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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I too had stumbled across that video and have looked at it about 100 times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That has to be the most exciting and dramatic freight train run-bys that I have ever seen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is good sound quality too, so you can turn it up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am not too crazy about the locomotive architecture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horizontal fluting seems to be thematic not only with these locomotives, but also with much of the rolling stock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the shear drama of this action as well as action in several related videos is astounding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I never realized Russian railroading was so heavy duty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not only does the video show lots of sound and smoke, but the consist with all that passenger equipment is quite unique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The passenger cars are followed by some of the most sinister looking tank cars I have ever seen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have noticed a lot of tank cars in Russian trains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wonder what they carry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have to wonder who built that little house on the side of the hill and what their life was like living at the end of the tunnel.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">These videos raise lots of questions about the locomotives as well as the size and capacity of the trains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is this 5-foot-gage? </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is another one:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC8_NB9ALP8&NR=1"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC8_NB9ALP8&NR=1</span></span></a></span></p>
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