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Euro 24 Match Day 17 – Romania v Netherlands

In 2011 I did an Eastern European train tour which started with two overnight trains – Budapest to Bucharest followed by Bucharest to Chisinău in Moldova. The latter train was hauled by a beast of a locomotive, whilst our first class sleeper featured net curtains and a plastic tree! Netherlands I travelled on the first […]

Tuesday Train – Moldovan Locomotive in Chisinău

In 2011 we arrived into Chisinău on an overnight train from Bucharest. The loco that pulled us was an absolute beast as you can see below.

Scandinavian Tour Part 5 – Narvik in Norway

The North Atlantic port of Narvik is right at the end of the Iron Ore/Ofoten line from Lulea on Sweden’s Baltic Coast. You can read parts 3 & 4 of my tour to read about our journey there. My fourth visit to the strategically important town was my first from east to west, with my […]

Wordless Wednesday – 4,000 & 1 Cuban Horse Power