There are photographs of the railway across the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan border at www.wuestenfuchs.com, the website of Norbert Ratzke of Köln who was in Herat from January to April 2004.
The pictures show a 1520 mm gauge diesel loco (half of a 2ТЭ10Л?) crossing the border, and the freight yard at Towraghondi.
- Photos of Turkmenistan railways 01
- Photos of Turkmenistan railways 02
- Afghanistan/Turkmenistan border checkpoint and warehouses
There is no railway transport in the country. At the Turkmen-Afghan border a Russian train runs about 500 meters on Afghan territory. There it is unloaded and returns to Turkmenistan.
In 2007 Turkmenistan launched a USD 550 000 programme to upgrade the line.
Kabul Media has over 1,000 photographs from Afghanistan in their royalty free library. http://www.kabulmedia.com