4M33-4167 Chisinau4167 trundles back towards the yard having finished shunting the sleeper portions.January 20thCamera Iphone 15 ProMax
4M33-4167 Chisinau4167 shunts around Chisinau station in freezing conditions. These locos were built from 1963 to 1994 with over 8200 examples being built. Mainly used as shunting locos they have plied their trade in Czechoslavakia, Russia, Belarus, Albania, Poland, Iraq, Syria and India.January 20thCamera Iphone 15 ProMax
4M33-4167 Chisinau4167 stands at Chisinau having brought in the stock for both the evening sleepers, one departure to Kyiv and one to Bucharest.January 20thCamera Iphone 15 ProMax
Chisinau Mounted Steam LocoAs is traditional in a lot of European countries and old steam loco is preserved at the station in Chisinau. This example was built in 1950, at the H Cegielski lcoomotive works in Poznan, Poland. It was delivered new to the Litovskaya railway in Lithuania before transferring to the Belorusskaya Railway in 1958. This was part of the Mitskevichi Military base. In 1990 it was handed over to the Moldovan Railways.January 20thCamera Iphone 15 ProMax
TE33-3008One of the 12 brand new locos built for Moldovan state operator CFM 3008 is seen at Chisinau backing on to the Bucharest bound sleeper train, this locomotive would take us to Ungehi on the Romanian border.January 20thCamera Iphone 15 ProMax
TE33-3008 ChisinauNow attached to the stock 3008 waits time in Chisinau. The locos ordered in 2018 are in the process of being delivered from GE Transportation's (Wabtec) works in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. Rated at 4000hp with a max speed of 120kmh (75mph) the locos were part funded by the EU and meet the now stringent EU emissions standards.January 20thCamera Iphone 15 ProMax
TE33-30083008 couples up to the stock ready for the 17:05 departure to Bucharest. The sleeping cars built by VEB Waggonbau in Ammendorf in the former East Germany. The works still exist to this day run by Bombardier Transport.January 20thCamera Iphone 15 ProMax
TE33-3008One of the good things about Eastern Europe, you can pretty much go where you want, common sense applies, if you get hurt or run over its your fault....front profile of loco 3008 at Chisinau.January 20thCamera Iphone 15 ProMax
TE33-30083008 waits time at Chisinau with the 17:05 to Bucharest.January 20thCamera Iphone 15 ProMax