A Baltic Adventure

It has been a little quiet on the posting front for the last week or so. The reason, as often seems to be the case was another escape from the country to chase down some trains. The destination this time was the Baltic states of Lithuania and Latvia with their appealing, and huge ex-USSR, double diesel engines hauling long Russian broad gauge freight trains. A full trip report will follow but here is a small taster of some of the delights of this trip.

TEP70 005 pulls away from Kaisiadorys with a train from Vilnius to Klapedia in Lithuania. 01/10/2015

2M62 0924 departs from Krustpils in Latvia with a train taking the line towards Rezekne. 05/10/2015

A line up of double locos at Krustpils- 2TE10Y-0190, 2TE116-184 and 2TE116-1259. 06/10/2015

On the outskirts of Riga is the main depot of Latvian Railways. Passing through the adjacent yard is 2TE116-1259 07/10/2015