Uzbek steam loco up a mountain?

A news report about the suspected terrorist incident on the railway from Termez to Tajikistan has a photo showing what looks like a steam loco painted the colours of the in Uzbek flag, on the top of a hill. Anyone know where or what it is?

The sign on the coach on the foreground says it is going to or from Termez.

2 thoughts on “Uzbek steam loco up a mountain?

  1. Here is a list of all the steam locos in Uzbekistan.

    Unfortunately the number of the loco in the photos is not known But it is a Soviet Eu

    Kokand
    Eu? (Plinth)

    Bueanga (Reserve), 20 km East of Kokand (1997)
    20 x Er (Oil) – reported scrapped 2001 but confirmed still to exist Sept 2002 and October 2009
    Er772.81 (working order 1998)

    Tashkent Railway Museum (10/09)
    Su250.94
    9P.649
    Ov.1534
    Yea.2371
    Em732.35
    Er772.89
    TE5200
    SOm19.2657
    KCH4-228 (Ng)
    Rail Connected
    LV.0487
    FD20.2849
    Eu705.74

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