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Transporting Soyuz rocket by train
Transporting Soyuz rocket by train

The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on November 11, 2011. All Baikonur's logistics are based on its own intra-site 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+2732 in) gauge railway network, which is the largest industrial railway on the planet.

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