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The driver of DE22 038 waits for the shunter to uncouple the generator coach from the rest of the 20.05 Ankara-Adana at journey's end. The GM will take the generator coach to the depot for fuelling before returning it to the stock, which will later be taken to Yenice to utilise the balloon loop, so the stock is turned for the following night's return journey to Ankara. Since my previous visit in September, TCDD has 'planted' a couple of warning signs right on the end of this platform that make photography more challenging (and wide-angle!)
DE22 082 departs from Gumus on 'Erciyes Ekspresi' the 05.15 Kayseri-Adana, passing a lengthy container train in the loop. This section of the line has now been wired, with this train expected to be E68 hauled from August 2017.
Journeys end for DE22 029 on the 07.10 Denizli-Eskisehir 'Pamukkale Ekspresi' sees the Ankara based GM at Eskisehir, a station rebuilt for the YHT service that is now running through to Istanbul (Pendik).
At Beyhan a banking loco, in the shape of DE33 076, was attached to the 07.05 Elazig-Tatvan mixed train. After passing through a lengthy tunnel the train continued to climb up the side of the valley, with the banker pushing for nearly 17kms in total, until we reached the summit just before the new Suveren station.
Cabin of a train
56088
Vulcan Foundry
Beyer-Peacock
TCDD Enterance : 1948
Weight : 95.5 ton
Max. Speed : 70km/h
Length : 22.360m
Unusually, DE24 297 has arrived in platform 6, next to the IzBan tracks at Izmir Alsancak with the 07.00 service from Bandirma Sehir.
TURKEY : Thru' the early morning autumn mist a heavily patronized local service from Karabúk comprising of rolling stock of various ages and provenance hauled by a Turkish State Railways [TCDD] 'Middle East' class 2-8-2 locomotive No.46206 makes a sprightly start from Catalagzi for the final 11 km. run to Zongdulak in this coal mining area of northern Turkey. This locomotive was built for the U.S Army Transportation Corps in 1942 at the Alco Works in Schenectady, NY.USA
Running long hood leading, DE22 044 calls at a rather wet Kayas whilst working the 05.45 Kirikkale-Marsandiz.
British Railways Black 5 45305 and Turkish State Railways 8F No. 45160 at Loughborough Central. Note the recently completed sections of canopy.
WS Skyliner 4, with 46217, skirts Lake Erçek, on the CENTO line from Van to the Iranian frontier.
Scan from TMAX 3200.
May 28, 1988
Sign above one of the ticket windows at Sirkeci Station, Istanbul. Sirkeci serves as the Turkish State Railways connection to the international rail network in Europe. This was also the original terminal for the Orient Express before being truncated in 1977.
Here, this sign gives instructions in Turkish, German, English, Italian, and French.
With the brand new YHT station taking shape on the left, Ankara based DE22 032 is seen having arrived on the 18.30 Izmir Alsancak-Ankara overnight, a journey of 867kms. Meanwhile DE22 059 is about to depart on the 11.15 Ankara-Kurtalan, which will take over 24 hours and stretch to 1,272kms.
The passing loop at Ayvacik is out of use in the evenings, so when the 15.55 Bandirma Sehir-Izmir Alsancak is running late, it must wait at Muradiye to pass the 20.35 Izmir-Konya overnight. On this occassion DE24 340 was over 30mins late, and is seen waiting for the Konya overnight to pass.
With DE24 363 on freight duties in the yard, DE24 203 arrives on the 10.55 Izmir Basmane-Bandirma Sehir service.