Railferries over the black sea

Geroita na Sevastopol
Geroita na Sevastopol still waiting to get into the port of Illichivs’k, Odessa Oblast, Oekraïne 5-10-2007
One of the two manouver units on the Geroite na Sevastopol
Waiting to get into the port of Illichivs’k, Odessa Oblast, Oekraïnenfor 3 days the meals got simplified as they ran out of resorces, but we never were without food
Beautiful sun down and still waiting for Odessa 3-10-2007
The ship builders plate; Framnaes from Sanderfjord, Norway number 188 year 1978 Framnæs shipyard (Framnæs mekaniske Værksted) was a former Norwegian shipbuilding and engineering firm headquartered in Sandefjord, in Vestfold county, Norway. Originally strongly linked to the whaling industry, in later years it entered into more versatile shipbuilding, including rigs and modules for the offshore business. It was incorporated in 1898 and was closed down in 1986.
4345 and TEM2 1513 Batumi harbour mv Geroite 30-9-2007
Bulgarian mv Geroite 181 meter long being a three deck rail ferry sailing from Batumi to Illichovsk 1-10-2007
One of the two shunters on the ship MV Geroite na Sevastopol 1-10-2007
Geroita na Sevastopol on its way from Batumi to Illichovs’k a 48 hour trip
Georgia’s most important export product in 2007 scrap iron at Batumi30-9-2009
Geroita na Sevastopol and another UKR ferry waiting for the Ukrainian port entry 2007
UA & Georgian rail cars locked at the deck on mv Geroita na Sevastopol 2007

SR3 Kutaisi – Tsgalitubo

Kuyaisi new station electric motorcar SR3-1510 on 28-9-2007
The driver in motorcar SR3-1510 at Kutaisi new station on 28-9-2007
Terminus Tgaletubo Georgia Railways electric motorcar SR3-1510 on 28-9-2007

NG Bordzomi – Bakuriani

A relict steam ng c or d coupler can be seem near Khasuri along the main east – west railway line.

Bakutiani 27 Dec 2006

VL22 Грузинская железная дорога –

VL22-1204 at Riomi taking 2 coaches from the express for the Kutaisi connection 28 December 2006 aphv
VL22-1204 28 December 2006 aphv
VL22-1204 with 2 coaches from Tbilisi at Kutaisi old station on 28 December 2006 aphv
Riomi VL22-1204 to pick up 2 coaches for Kutaisi on 28-9-2007
Kutaisi old station VL22-1664 with the daily passenger train to Tgibuli. The coach was a former freight car due to the sharp curves a normal coach would derail; This line reopened in 2007 ; 28-9-2007
Kutaisi new station. VL22-1483 arrived with a local freight on 28-9-2007

Tbilisi

The train from Yerevan has just arrived at Tbilisi 25 Dec 2006
VL10 now E10-622 with train from Yerevan at Tbilisi 25 Dec 2006
coach Yerevan – Tbilisi 25 Dec 2006
Tbilisi station renovation plans. At Dec 2006 nothing has started yet but there are 3 more years to come. 26 Dec 2006
Tbilisi al kind of buses get to the station. The trolley wires are here a thing of the past 25 Dec 2006
Clothes are hanging outside the office building. Tbilisi 25 Dec 2006

Georgian Rail Freight – Zestaphoni station

Zestaphoni station 29-12-2006
Zestaphoni station on 29-12-2006
Zestaphoni station and nice modern signal box 29-12-2006
Russian build eloks VL10 and VL19 at Zestaphoni station on 29-12-2006
4E10-1602 and VL10-695 at Zestaphoni station Georgie 28 Dec 2006 ზესტაფონის რკინიგზის სადგური
4E10-932 at Zestaphoni station Georgie 28 Dec 2006 ზესტაფონის რკინიგზის სადგური
VL10-1064 Zestaphoni arriving with a Azarbeidjan bound empty oil tanker Georgie 28-12-2006 ზესტაფონის რკინიგზის სადგური

Street scenes

Zestaphoni small buses and taxis in the local bus station. The back bone of public transport these days 28 Dec 2006
Street_scene taken from our rented Volga with tires without any profile on our way from Kutaisi to Zestaphoni on 29 Dec. 2006
Street accident due to iced road and alcohol perhaps near Kutaisi Georgia on 29-12-2006

Georgian Railways

Georgian Rly 12-2006 თბილისის სადგური
Georgian Rly 12-2006 at თბილისის სადგური or Tbilisi main station
Georgian Rly 12-2006
Georgian Rly 12-2006
Georgian Rly 12-2006
Georgian Rly Borzomi station December 2006