Tashkent diesel overload
After a few months break it was back to Uzbekistan last week for what is unfortunately my last trip for now. I didnt have time to leave Tashkent this time but did very well in my free time on subjects that evaded me on the last trips.
One big Tashkent area goal was to capture some diesel action. While the mainlines are mostly electrified, Soviet era diesels hang on as shunting power. Tashkent - Tovarni, the city freight yard, is one of the most accessible spots with a convenient footbridge from the metro station. Here 1988 built ТЭМ15 (TEM15) 022 pulls a long cut of container flats out of the yards while TEM2UM / ТЭМ2УМ 960 shoves a cut of freight cars back into the northern yard bundle. The TEM15 was a surprise catch as I did not know UTY even rostered them. For former Soviet Union models, they are fairly rare with only 198 produced. Interestingly, the model was first developed for export to Cuba. The 022 was built in 1988 and is thus one of the youngest shunting diesels in the UTY fleet.
On my previous visit I could barely get one loco to come out of the yard with a single wagon. This time I had about two hours of nonstop action before I pulled myself away as the lighting was getting bad! In total I managed to shoot 5 different locomotives, single wagon railroading is still alive and well in Uzbekistan.
Tashkent diesel overload
After a few months break it was back to Uzbekistan last week for what is unfortunately my last trip for now. I didnt have time to leave Tashkent this time but did very well in my free time on subjects that evaded me on the last trips.
One big Tashkent area goal was to capture some diesel action. While the mainlines are mostly electrified, Soviet era diesels hang on as shunting power. Tashkent - Tovarni, the city freight yard, is one of the most accessible spots with a convenient footbridge from the metro station. Here 1988 built ТЭМ15 (TEM15) 022 pulls a long cut of container flats out of the yards while TEM2UM / ТЭМ2УМ 960 shoves a cut of freight cars back into the northern yard bundle. The TEM15 was a surprise catch as I did not know UTY even rostered them. For former Soviet Union models, they are fairly rare with only 198 produced. Interestingly, the model was first developed for export to Cuba. The 022 was built in 1988 and is thus one of the youngest shunting diesels in the UTY fleet.
On my previous visit I could barely get one loco to come out of the yard with a single wagon. This time I had about two hours of nonstop action before I pulled myself away as the lighting was getting bad! In total I managed to shoot 5 different locomotives, single wagon railroading is still alive and well in Uzbekistan.