Pure rail romance.... Almost 10,000 km of pure rail romance from Moscow to Beijing or Vladivostok on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Stations, crowds, hustle and bustle, masses of luggage, train compartments, sometimes empty, sometimes it's market day in them. Farewell means arrival, is coming and going, constantly on the move, always only further.

One of the last adventures on the railroad, the trip with the Trans-Siberian Railway to Mongolia. More correctly it should be called -Transmongolian -, because the actual trans-Siberian railroad goes from Moscow to Vladivostok. The Transmongolian, is only a cross connection from Ulan Ude to Beijing.

The romanticism of Tolstoy and Dr. Schiwago can unfortunately only be partially seen in the station architecture. The Trans-Siberian Railway is one of the main routes in the Russian transportation system and is therefore modern and well developed. The romanticism of the "steaming steel steeds", the "Tschainiks" in the train compartments, inspectors with twinkling brass knobs is over. Partly double-tracked and electrified, is the reality. Nevertheless, a residue of adventure remains when traveling on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

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