Today we have an opportunity to reflect nostalgically on the Trans-Siberian railroad, and also practice our past tense!
So…. Russia had a rail line that cut through the remote Siberian wilderness. A true marvel of engineering, at one point it had a 9.5 mile tunnel (the Severomuysky Tunnel). Since this was a critical piece of transportation infrastructure, they also had a bi-pass route that included the “Devil’s Bridge”.
Those mischievous Russians and Chinese! They used these rail lines to transfer fuel and weapons. Not so fast, Comrade!
Turns out, both the tunnel and the bridge experienced an extreme lack of function in the past few days, putting a real crimp in Russia’s genocide schedule.
Gosh golly – both of these critical transportation infrastructure sites are way, way out in Siberia. Very dark and cold this time of year. To be exact, the bridge is approximately 123 miles (197.949 km) from the middle of nowhere. The tunnel is even further away – 163 miles (262.323 km) from nowhere. In the nearby town of Yanchukan (pop. 392), at the time of this writing it is 10° F (-12° C), with light snow falling.
Kyiv Post
In order to circumvent the damage caused by the first attack, Russian trains began using another route that passes through the “Chortov Most” (“Devil’s Bridge”), a semicircular viaduct on the Northern Bypass of the Baikal-Amur line.
“This is precisely what the SBU was counting on: when the train was passing over this 35-meter high bridge, the explosive devices embedded in it went off,” the source said.
Another fuel train explosion on Russia’s Baikal-Amur Mainline signals the second phase of a strategic operation by Ukraine’s SBU to disrupt this vital railway route, sources told NV.
Russians utilize this mainline, including for military logistics purposes.
The initial incident occurred in the Severomuiskii Tunnel, prompting Russians to divert their use of the line through a bypass route known as the “Devil’s Bridge.” However, during a train’s passage on this towering 35-meter bridge, embedded explosive devices were triggered, resulting in the ignition of six tanks, Russian Telegram channels reported.
A firefighting train was dispatched to extinguish the ensuing blaze.
Ukraine’s SBU Security Service executed a controlled detonation in the Bessolov Northern Tunnel on the Baikal-Amur Mainline in Buryatia on the night of Nov. 30, NV sources reported. This railway serves as a vital connection between Russia and China.
Russian authorities “will take response measures based on the results of the inspection, in case there are grounds to do so,” the statement said.
Russian authorities had also confirmed after the first incident that train traffic had been “organized on a detour route with a slight increase in travel time.”
In the russian federation, the explosion in the Severomuysky tunnel on the Baikal–Amur Mainline (BAM), which happened yesterday on the night of November 30 (November 29 at around 5:20 p.m. local time), was called as a terrorist attack.
This speaks volumes for the scale of possible damage to this important facility, which was previously described as “smoke from a fire” in one of the carriages. Being strategic alternative route to the Trans–Siberian Railway, the BAM is critically important for the country’s logistics
The first cargo train exploded directly in the Severomuysky tunnel.
To continue transportation, the Russians began to use the detour route through the so-called Devil’s Bridge — a 35-meter high viaduct structure, which is part of the Trans-Siberian Railway. At that point, SBU saboteurs struck again.
“When the train was passing over this 35-meter high bridge, the explosive devices embedded in it went off,” the same official added.
Ukraine’s security service has not publicly confirmed the attack. Russia has also so far not confirmed the sabotage.
