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Date: 06/26/23 16:04
Mongolia - finale
Author: 86235

On my way back home today. It's been a wonderful, full on, hard core railfanning 10 days. I'm exhausted but I can't wait to come back!

Last three shots were taken South of Ulaanbaatar where the line is climbing across the steppe like landscape over the Bayan Pass.

Like the UK the RoW in Mongolia is fenced, and this in a country with the lowest density of population on earth, but with herds of semi-wild horses, cattle, yaks and sheep roaming about! Hence the fences.








Date: 06/26/23 17:04
Re: Mongolia - finale
Author: swaool

Much appreciate your Mongolian series, thanks for posting these wonderful photos.  The scenery to me looks a lot like Montana.  In fact, that last shot looks like the train could be descending Evaro Hill.

mike woodruff
spokane wa



Date: 06/26/23 17:38
Re: Mongolia - finale
Author: PasadenaSub

Thanks for the series from Mongolia.  It's interesting to see the differences and similarities with US railroading in your photos.

Rich



Date: 06/26/23 19:08
Re: Mongolia - finale
Author: boejoe

The fence line in photo 2 reinforces the formula that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line!



Date: 06/26/23 22:41
Re: Mongolia - finale
Author: Ritzville

Really Nice series!

Larry



Date: 06/27/23 04:16
Re: Mongolia - finale
Author: GPutz

Nick,  Thanks for this fantastic show.  Gerry



Date: 06/27/23 05:50
Re: Mongolia - finale
Author: dwatry

Nick - excellent photos, as usual! Safe travels home!

Posted from iPhone



Date: 06/27/23 07:51
Re: Mongolia - finale
Author: King_Coal

Interesting series. Thanks for sharing.



Date: 06/27/23 10:33
Re: Mongolia - finale
Author: 86235

swaool Wrote:
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> Much appreciate your Mongolian series, thanks for
> posting these wonderful photos.  The scenery to
> me looks a lot like Montana.  In fact, that last
> shot looks like the train could be descending
> Evaro Hill.
>
> mike woodruff
> spokane wa

Yes, I agree. But there is something unique about the Steppe landscape



Date: 06/27/23 11:40
Re: Mongolia - finale
Author: pedrop

Very beautifull those huge openned sceneries.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1



Date: 06/28/23 03:01
Re: Mongolia - finale
Author: coach

Fantastic post and photos!

That container train intrigues me:  is the train that runs from Europe to China to offer shippers a "land alternative" to ocean transit?  That's alot of containers, it seems, for Mongolia.



Date: 06/28/23 04:57
Re: Mongolia - finale
Author: 86235

coach Wrote:
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> Fantastic post and photos!
>
> That container train intrigues me:  is the train
> that runs from Europe to China to offer shippers a
> "land alternative" to ocean transit?  That's alot
> of containers, it seems, for Mongolia.

It's an international train, virtually all the trains you see are either bridge traffic between Russia and China or it's natural resources from Mongolia - coal and iron ore - bound for China. The major domestic traffic is Mongolian coal for the Ulaanbaatar power plants.



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