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SLR 393 Pictures

393 is now a night train, and seems to be running on Sundays and Wednesdays, but was a evening train when these pics were taken. They used to swap crews with 394 in Berlin on a regular basis. Now the best long distance train for pictures is the 394 in the early morning as they may be delayed and be after sunrise.

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Term	Defined As
Varnish	Passenger train of higher classification. Also called varnished shot, varnished job, varnished boxes, string of varnish, varnished wagons, etc. In the days of wooden cars the outer layer of a paint job was a layer of varnish applied as a protective cover to keep it pristine. The higher class train equipment usually got the cars with the freshest varnish layer.

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