When #russians shell our energy infrastructure, we switch to diesel locos and #KeepRunning. We always have “plan b”. Was checking today “plan b” for diesel locos - steam locos.🧵 Image
Steam loco sounds like a music, isn’t it?
And steam loco starts slowly. No hurry.
You also have to fix something on the go. Not an easy ride.
And you always have to top up some coal.
But then it runs on.

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More from @AKamyshin

Sep 22
My 2 days at #InnoTrans2022 are over. Great days, fully packed with back-to-back meetings and events. Leaving #Berlin with a heavy heart.

Warning: long🧵ahead!
I came to #Berlin right after spending 3 days in #Kharkiv. Drastic difference between constantly shelled Kharkiv and flourishing Berlin. But for me personally its much more comfortable to be in eastern Ukraine, together with my people under fire, rather than in a peaceful Berlin.
But have to throw the track to EU for @Ukrzaliznytsia. Ukraine made its choice - we head to EU, and UZ will join European railways family. This integration will take years, but there is no other way. We start #IronEurointegration.
Read 13 tweets
Sep 15
These questions I’ve asked myself some time ago. And these are good questions actually. So here are my step-by-step answers:
1. Why we urgently restore infra during the war? Because otherwise we would simply stop at day 1 of the war. And thus, neither evacuation, nor humanitarian aid delivery, nor #IronDiplomacy program, nothing would work. Just imagine that.
2. Recovery occurs during enemy missile attacks? Yes. Actually our life occurs during enemy missile attacks. Already 204 days.
Read 8 tweets
Sep 14
Station is damaged.
#russians where drinking #vodka with the taste of blackcurrant.
People are happy to restore connection.
Read 6 tweets
Sep 13
Bad day, day 2.

Another day when we tried to restore railway connection to recently retaken Town B, but failed again. Have a sit.
The morning was perfect. 3km morning run in #Kharkiv under the rain. Image
The rest of my morning I spent at the station. #Kharkiv was blackouted again. I ensured that trains depart on time and the station is illuminated. I believe on a day like today, people must see that railways remain fully operational. That's about trust.
Read 17 tweets
Sep 13
And more damages.
And more.
And strange bullets that stuck in tracks.
Read 7 tweets
Sep 12
Today I failed. I've done everything possible and slightly more, but failed. My plan was to get to recently retaken Town B. by train. But no success. It was a long long day. So listen to the story.
I took this railcar to get there. That's a service railcar that carries our track repair crews. Image
70 km drive. Hypnotizing.
Read 17 tweets

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