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Estonia's preserved steam locomotive

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Estonia's preserved steam locomotive
Posted by daveklepper on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 2:57 PM

This Jack May photo is included in his "Baltic" trip report, posted about half-a-year ago in the Transit Forum:

Recently, a member of the Jerusalem Railfan Spcoety visted Tallinn (Talilin) and took two photos, which I edited to one:

 

 

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Posted by oltmannd on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 3:19 PM

I was there almost exactly a year ago (Sept 14,2018) and saw it.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/vc6ZAF6esRNiG1fX9

 

 

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Posted by 03 1008 on Thursday, September 12, 2019 2:03 AM
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Posted by Flintlock76 on Friday, September 13, 2019 4:54 PM

I hope Latvia and Lithuania got one each as well.

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Posted by 54light15 on Saturday, September 14, 2019 10:44 AM

It's interesting that it doesn't have the dual buffers and the turnbuckle coupler. 

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Saturday, September 14, 2019 1:21 PM

It's probably five-foot gauge and used the Russian variant of knuckle couplers.

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Posted by daveklepper on Monday, September 16, 2019 2:53 PM

Correct

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