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the Ladozhsky vokzal (Ladoga railway station) of the October railway is the newest big railway terminal of St Petersburg designed by architect Nikita Yavein built at 2001-2003 already after USSR breakage. But in the Soviet time, at the end of the 1980s alredy were formed Initial plans for its construction intended to replace the Varshavsky station. Varshavsky vokzal is a former railway station at the initial station of the Peterburgo-Varshavskaya railroad (since 1907 - Northwestern Railway) in St. Petersburg opened in 1860 and closed to 2001. At present it is an architectural monument, reconstructed into a giant food court with some shopping and entertainment areas. Now the Ladozhsky vokzal serves routes to the north and east off the city previously served by Moskovsky railway station, as well as some lines previously served by Finland Station, Vitebsky station and Baltiysky station.

General station appearance refers to the historical The Old Ladoga fortress loacted near the Ladoga lake on the Volkhov river, the first north Russian fortress founded by legendary Rurik, the normann and first Russian knyaz, on the historical route from Baltic to the Black sea.

The Ladoga terminal occupied location of the historical Dacha Dolgorukova local station in St Petersburg worked on of the Volkhovstroevskoe direction of the Oktyabrskaya railway, so the right name of the station still is the Dacha Dolgorukova.

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NSM 386 in Hegelsom naar Blerick voor onderhoud.

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Vanuit Blerick reed TCS 101003 met DM90 3426 naar Maliebaan in Utrecht, hier door Horst-Sevenum .

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Boston's MBTA runs an interesting mix of older generations diesels and "newer" HSPs as one of the commuter railroads that thankfully has not been invaded by Siemens. On a gorgeous fall morning, an outbound train is approaching their stop in Norwood, Massachusetts framed by the peak fall foliage. As a commuter rail rider when I lived here, I rarely if ever shot "the T." Since moving to Virginia, I've done what I can to get some shots in my portfolio.

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