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Speculation on season 13
Boingo:
Here's one possibility between Almaty and Astana.... overnight trains :duno:
Kazakhstan Buys Two Talgo Trains (Dec. 2000)
KAZAKHSTAN Railways (KTZ) has awarded a Pesetas 6 billion ($US 32 million) contract to Patentes Talgo, Spain, for the supply of two Talgo 200 sleeping-car trains fitted with Talgo's RD automatic gauge changing system. The deal was signed in Madrid by Mr Ablai Myrakhmetov, president of KTZ, and Mr Lucas de Oriol, vice-president of Patentes Talgo.
Each trainset will have 23 cars. They will operate on the 1334km main line between Almaty and Astana. Tests were carried out in June with a five-car Talgo rake hauled by a 140km/h KTZ locomotive. The train was able to cut eight hours off the journey time. The current fastest journey time is 19h 40min.
So 19.6h - 8h = 11.6h :angel:
Zack.:
--- Quote from: gingerman28 on August 19, 2008, 10:29:18 AM ---The only locations not mentioned so far, but targeted by the TAR Detectives are: New Zealand and Chile and, of course, the final mat in Portland, OR. We even had the start location pinpointed before it was announced officially, the Memorial Colesium in LA LA Land. So it goes something like this, I guess:
Los Angeles
Brazil
Bolivia
Chile
New Zealand
Cambodia
India (via Bangkok)
Kazakhstan
Russia
Portland
That's eight locations so perhaps two legs in two countries.
--- End quote ---
There are two legs in Brazil again, no? (Salvador, Fortaleza). I think that Chile is only a transit point on the road to New Zealand and that Cambodia/Kazakhstan host two legs also.
patlini:
Boingo
i'm liking the train speculation, i think that would work in central asia.
Boingo:
--- Quote from: patlini on August 19, 2008, 11:16:02 AM ---Boingo
i'm liking the train speculation, i think that would work in central asia.
--- End quote ---
:lol: me too, patlini. ;)
Eat your heart out apskip, the Official Astana-Almaty Train Schedule site :sucks
TARAsia Fan:
Tee hee. :lol: :lol:
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