| Posted by FSWood on August 14, 2013 | |
Would expect that at least one of those locomotives was a total write-off. Noticed track has concrete ties.
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Temuulen...great to see photos from the beautiful country of Mongolia! I hope that the injured people from this crash recover fully.
Keep your photos coming.
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| Posted by Monon43 on August 15, 2013 | |
Anyone notice that the guy at the front left of the photo is wearing US Air Force ABUs?
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| Posted by FSWood on August 15, 2013 | |
Playing in Google found on army dot mil - and it is likely that various exchanges are ongoing - "Mongolian television network station TV9 interviews Col. Leana Fox, clinical operations chief 18th Medical Deployment Support Command as a Mongolian armed forces physician interprets during the first United States Army Pacific nursing subject matter expert exchange with the Mongolian army nurses corps in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 12-16 April 2010. "
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There are US military forces in the area, which explains the man in AF ABUs. Though I cannot recall why they're there.
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Earlier this month the US participated in a joint multi-national training exercise with the Mongolian military and a half dozen or so other nations. The derailment may have been near the training area.
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I noticed the same thing about the USAF ABU's. Evidence that the U.S. is everywhere.
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| Posted by NYC Man on August 17, 2013 | |
All the services now look alike. When I "was there" at least you could tell which branch of the military that person was attached to and their rank.
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FSWood: Concrete sleepers are quite common in former USSR and its adjacent regions.
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I can not believe my eyes! I photographed this machine many many times. Thanks for this photo Temuulen.
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