In 1904, an extraordinary temporary railway was constructed across frozen Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia.
Workers laid railway tracks over the lake's thick winter ice to help transport railway wagons and supplies while the permanent railway route around the lake was unfinished.
Horses pulled the wagons across the ice, while steam locomotives were transported separately.
This historical reconstruction explores one of the most unusual railway solutions of the early twentieth century.
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