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As the winters are long and cold, great ice breakers were built to take the trains across during the winter time. It is actually said that these ice breakers would slowly plow their way through thirty six inches of ice. During the Russian Japanese war these were too slow so they laid down heavy steel rails on the ice and all winter long trains were speeded across on this ice railway. AS THE WINTERS ARE LONG AND COLD GREAT ICE BREAKERS WERE BUILT TO TAKE THE TRAINS ACROSS DURING THE WINTER TIME IT IS ACTUALLY SAID THAT THESE ICE BREAKERS WOULD SLOWLY PLOUGH THEIR WAY THROUGH THIRTY SIX INCHES OF ICE DURING THE RUSSIAN JAPANESE WAR THESE WERE TOO SLOW SO THEY LAID DOWN HEAVY STEEL RAILS ON THE ICE AND ALL WINTER LONG TRAINS WERE SPEEDED ACROSS ON THIS ICE RAILWAY
ell for a couple of days. I was served all right. In fact, as long as I had the exact change everything was lovely. But when I gave the collector a bill he never came back with any change and I had to give it up. Such a feat as crossing Siberia without giving a tip in the diner could not be performed. The prices were not exorbitant, however, for one could get a fairly good meal for a dollar at that time. Some of the great rivers of the world are in Siberia. It is said that if all the steel bridges on this main line were placed end to end they would make a great steel structure more than thirty miles long. These were all built too by Russian engineers. Lake Baikal is a long, narrow body of water in the heart of Siberia. It is said to be the most elevated lake on the globe and has the distinction of being the only body of fresh water in which seals will live. In some places no bottom has been found. When the railroad was first built trains were taken across this lake on gigantic ferries. DINER ALL WENT WELL FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS I WAS SERVED ALL RIGHT IN FACT AS LONG AS I HAD THE EXACT CHANGE EVERYTHING WAS LOVELY BUT WHEN I GAVE THE COLLECTOR A BILL HE NEVER CAME BACK WITH ANY CHANGE AND I HAD TO GIVE IT UP SUCH A FEAT AS CROSSING SIBERIA WITHOUT GIVING A TIP IN THE DINER COULD NOT BE PERFORMED THE PRICES WERE NOT EXORBITANT HOWEVER FOR ONE COULD GET A FAIRLY GOOD MEAL FOR A DOLLAR AT THAT TIME SOME OF THE GREAT RIVERS OF THE WORLD ARE IN SIBERIA IT IS SAID THAT IF ALL THE STEEL BRIDGES ON THIS MAIN LINE WERE PLACED END TO END THEY WOULD MAKE A GREAT STEEL STRUCTURE MORE THAN THIRTY MILES LONG THESE WERE ALL BUILT TOO BY RUSSIAN ENGINEERS LAKE BY CALL IS A LONG NARROW BODY OF WATER IN THE HEART OF SIBERIA IT IS SAID TO BE THE MOST ELEVATED LAKE ON THE GLOBE AND HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE ONLY BODY OF FRESH WATER IN WHICH SEALS WILL LIVE IN SOME PLACES NO BOTTOM HAS BEEN FOUND WHEN THE RAILROAD WAS FIRST BUILT TRAINS WERE TAKEN ACROSS THIS LAKE ON GIGANTIC FERRIES
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