk to Vladivostok Day1
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002ЩА Irkutsk to Vladivostok Day1 was my first day back on a train as a part of my Siberian Trek after four very enjoyable days in Irkutsk and on Olkhon Island in Lake Baikal.

002ЩА

The lower the train number the more luxury, 001M is the same train in the opposite direction. 002ЩА is one of the luxury trains of Russian Railways, my cabin is in 1st Class.

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This was definitely a step up from the 070Ч from Moscow to Irkutsk. My initial impression was that I should have booked this for the entire trip. Just felt more comfortable as I walked on, not really sure why, possibly the attendants were more experienced.

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Trans Siberian Railway Day 4

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Trans Siberian Railway Day 4

Trans Siberian Railway Day 4 on board the 070Ч Moscow to Irkutsk train, Tyazhin to Irkutsk was about 1473 kms in length. My last day on board 070Ч as a part of my Siberian Trek

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It was a very misty and overcast this morning, so no sunrise Siberian sunrise.

Food

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Another bland breakfast. Really need to get some Chili Sauce or Tobasco Sauce

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One of the attendants was selling freshly baked Russian Style Sausage rolls / hot dogs. It tasted a lot better than breakfast.

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For lunch the soup was again the only dish that had any taste. Pasta was a change.

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Dinner was carrot and chicken with rice again, tasteless yet again.

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Trans Siberian Railway Day 3

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Trans Siberian Railway Day 3

Trans Siberian Railway Day 3 on the 070Ч Moscow to Irkutsk train my first “official” day of my Trek in Siberia. The weather was a lot better, blue skies and around 20 C for most of the day

Sunrise

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This morning’s sunrise was pretty spectacular, unfortunately my photos do not do it justice.

Dining Car

When I first went exploring it was before the dining car was open, so could not find it… After hearing from a few other passengers that was where they hung out, decided to go and check it out. Get’s full very quickly, they need a second dining car.

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Russian Modern or Naughty’s Style?

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Trans Siberian Railway Day 2

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Trans Siberian Railway Day 2

Trans Siberian Railway Day 2 on board the 070Ч Moscow to Irkutsk train was from Brantovka to Talitsa about 1433 kms. This was the second day of my Siberian Trek, and my first full day on board the train.

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Sleeping was no problem, must have been the rocking and rolling.

Balezino

At Balezino we changed locomotives again, guessing now that the changes are crew related. Each crew must look after their own equipment, so each crew change they swap out the equipment

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The locals at Balenzino were also selling souvenirs and soft toys along with cold drinks, instant noodles. A bit cool this morning, 10 C, and very grey.

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Trans Siberian Railway Day 1

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Trans Siberian Railway Day 1

Trans Siberian Railway Day 1 on board the 070Ч Moscow to Irkutsk train is the third leg and first of my Trans Siberian Trek on board the Trans Siberian Railway on train 070Ч is from Moskva Yaroslavskaya Station to Irkutsk. A distance of 5186 km that should take 3days, 14 hours and 40 minutes to complete. Today’s travel is only 600 kms from Moskva Yaroslavskaya to Neya.

Train 070Ч goes from Moskva Yaroslavskaya Station to Chita, Irkutsk is about 14 hours before the end of its route.

Start of the Trans Siberian Railway to Vladivostok

Moskva Yaroslavskaya Station is the start of the Trans Siberian Railway which was inaugurated in 1901, only 9298 kms from Vladivostok.

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The start and the finish of Trans Siberian Railway

Moskva Yaroslavskaya to Neya – 600 km

We left Moscow at 13:50 Moscow time as per schedule. Will be interesting to see how punctual the train is the entire trip.

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