Every day is snow day for Turkey's railroad workers
Posted: 02 Feb 2020, 13:32
Every day is snow day for Turkey's railroad workers
Traveling from Asia to Europe on a train is a comfortable journey for thousands but few know the people who make it possible. Armed with ice-breaking drills, shovels and pickaxes, workers of Turkey's railway authority, Turkish State Railways (TCDD), make winter trips to various destinations a reality.
On a 217-kilometer stretch of railroad between the eastern provinces of Erzurum and Kars, the crew braves the chilling temperatures for five months every year to clear snow and ice from the rails. Their tireless work keeps freight trains and the popular Eastern Express running...