This event took place in St. Petersburg on 6 and 7 July 2010, organisation being handled jointly by the UIC and RZD under the patronage of the United Nations Economic Commis-sion for Europe and the Russian Ministry for Transport. Many international organisations - OTIF, OSJD, AAR, BIC, CER, CIT, EIM, FIATA, UIRR, UNIFE and EIA - were involved.
In the photo we see a typical Trans-Siberian freight, here headed by VL80-1030, which is boosted by a third locomotive section of the latter class, the photo taken near Irkutsk.
Photo: RZD