Trans Siberian Railway Day 3

Trans Siberian Railway Day 3 on the 070Ч Moscow to Irkutsk train my first “official” day of my Trek in Siberia. The weather was a lot better, blue skies and around 20 C for most of the day

Sunrise

This morning’s sunrise was pretty spectacular, unfortunately my photos do not do it justice.

Dining Car

When I first went exploring it was before the dining car was open, so could not find it… After hearing from a few other passengers that was where they hung out, decided to go and check it out. Get’s full very quickly, they need a second dining car.

Russian Modern or Naughty’s Style?

Timezones

Today we traversed another two timezones we are now 4 hours ahead of Moscow. One more timezone before we reach Irkutsk.

Punctuality

We were about 2 minutes late into Nazyvaevskaya, the first time I had noted that. By the next stop we back on schedule.

2 minutes after 1 d 16 h 45 m and 2567 km is not bad.

Food

Breakfast

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For breakfast I was provided a tasteless and a “very unattractive Victor” porridge with cheese. Looks like some muck a friend of mine, no names Lobert, would serve as a healthy dish

Thankfully there was also a tasty baked custard of some sort, did not eat too much of the porridge in the end.

Lunch

The soup was the saviour again, thankfully lunch always comes with soup……

Dinner

For dinner I went to the dining car for the first time. Glad I did, the food was both interesting and good. I had a baked whole trout stuffed with cheese, tomato and champignons with a side of backed potato?? Was not exactly baked though. Definitely hit the spot.

I will be dinning in the restaurant for the entire leg from Irkutsk to Vladivostok, a lot better than the pre-paid meals. The taste and photo prove it.

Wine

Decided to give a localish drop a try. A dry white from Georgia, let’s just say I don’t recommend it. Very bland, closed nose with a very light aroma of citrus and a medium to short finish. I give it a 2.5 out of 5.

The Country Side

Barabinsk

Novosibirsk-Glavnyy

Sunset

Taiga

A dirty window does not help with pics of any bright event especially a glorious sunset, but poor photos are better than none.

Disabled Cabin

The Tracks

I like train tracks, they go on for ever!

Today’s Itinerary – 070Ч Moscow to Irkutsk

All times are Moscow Time

Station	Arrival	Stop	Departure	Distance	Journey time
Tyumen	12:31:00 AM	20 m	12:51:00 AM	2144	1 d 10 h 41 m
Yalutorovsk	1:58:00 AM	1 m	1:59:00 AM	2218	1 d 12 h 8 m
Zavodoukovskaya	2:19:00 AM	1 m	2:20:00 AM	2241	1 d 12 h 29 m
Golyshmanovo	3:40:00 AM	2 m	3:42:00 AM	2355	1 d 13 h 50 m
Ishim	4:40:00 AM	15 m	4:55:00 AM	2433	1 d 14 h 50 m
Maslyanskaya	5:33:00 AM	2 m	5:35:00 AM	2480	1 d 15 h 43 m
Nazyvaevskaya	6:35:00 AM	2 m	6:37:00 AM	2567	1 d 16 h 45 m
Omsk	8:12:00 AM	16 m	8:28:00 AM	2716	1 d 18 h 22 m
Tatarskaya	10:19:00 AM	2 m	10:21:00 AM	2885	1 d 20 h 29 m
Barabinsk	11:54:00 AM	30 m	12:24:00 PM	3040	1 d 22 h 4 m
Ob	3:42:00 PM	2 m	3:44:00 PM	3326	2 d 1 h 52 m
Novosibirsk-Glavnyy	4:07:00 PM	19 m	4:26:00 PM	3343	2 d 2 h 17 m
Bolotnaya	6:31:00 PM	2 m	6:33:00 PM	3469	2 d 4 h 41 m
Yurga-1	6:59:00 PM	2 m	7:01:00 PM	3499	2 d 5 h 9 m
Taiga	8:04:00 PM	3 m	8:07:00 PM	3572	2 d 6 h 14 m
Anzherskaya	8:38:00 PM	2 m	8:40:00 PM	3603	2 d 6 h 48 m
Mariinsk	10:19:00 PM	1 h 5 m	11:24:00 PM	3720	2 d 8 h 29 m
			Day 3 Total	1687