Posted on 08/24/2016 6:37:28 AM PDT by C19fan
For about $700 you can travel more than 6,000 miles, from Moscow to Beijing, aboard the Trans-Siberian Railway, the single longest railway line in the world. Built between 1891 and 1916 to connect Asian and European cities across the great span of Russia, the Trans-Siberia Railway celebrates its centennial this year. Crossing a record seven time zones and offering up vast landscapes, the world's longest railway line has always attracted adventurers during its 100 years in service.
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Does the Orchestra play Rock and Roll Christmas songs the whole trip?
The landscape I’m sure is great at times. I’m sure one could enjoy this long train ride with a languid beauty.
An engineering marvel in its time
“Does the Orchestra play Rock and Roll Christmas songs the whole trip?”
I see what you did there.
1 million conifers and you have seen them all.
No showers, but there IS vodka!
Some jokes, even bad ones like this just write themselves.
Yes, and each passenger is issued a laser pointer. Open a window for the snow effect...
The picture of the horse carcass on the side of the track made me want to sign up!
They can mount one of the laser yard light things on the roof of each car. Only $19.95 each and we’ll send a separate one FREE. Just pay additional shipping and handling.
I’m not qualified to comment on the artistic or technical quality of the pictures, but they seem to depict a lot of squalor. Sleeping baby was cute.
126 hours? I don’t know about that. I love train travel and the California Zephr (Chicago to San Francisco ) is half that time but I’m ready to get off when we get there. People traveling coach for two days are pretty gamey and uncomfortable. I wouldn’t consider it without a bed and shower on board.
Holes over the tracks for human waste disposal?
If you like adventure and don’t mind a few chickens on the train... or spend the extra money and don’t travel as a local. That’s what I hear...
It looks Russian, like photos of our Depression era. Kinda depressing, but I’d do it if there was a bar car. However, seeing it is Russia, every car’s probably a bar car!
Saw the movie Snow Piercer last week. I couldn’t imagine getting on this train wondering what goes on in the back.
Have done the Zephyr a couple of times as well but only with the bedroom/bath combo. I did walk through coach once on day three and it was like walking into Dante’s Inferno, yikes.
It looks like you can get a two-bed room on this train that shares a bath/shower with the adjacent sleeper. Probably tiny.
I see a caution that this is not a tourist train but a commuter train. No bar!
Just don’t respond if a burly man in a grey suit asks to borrow a match. If you can’t avoid answering, be sure not to say you use a lighter, old man.
Holy crap I thought you were kidding but there it was. Holy crap.
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