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In this picture taken on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. A big spanner is seen on the corner of rail man's room. Rail man uses the big spanner to fasten the loose bolts of rail. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.
In this picture taken on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. Rail man is walking between the rail way lines. He walks 4 kilometers toward his other protection area and come back again. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.
In this picture taken on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. Nader Jafari is one of the rail men who work in Sufian station on the outskirts of Tabriz city. He is looking at the train which coming on the railway. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.
In this picture taken on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. A view of train is seen behind a big dried tree, as passing near Sufian station. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.
In this picture taken on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. Nader Jafari is showing the green flag to the lokomotive roader to tell him that the rail way is open. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.
In this picture taken on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. Train is crossing among a tunnel near Jolfa city. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.
In this picture taken on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. The rail man is fastening the loose bolts of the railway. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.
In this picture taken on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Nader Jafari is walking and checking the railway after Sufian station. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.
In this picture taken on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. A view of electrical poles in the rail way between Tabriz and Jolfa. While rail man walks beside them. Tabriz- Jolfa train is the only rail way in Iran which is working with electricity. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.
In this picture taken on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. Train's wagons are passing from rail man's room one by one. While the smoke and steam has covered his small room which is located beside the railway. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.
In this picture taken on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. After crossing train, rail man's room comes out through the smoke and stream. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.
In this picture taken on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. General view of "Pilow Daghi" or pilaf mountain that is surrounding by fog and snow, while the train of Tabriz - Jolfa crossing near it. Pilaf mountain is the symbol of Aras free zone that located on the outskirts of Jolfa city, the border between Iran and Nakhchivan. Photo/Ali Hamed Haghdoust.
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Ali Hamed Haghdoust
Winter of 2009 and 2010. Despite the train's running in the train stations, the railroaders and the clerks have quite and repetitious life. After the war between Armenia and Azarbaijan, the stations of Tabriz – Jolfa railroad were almost closed. This route doesn't have many passengers and its staff has been decreased to one or two people who are rail men and railroaders. The rail men always walk between the railways with a big spanner in their hands. They must check the railway regularly and keep an eye on it to fasten the loose bolts. They live in a small room beside the railway and always watch the train going past their tiny house. Tabriz is a city in East Azarbaijan province, 624 km (386.2 miles) northwest of Tehran, Iran.
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