A page from The Graphic of 22 September 188x (looks like a 3, but the caption says 8), showing the construction of the Trans-Caspian Railway in what is now Turkmenistan.
Trans-Caspian railway
Soviet (troop?) train at the Turkmenistan border crossing
There is a train in the backgrounds of this RIA Novosti photo of the Kushka (Serhetabat) area.
- Photo #644466:
First stage in the Soviet troop withdrawal from AfghanistanSoviet soldiers-internationalists returning home from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
Turkmenistan, Kushka. 18.10.1986, Yuriy Somov
Also of interest:
- Photo #578559:
Reproduction of “View of the Trans-Caspian Railway” sketch by artist N. Karazin. The State Historical Museum.
Russia, Moscow. 01.01.1910
Trans-Caspian railway article
«Русское чудо» в черных песках (“Russian miracle” in the black sands) is a Russian-language article about the history of imperial Russia’s Trans-Caspian railway, published in the June 2009 journal of the Russkiy Mir Foundation. Google Translate is pretty reasonable.