READERS’ REPORTS - EUROPE
ARMENIA
I recently enjoyed a non-railway holiday in Armenia and for a couple of nights found myself staying at Tsapatagh, very close to the freight-only single-track line to the gold mines at Sotk. We were only at the hotel for the first part of the morning and in the evenings but saw or heard a number of these trains, all consisting of 30 open bogie ore wagons (full northbound, empty southbound) hauled by class VL10 twin-unit electric locomotives.
I had no prior knowledge of Armenian railways and all I have now learned is from the Bradt guide to Armenia and on-line sources.
