Russian Sleeper Train, Budapest Keleti, Budapest, Hungary, 2006

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:17:01 +0000

I noticed that this sleeper train was Russian, although I forget the destination. I think it was Petrograd (St. Petersburg), but I'm not certain. In any case, it's being pulled by a MAV (Hungarian State Railways) Class V63 electric here, which gives it a greater degree of exoticism, although really it's totally normal for sleeper trains to be pulled by the motive power of the railway on which they're running at a given moment. If you can read it in this picture, notice Russian Kryllic lettering and RZD reporting marks on the sleeper.

MAV #1361, Budapest Keleti, Budapest, Hungary, 2006

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:02:01 +0000

Jon Searles has posted:

#1361 is a V43 Class electric, which are quite common on services in and out of Keleti, even if they are indeed quite old at this point. Note that this photo has been retouched, if it looks weird.

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Russian Sleeper Train, Budapest Keleti, Budapest, Hungary, 2006

MAV #1361, Budapest Keleti, Budapest, Hungary, 2006