Rails Without Borders

02/06/2026

I don't often pose for a 'Selfie' but a visit to Gori and the Stalin Museum was to good an opportunity not to do so! theirs a series of images to come from this in its entirety... All i am going to say to those interested in the History of Soviet-times and Stalin and Lenin this was fascinating! No i am not ever glamorizing his time in 'power' not at all for all the bad there was some good but history books are for that!

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02/06/2026

Always love the classic green livery that the VL10 locos feature! 🚂💚

Here we see Georgian Railways 10-1599 sitting at Gori with a rake of RZD (Russian Railways) wagons, mixed with a few from other countries, heading to the Black Sea terminal at Batumi.

📅 23-05-2026

01/06/2026

The art of stealth... 🤫📸

They don’t exactly welcome photography in the Tbilisi Metro, but where there’s a will, there’s a way!

I kept my Nikon Z6 III hanging casually around my neck, opened up SnapBridge on my Pixel 9 Pro XL, and used my phone as a stealthy remote viewfinder to snap this shot completely undetected. 📱✨

Sometimes you have to get a little crafty to capture authentic urban life. Have you ever had to use "stealth mode" to get a shot? Let me know below! 👇

01/06/2026

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan Railways muscle at Aksengir! 🇰🇿
KZ8A-0083 powers west through Aksengir with a lengthy container train, showcasing the heavy-haul capabilities of Kazakhstan's modern railway network. Built by Alstom, the twin-section electric locomotive makes light work of the intermodal consist as it charges along one of Central Asia's busiest freight corridors.
📍 Aksengir, Kazakhstan
🚂 KZ8A-0083
📅 October 2026
The sheer size and presence of these locomotives never fails to impress.

31/05/2026

🚂 Heavy Soviet steel meets the scenic shores of Lake Sevan. 🇦🇲

Armenian Railways (SCR) VL10-1752 winds its way along the coast, hauling an empty rake of ore wagons. The freight is bound for the gold mine at Sotk, captured here just after passing through the beautiful lakeside area of Shoghakat (Շողակաթ).

There is nothing quite like the rumble of a twin-section VL10 echoing across the valley! 🏔️⚡ A real good fun chase of this train, all the way from Sevan thru to here where i let it go!

📍 Shoghakat, Lake Sevan, Armenia
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31/05/2026

🚇 Leaving Didube behind.

Caught the Tbilisi Metro heading southbound toward the city centre. There is something so hypnotic about watching the city transition from the chaotic energy of the Didube markets back into the underground heartbeat of the capital. 🇬🇪✨

📸 Save this for your next trip to Georgia.

30/05/2026

Autumn vibes on the Kazakhstan main line! 🇰🇿🍂

Spotted the powerful KTZ KZ4AT-0067 yesterday at Aksengir, leaning into the curves with a Talgo set inbound to Almaty. There’s something about that sleek Alstom design against the October landscape that never gets old.

Who else has caught the -0067 out on the rails lately? 📸👇

30/05/2026

https://youtu.be/898bb4W7iL4?si=i4Fvuwb4H4qXyFP_ Soviet Era Power on the Move! 🚂💨

Watch the classic, Tbilisi-built Georgian Railway (GR / საქართველოს რკინიგზა) VL10-1298 twin-unit electric locomotive working hard as it passes through the industrial city of Rustavi, Georgia.

Filmed on May 27, 2026

Soviet Era Power on the Move! 🚂💨Watch the classic, Tbilisi-built Georgian Railway (GR / საქართველოს რკინიგზა) VL10-1298 twin-unit electric locomotive worki...

29/05/2026

🚂 The rails don’t care about lines on a map.

Standing by the tracks in Tbilisi, Georgia a few days ago (May 23, 2026), you can’t help but feel the weight of geography.

Watch this heavy, twin-section Georgian Railway VL10-913 rumble past, and you’re looking at more than just an incredible piece of rugged Soviet engineering. Look closer at what it’s pulling: a long, heavy string of tank cars belonging to Azerbaijan Railways.

Their destination? Batumi on the Black Sea.

Oil and petrochemicals loaded on the shores of the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan, hauled over the rugged Caucasus mountains by Georgian steel, destined for a bustling port city where it will ship out to the rest of the world.

It’s a powerful reminder of why we started Rails Without Borders. Politics can build walls, but infrastructure quietly, stubbornly builds bridges. The steel tracks keep moving because, at the end of the day, people depend on them.

The Details:
📍 Tbilisi, Georgia
🚂 GR VL10-913 hauling ADY Tankers
📸 May 23, 2026