All about the railroad. Interesting facts about trains (15 photos). Train without driver

Railways in Russia transport 1 billion 300 million passengers every year. On average, each of us is a train passenger 9 times a year, but this is a very small figure. In Soviet times, this figure reached 15 times a year.

The Trans-Siberian Railway is considered the longest in the world. Its length is almost 9,300 kilometers.

Station "Half" is the very middle of the Trans-Siberian. From this station the same distance, both to Moscow and to Vladivostok.

After the opening of the first railway in Russia (between Moscow and St. Petersburg), the first three days the journey was free. Because no one wanted to ride this "terrible thing."

France still has a law that bans kissing at train stations. The reason for the ban was delays in the departure of trains. The law was issued 100 years ago and still no one has repealed it.

It turns out that linemen who tap the wheels of trains have an ideal ear for music. By changing the tone, they should determine the malfunction of the wheel.

On a train that runs in western Peru, conductors offer passengers an oxygen bag. Because the train goes on the highest mountain railway in the world (at an altitude of more than 3 kilometers).

Once on a railway in Ohio (USA) a train collided with a steamboat. The fact is that Lake Ohio overflowed its banks, and the railway track was under a meter layer of water. However, the driver decided to take the train along the flooded track, but collided with the steamer.

The head of the Bavarian railways in 1910 was forced to issue an order forbidding machinists and stokers to buy beer during stops at stations.

In Argentina, you can now take a tour on the legendary Patagonia Express train, which was restored specifically for tourists. In addition to the impressions of the surrounding landscapes, passengers can become participants in the carefully planned "Train Robbery" action without their consent.

A few years ago, a special "train of love" began to run between Paris and Venice. In the compartment of such a train: VIP-service, there is a TV, a shower cabin and a special double shelf.

Once, a train set off on a tour of Switzerland, on which the cream of Swiss society rode: ministers, deputies, honorary citizens, etc. On the occasion of the celebration, the train was made up of only dining cars. But the organizers did not take into account a small nuance: there are no toilets in Swiss dining cars. Therefore, when the train approached the station, those who had gathered to meet him locals, were very surprised: the guests of honor poured out of the doors of the cars like peas.

As you know, some trains have their own name. For example, "Red Arrow", "Russia", "Baikal", etc. Often the names of the trains are given by the passengers themselves: for example, the Rostov-Odessa train is affectionately called by the passengers "Papa - Mama"

The Japanese firm Toshiba built a maglev train. The train is capable of speeds of 517 km/h.

Once a group of German engineers surveyed the Isthmus of Panama in order to build a trans-American railroad. And in the end, she decided that the rails here should be made not from iron, which is rare in these places, but ... from gold.

Third-class carriages on the first Russian railways followed in front of the train and were equipped with hard benches. But passengers were more likely to ride under the benches. Because these cars did not have a roof, and passengers were hiding from bad weather and sparks.

In Australia, a railway was laid on the desert plain, which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. It is famous for the fact that over 500 km there is not a single turn on it.

Among the collection of Faberge there is an egg "Trans-Siberian Railway", which contains a clockwork model of the imperial Trans-Siberian train made of gold and platinum.

In the near future, double-deck passenger cars may appear in Russia. Such cars will be much more economical for the railway and much more comfortable for passengers. Each compartment of such a carriage has a shower, toilet and air conditioning.

In Monte Carlo, you can see people meeting trains in anticipation of those who have arrived in the Principality for the first time. After that, passengers are offered money to play, promising a share of the winnings in return. It's all the fault of the sign that newcomers are lucky.

But at the Shibuya station in Japan there is a monument to a dog with a "station master's cap" on his head. The dog was awarded this honor for its feat, for 10 years it met the owner who left by train.

When the first section of the railway between Liverpool and Manchester was built in England, they decided to arrange a kind of competition between five steam locomotives. However, just before the start of the competition, the fifth car was suspended from participation in them "due to an outdated engine." Under the steel sheathing there were hidden ordinary horses.

The longest freight train in the world ran in the Soviet Union on the route Ekibastuz - Ural. The train, 6.5 kilometers long, transported 42,000 tons of coal in 440 wagons.

In the early 90s. such a scam was known: an African was promised emigration to Europe, they took the agreed amount, brought it to Moscow (then it was simple and cheap). And then this African was put on a train, assuring that it was a train to Germany. But in fact, it was a subway train that moved along a circular route. The poor fellow could go for a very long time.

The machinist of the Ahvaz-Tehran train once deserved a severe punishment. His fault was that he did not stop the train during namaz (prayer). Because of this, the passengers were forced to pray in the compartment, moreover, at every turn of the train they had to spin in place.

Experts advise, for security reasons, to give preference to the central carriages when buying tickets. In the event of an accident, they suffer less than the head or tail ones. And also it is better to choose seats against the movement of the train. By the way, according to statistics, trains are 45 times safer than cars.

The maximum speed on the rail track is fixed at around 9851 km/h! It was this speed that was developed during the experiment by a platform with a rocket engine in the state of New Mexico (USA)

Such a familiar thing for us is the railway! One of the most reliable and affordable and loved by many modes of transport. Bought a train ticket, came to the station. Now no one remembers that when the railway between St. Petersburg and Moscow was opened, travel was made free for the first three days precisely because everyone was afraid of this “terrible thing”.

On average, each of us 9 times a year becomes a passenger of the railway. The average number of Russian Railways passengers per year is 1 billion 300 million.

The most notable railway is the Trans-Siberian Railway. It is the longest in the world. From Moscow to Nakhodka - 9438 km and 97 major stations. The Rossiya branded train runs along this route, which is on the road for 8 days 4 hours and 25 minutes.

The very middle of the Trans-Siberian Railway is called the station Polovina. It is the same distance from Moscow and Vladivostok.

The coldest section of the Trans-Siberian Railway is located between the Mogocha and Skovorodino stations. The temperature here reaches -62 degrees. Although geographically it is not the northernmost point of the highway.

And the most high point, where the rails of the Trans-Siberian Railway are laid, lies at an altitude of 1040 m, between the stations Turgutui and Yablonovaya. This is 6110 km, Yablonovy pass.

The longest freight train was 6.5 km long, consisted of 440 wagons and regularly transported 42,000 tons of coal from Ekibastuz to the Urals back in Soviet times. On the other side of the world, in South Africa, another record was set in 1989: a 7.3 km long train consisting of 660 wagons. True, the experiment was not repeated again. The wheel didn't last.

The first railway in Russia was a freight one, 2 km long. They built it in the Urals, at the Kolyvanovsky plant, and it worked on horse-drawn traction. The first passenger road was Tsarskoselskaya, known to everyone.

The speed of the first passenger trains in the 19th century was 33 km/h. And the railway workers at that time were a kind of elite: they were treated, for example, in the early 20th century to aviators, or in the 60s to astronauts. Modern trains can develop up to 580 km/h.

The requirements for hiring linemen have not changed during this time: they must have a good ear for music, because they determine the malfunction of the wheel by changing the tone when it is tapped.

According to statistics, the railway is 45 times safer than a car. For those who are still worried, experts advise choosing cars in the middle of the train, and in seated cars - buy a train ticket for seats against the movement.

Thrill-seekers are invited to Argentina. The legendary Patagonia Express train, specially restored for tourists, runs there. Except vivid impressions from local landscapes, you can suddenly find yourself a participant in an action called “Train Robbery” :)

IN South America many surprises. For example, German engineers who surveyed the Isthmus of Panama for the construction of the Trans-American Railway said that it was unprofitable to make rails from local iron. Gold is the more affordable metal here...

More than a billion people use the railroad every year. According to statistics, every Russian travels by train 9 times on average during the year. It is not difficult to buy train tickets now, but not all travelers know how much interesting and exciting the railway is fraught with.

It is interesting to know about such facts:

* Englishman Richard Trevithick became a pioneer in the railway. In 1804 he invented the locomotive-powered train. The train also included a car for passengers, however, people did not dare to ride it, so it went empty.

* In the same year, a competition was held between steam locomotives. Its main feature was that one of the participants decided to cheat and hid the horses under the iron shell. Fortunately, this was noticed in time and not a single animal was harmed.

* A train collided with a locomotive in Ohio. How could this happen?! The rails were flooded by the lake, but this did not stop the driver, which led to the incident.

* A flat road stretches for 500 km in Australia without a single turn.

* You can get train tickets and see the longest railway line in the world with your own eyes. The Trans-Siberian Railway stretches for 9300 kilometers across the Russian expanses.

* Every person on the train to Peru is given an oxygen mask. There is no way without it, since the road stretches at an altitude of 3 thousand kilometers. The highest mountain railway.

* The so-called "train of love" runs between Paris and Venice. It has a shower, TV and other amenities, as well as all the conditions for creating a romantic atmosphere.

* In New Mexico, on a platform equipped with a rocket engine, it was possible to accelerate an incredible speed equal to 9851 km / h!

* For a century, an unusual law has been in force in France - you can’t kiss on the platforms. This excludes delays and delays of trains.

* The freight train, which became the record holder, consisted of 440 wagons. The 6.5 km long train traveled on the Russian railway.

* Russia promises to develop and put into operation double-decker trains. They will have everything for the comfort of passengers, and tickets will cost less.

* Many routes and trains are given names. One of the most unusual is "Papa-Mama". This is the name of the route connecting Rostov and Odessa.

A lot of interesting and exciting things happen on the railway, so travel and observe to become a participant in amazing facts and incidents.

: the history of the appearance of the first locomotive and the first railways. The most unusual railway stations and railway communications. "Station" laws of France and a monument to a dog on Shibui.

1. The first trains, which are trolleys moving with the help of horses, arose back in the 17th century.. In Europe. The first steam locomotive in history, pushing cars, was built by the English inventor Richard Trevithick. It happened in 1801. The purpose of such transport was the transportation of iron ore at the Pen-and-Darren plant, and the speed of its movement was 8 kilometers per hour.
2. The movement on the first railway in the world was opened in England in the first half of the 19th century.. The final stops of the train route were located in the cities of Stockton and Darlington, and the road itself was intended to transport both goods and passengers. The length of such a section was 50 km, and the train consisted of only 6 cars.
3. The first competition of the American steam locomotive Tom Thumb (translated as "Boy with a finger") with a horse-drawn carriage took place in September 1830. The action took place along the railroad track from the village of Reilly Tavern to the city of Baltimore. A mechanical failure of the transport itself and a malfunction in the operation of the boiler decided the fate of the competition. The victory was won by the animal, and "Thumb boy" did not reach the finish line.

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4. What can be in common between professional musicians and linemen? It turns out that he has an exceptional ear for music. It is the sensitive hearing of the latter that makes it possible to detect wheel defects in time by changes in the tone of the knock.
5. At the beginning of the XX century. France passed a law prohibiting couples from kissing on the territory railway stations. The reason for this was the frequent failures in the train schedule, caused by long, "passionate" goodbyes. This rule still applies today. Warning signs are placed everywhere, and separate zones are allocated for farewells of lovers.
6. The Ferrocaril Austral Fueguino (Argentina) railway is called the train to the very ends of the earth. It is the state's narrowest gauge railway (gauge is 50 cm). On the trajectory of the train there is a station called "End of the World", which is incredibly popular among those who want to get to the final stop on the "iron horse", and not on a cheaper bus. Interestingly, this road was originally intended to transport prisoners to corrective labor.

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7. The monument to Hachiko, dedicated to the faithful and devoted dog, is located on the territory of the Shibuya railway station (Japan). The animal became famous throughout the country in the 30s. XX century, after the publication in one of the largest newspapers of an article about an old dog waiting daily at the station for its owner, who died a few years ago. At the opening of the monument, a year before his death, Hachiko was present in person.

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8. You can travel between the most romantic cities in the world - Venice and Paris on the "train of love".

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9. One food market settlements Thailand is located right on the railway tracks. Several times a day, 10-15 minutes before the approach of the transport, traders pack their food and lower the awnings. After the trains have passed, the market fully resumes its work.
10. Passengers arriving in Monte Carlo for the first time by train are often met by locals. Strangers offer beginners to play instead of them in a casino, while promising a solid reward.
11. The smoothest railway, without a single turn, is in Australia. Its length is 500 km.
12. The fare for The Eastern & Oriental Express, which runs along South-East Asia, is 3000-9000 USD. The train includes several restaurant cars decorated in different styles, a library, a shop, a bar, and a magnificent viewing terrace is equipped on its back platform.

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13. A three-kilometer section of the railway, located near the village of Klevan (Ukraine), is called the "Tunnel of Love".
14. At the end of the XIX century. the locomotive became the protagonist of the Lumiere brothers film. Today, dozens of films have been shot about trains, among the most famous are “Runaway Train”, “Magistral”, “Station for Two”, etc.

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15. Although a train is considered several dozen times safer than a car, it is advisable to give preference to seating in the center cars when buying tickets.

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For example, the Qinghai-Tibet single-track railway, the highest mountain road on the planet, annually attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world to admire the magical Tibetan landscapes of the “roof of the world” at an altitude of more than 5,000 km above sea level.

No sea or air company can offer you such romance. Of course, such extreme conditions require special trains. The cars are fully sealed, equipped with personal oxygen masks and an oxygen supply system if necessary, and naturally, passenger cars do not open at intermediate and observation stations, because there is nothing to breathe outside them. The Chinese themselves are extremely proud of their engineering structure and put it on a par with the Great Wall of China.

No less amazing is the Thai railway, which passes through a real market! 60 km west of Bangkok in the town of Maeklong, the food market, located right on the railway tracks, quickly turns its food trays several times a day, twists the awnings and scatters right in front of the trains.

But the most amazing thing is that even at this time the trade does not stop! Money-coin flies from the open windows of the train to the merchants, and fish, sweets, fruits and other purchases fly back through the windows. The main thing here is to be able to catch! :-) Although, I believe that the passengers have a knack for this matter after rubbing their eyes from broken tomatoes and the phrase “I didn’t catch it again!” :-) After the trains pass, the boxes with the remaining vegetables, fish and other goods again return to the rails and trade becomes more civilized :-)

The Napier-Gisborne railway is unique in that it crosses the main runway of Gisborne Airport in New Zealand. This is the only railway in the world where exactly the dispatch service air traffic allows or prohibits trains from crossing the runway to continue their route.

Sometimes planes and trains are literally seconds apart! This outlandish "denouement" is perhaps the first offer to tourists from New Zealand guides! Agree, a locomotive and a plane rushing towards each other is a common sight for Hollywood or Indian films, but not for everyday life!

If you have already found your soul mate or are still in search, then the railway highly recommends visiting the beautiful “Tunnel of Love”, located near the village of Klevan in Ukraine. This scenic three-kilometer stretch of railway leads to a fibreboard factory. The train runs here three times a day, delivering wood to the Orzhevsky woodworking plant. It is the train that makes the growing tree branches bend around the tracks and maintains the tunnel in this state.

A beautiful sunny summer green corridor attracts couples in love, and in autumn and winter photographers who want to capture this beautiful miracle of nature. It is believed that if you visit the "Tunnel of Love" and make a cherished wish, it will surely come true.

The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway in the world, today it has 9300 km of tracks and is a whole network of railways between Moscow and the Russian Far East. In addition, the road has branches to all neighboring border countries. The construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway began in full force back in 1891, under the personal control of Sergei Witte, who, being then Minister of Finance, clearly understood that Russia simply had to be a strategic partner between East and West. In order for the construction of the road and the accompanying infrastructure to keep pace with each other, the Russian leadership began construction from the east and west at the same time, striving inland. To understand the scale of the project, suffice it to say that only in 2002 was its full electrification completed!

Having reconstructed some sections of the road in the early 2000s, Russia organized the first permanent corridor of large-scale freight traffic between China, Mongolia, Belarus, Poland and Germany, which significantly increased trade turnover and contributed to the further development of the Far East as a strategic region.

The original name of the road is the Great Siberian Way. And it is great not because the construction of the road was carried out for almost a century, but because the Russian government then deliberately refused Western "aid", not wanting to allow the strengthening of the influence of foreign capitalists in the Far East. They built only with their own forces! And they did! Built!

No wonder they say that to drive along the Trans-Siberian Railway means to see half the world. Is it a joke? The famous Photographer Todd Selby, who has traveled a long distance from Paris to Shanghai by rail, claims that this is the real truth: still in Siberia! Siberia is very big. And Baikal is very big. But this is just a part of great Russia!”

If all the previous facts about railroads did not cause you any emotions, then do not despair. There is still one railway in the world, which they do not get tired of admiring to this day! Well, even if you are an avid critic and the word “to admire” is not for you, then don’t worry, you will also find a huge “portion” for discussion and condemnation here for yourself. What is this railroad? This is BAM!

I would not like to argue with those who claim that the BAM is a “dead end” of the Soviet era, that it was built by prisoners, that the whole territory of the BAM is a huge zone or camp ... This, whatever one may say, ingenious engineering project is still going around a huge number of tales and legends ... But, nevertheless, for thousands of thousands of BAM residents, this construction site remained the happiest and brightest memory. And they speak of it as a bright, romantic, heroic and the best time in their lives. So it was.

The best young people from all over the Soviet Union came, worked, settled down. Families were created here, real labor feats were accomplished, discoveries were made. BAM was built by the whole country.

« Through passes, rivers and swamps
We will lay the highway for centuries. We are not afraid of any work,
At the call of our hearts, we have come here!”

BAM was designed as part of a systemic project for the development of significant natural resources in little-explored areas, through which, in fact, the road ran.

On the way to the BAM, it was planned to build about ten territorial-industrial complexes-giants, but a very "promising" Gorbachev's perestroika, allowed to complete the construction of only oneSouth Yakutsk coal complex. Then, no less "promising" privatization with great hopes transferred a number of resource deposits into private hands, but instead of loading the capacities of the BAM and massive development of mineral deposits in the area of ​​the highway, "at the exit" only oligarchs with yachts turned out. By the early 2000salmost all projects for the development of the Baikal-Amur Mainline zone were suspendedunder the "ideological" pretexts of inexpediency, and the decision of the Soviet leadership to build BAM was diligently hung up with the stigma of fallacy and futility. How truly "oligarchic" is it to hide behind the sudden "futility" of a project that for half a century was considered simply vital for Siberia and Far East according to all experts.

The only thing that warms the soul is that the current leadership of the country is seriously aimed at reviving the BAM and the region as a whole. And it is not just words. RecentlyThe Elga deposit is successfully operating, where the first coal was mined in the summer of 2011. An access railway line is being built, connecting it with the highway. The first super-heavy freight trains went through BAM in May of this year, allowing to transport 7,100 tons instead of the previous weight norm of 4,800 tons, which should increase the profitability of transportation several times. This became possible after the commissioning of new powerful two-section locomotives of the 2ES5K Ermak series and diesel locomotives 2TE25A Vityaz. The trains successfully overcome the most difficult section of the route - the Kuznetsovsky Pass.

The railway tracks themselves at the pass were reconstructed and strengthened, and the New Kuznetsovsky Tunnel was put into operation.I will note for critics: “The trains have gone, but they will not go. The pass has been reconstructed, but will never be. "Ermaki" and "Vityazi" are put into operation, and are not at the design stage.

I am sure that BAM has a bright future because a road built with love cannot but live forever!