valentaman
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A trip like none I've done yet...! This time I opted to visit Belarus, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, a trip that could've gone sideways easily...!
3-12 360119 corby to Luton Airport for the bus to the airport
G-WUKO to Kaunas
Bus to station
EJ575-002 won to Vilnius
A few hours leg stretch
On with Euro lines retro coach TO Minsk Belarus 30 Euros
Border grip was pretty tame compared to many even with 4x Ukraine stamps in the book!
Arriving at Minsk at 6.35am, the night coach was rough...
Anyways it was straight to business
4-12 as it is now
CHS4 429 to Barahovinchy for a few hours lineside for freights and it did not disappoint! 2M62 M62 and a variety of other soviet era stuff and modern imports! no hassle linesiding here!
Did a couple of RVR riga unit moves around there
CHS4T's 0601 0595 won to Minsk where I went to do some soviet tourism such as the Famous kfc and some night photos then stayed in a soviet era tower block for some much needed sleep! 7 euros!! booked accomodations on ZenHotels app and paid by card no issues! cash points etc work. For Taxis use Yandex Taxi App but payment is cash cos of sanctions!
5-12 it was a tourist viewing in Minsk before
148Ч , Kaliningrad Pass Yuzhny - Moscow Belorusskaya with CHS4T 595 Minsk to Orsha
RZD CHS4T 429 did a shunt move of this train along the platform scoring my first Russian State loco!
A day around Orsha included a visit to Orsha Depot and got a few numbers if anyone wants them happy to sort that! plenty of RZD action around!
2M62 1096 on 6618 17:39 Orsha to Vitebsk stayed in a nice hotel for2 nights just over the river in Orsha for 45 quid for 2 nights including my birthday! had dinner at a nice steak house and a few shots...
6-12 birthday
2M62-0261U to a local shack
2M62 271 back
TEP70 009 won to the same shack
for 2M62 1071 back to vitebsk
went for a pizza and some evening night photos! and trams and trolley buses etc!
7-12 times to get to the EU in one piece...
TEP70-377 606B , BREST-CENTRAL - POLOTSK From Vitebsk then a yandex cab to a lineside spot but sheet ice meant we spent a lot of the trip going sideways in a 1983 Lada 1300! Proper old school motor
No hassle linesiding but it was extremely cold. So a few 2te10s later I gave up. And went to do tourism and urban exploration stuff
The Dautrans coach from Polotsk to Daugavpils Latvia. an extremely intense border grip with a money sniffing dog!
8-12 off to Estonia for pizza and a C36-I
RVR Modernised DR1 to Riga for a christmas market mooch and stock up on grub for the 3 hour run to Valga!
Rvr DR1A 2101 Riga to Valga and Return... Numb backside
Went to park cafe in Valka for a pizza that was so big I could not finish it
C36-i 1536 and a TEM18 shunter were noted there
back to riga for a few night photos before time to sample the new stuff...
Vivi Skoda Panter rv16-0030 to Jelgava to stay at a Hostel £11
9-12
Depot observations from footpaths around a few locos but not much...
Rv16-024 to Jelgava
Linesiding for a few freights
The ltg Link 730ML-006 to Siauliu
Er20-020 Service 20 to Vilnius and a hostel for the night!
10-12-2024
Skoda trolleys and brutalist buildings tour...
er20-020 to Kaisodorys
ER20-025 to Jonavo
bus to Kaunas
bus to the airport!
Thanks goes to Miika Nicholson for all his help with getting there!
buses booked thru Eurolines and Dautrans via google search
If visiting Belarus, be cautious and respectful but also act confident and you won't have any issues.
any further details drop me a message!
photos will be on my flickr in due course!
now to plan the next one!
Iain Wright
www.flickr.com/ukbuses
instagram youtube etc A rutland Photographer
3-12 360119 corby to Luton Airport for the bus to the airport
G-WUKO to Kaunas
Bus to station
EJ575-002 won to Vilnius
A few hours leg stretch
On with Euro lines retro coach TO Minsk Belarus 30 Euros
Border grip was pretty tame compared to many even with 4x Ukraine stamps in the book!
Arriving at Minsk at 6.35am, the night coach was rough...
Anyways it was straight to business
4-12 as it is now
CHS4 429 to Barahovinchy for a few hours lineside for freights and it did not disappoint! 2M62 M62 and a variety of other soviet era stuff and modern imports! no hassle linesiding here!
Did a couple of RVR riga unit moves around there
CHS4T's 0601 0595 won to Minsk where I went to do some soviet tourism such as the Famous kfc and some night photos then stayed in a soviet era tower block for some much needed sleep! 7 euros!! booked accomodations on ZenHotels app and paid by card no issues! cash points etc work. For Taxis use Yandex Taxi App but payment is cash cos of sanctions!
5-12 it was a tourist viewing in Minsk before
148Ч , Kaliningrad Pass Yuzhny - Moscow Belorusskaya with CHS4T 595 Minsk to Orsha
RZD CHS4T 429 did a shunt move of this train along the platform scoring my first Russian State loco!
A day around Orsha included a visit to Orsha Depot and got a few numbers if anyone wants them happy to sort that! plenty of RZD action around!
2M62 1096 on 6618 17:39 Orsha to Vitebsk stayed in a nice hotel for2 nights just over the river in Orsha for 45 quid for 2 nights including my birthday! had dinner at a nice steak house and a few shots...
6-12 birthday
2M62-0261U to a local shack
2M62 271 back
TEP70 009 won to the same shack
for 2M62 1071 back to vitebsk
went for a pizza and some evening night photos! and trams and trolley buses etc!
7-12 times to get to the EU in one piece...
TEP70-377 606B , BREST-CENTRAL - POLOTSK From Vitebsk then a yandex cab to a lineside spot but sheet ice meant we spent a lot of the trip going sideways in a 1983 Lada 1300! Proper old school motor
No hassle linesiding but it was extremely cold. So a few 2te10s later I gave up. And went to do tourism and urban exploration stuff
The Dautrans coach from Polotsk to Daugavpils Latvia. an extremely intense border grip with a money sniffing dog!
8-12 off to Estonia for pizza and a C36-I
RVR Modernised DR1 to Riga for a christmas market mooch and stock up on grub for the 3 hour run to Valga!
Rvr DR1A 2101 Riga to Valga and Return... Numb backside
Went to park cafe in Valka for a pizza that was so big I could not finish it
C36-i 1536 and a TEM18 shunter were noted there
back to riga for a few night photos before time to sample the new stuff...
Vivi Skoda Panter rv16-0030 to Jelgava to stay at a Hostel £11
9-12
Depot observations from footpaths around a few locos but not much...
Rv16-024 to Jelgava
Linesiding for a few freights
The ltg Link 730ML-006 to Siauliu
Er20-020 Service 20 to Vilnius and a hostel for the night!
10-12-2024
Skoda trolleys and brutalist buildings tour...
er20-020 to Kaisodorys
ER20-025 to Jonavo
bus to Kaunas
bus to the airport!
Thanks goes to Miika Nicholson for all his help with getting there!
buses booked thru Eurolines and Dautrans via google search
If visiting Belarus, be cautious and respectful but also act confident and you won't have any issues.
any further details drop me a message!
photos will be on my flickr in due course!
now to plan the next one!
Iain Wright
www.flickr.com/ukbuses
instagram youtube etc A rutland Photographer
