Latest posts tagged with #Raudteed on Bluesky
#Teelise (Teeline)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
#Wayfarer, traveler, wanderer. Street parallel to the Tallinn-#Paldiski railway line.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Railways #Raudteed
#Travel #Reisimine
#Transport
#Jaama (Jaam)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme
Station, depot, terminus. If a train station is somewhere a train stops, what then is a workstation?
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Railways #Raudteed
#Communication #Kommunikatsioon
#Transport #Sama
#Raudtee (Raudtee)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Rahumäe #Hiiu #Kivimäe #Pääsküla
Railway, lit. ‘iron road’. The railway being the Tallinn to #Paldiski/~#Turba line. The SW stretch of the road was renamed (2008) as #Ränduri and #Liipri.
#Railways #Raudteed
#Transport #Transport
#Communication #Kommunikatsioon
Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Veduri.
View along Veduri, Tallinn, from the Viadukti / Veerenni direction.
Modernized house in Veduri, Tallinn.
View of the end of Veduri, Tallinn
#Veduri (Vedur)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Luite
Locomotive, iron horse. Interesting: #vedama means to draw or pull, and #vedu:veo means draught or conveyance, but #vee is water and, in many countries, the traditional course of long-distance haulage was the #river.
#Railways #Raudteed
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Tendri.
Tallinn streetsign displaying Tendri's former street name, Veduri, in Estonian above, and in Russian, partially obliterated, below.
View along Tendri, Tallinn, in the direction of Auru.
View along Tendri, Tallinn, in the direction of Söe põik.
#Tendri (Tender)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Luite
Tender, the wagon behind the locomotive, carrying coal, other fuel or equipment. ‘Street’ renaming the former SW section of #Veduri. Actually just a gravel path from #Auru connecting with #SöePõik by a 10-plank wooden footbridge.
#Railways #Raudteed
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Tallinn streetsign *not* displaying the name Vile, but 'Eramaa', or private land/property...
Letterbox of No.8 Vile, Tallinn, with hint of barrier and road behind it.
Side view of two Quonset huts behind two trees I do not recognise but expect any Estonian to instantly rebuke me for my ignorance in Vile, Tallinn.
View of an abundant garden in Vile, Tallinn.
#Vile (Vile)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Luite
Whistle. One of a small locomotive-themed group next to Tallinn-Väike station. Street seemingly appropriated as private property. See Auru.
#Railways #Raudteed
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Juurdeveo.
View along Juurdeveo, Tallinn, from the Pärnu maantee end in the direction of Tallinn-Väike station.
Footpath/cyclepath in Juurdeveo, Tallinn, in the direction of Pärnu maantee.
View of Tallinn-Väike station at the SE end of Juurdeveo, Tallinn.
#Juurdeveo (Juurdevedu)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kitseküla
Conveyance, transport, supply. Street leads to the Tallinn-Väike station. Many of Estonia’s domestic railway lines, e.g. Tallinn to Viljandi and Pärnu, etc., used to be narrow-gauge.
#Railways #Raudteed
#Engineering #Tehnika
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Käru.
View along Käru, Tallinn, in the direction of god knows where. With buildings named with two other streets, It's hard to be sure of anything...
Building in a street in Tallinn named Käru, but whose address is Saku...
Building in a street in Tallinn named Käru, but whose address is Türi.
#Käru (Käru)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kitseküla
Named after the station on the #Tallinn-Türi #narrow-gauge railway line group (see also #Lelle). Also means barrow or pushcart.
#Railways #Raudteed
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Balti Jaam (0)
Lit. Baltic Station. Not a street, but #Tallinn’s main railway station. Odd… While Estonia borrowed #Vaksal from #Russian which borrowed it from #English #Vauxhall which borrowed it from #AngloNorman la Sale Faukes, (cf. #Vaksali),
#PõhjaTallinn #Kelmiküla
#Railways #Raudteed
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a) rahu [1] i.e. reef, a geographical feature found in more littoral areas, and rahu [2] means quiet, but given its location next to #Raudtee, calling it quiet, calm or tranquil may seem like misleading advertising;
#Geography #Geograafia
#Railways #Raudteed
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5) More realistically: town close to #Tallinn, its brewery and beer, after whose station on the #TallinnTüri narrow-gauge railway line group it was named (see also #Türi).
#Alcohol #Alkohol
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Municipalities #Omavalitsused
#Railways #Raudteed
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#Vee (Vesi)
Water. After the tower supplying trains on the Tallinn-Väike railway line. Water seems to share a rather confusing pool of common ancestors from very far back, with Est. & Finn. vesi and Uralic *weti corresponding to PIE root *wed-,
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Luite
#Railways #Raudteed
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#Valve (Valve)
Watch, lookout, surveillance, duty. Named for the local level-crossing watch. Also, slightly dated woman’s name meaning white, bright or brilliant.
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Kivimäe #Hiiu
#Railways #Raudteed
#Türi (Türi)
Town in #Järvamaa. Street running parallel to the railway track at #TallinnVäike, after the station on the #TallinnTüri narrow-gauge railway group (see also #Hagudi).
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kitseküla
#Railways #Raudteed
#Reisijate (Reisijad [pl.])
Travelers, passengers. Sing. reisija. Street ambling vaguely alongside #BaltiJaam railway lines.
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kalamaja
#Railways #Raudteed
#Rapla (Rapla)
County town of #Raplamaa, 48 km south of #Tallinn. Named after the corresponding station on the Tallinn-Türi narrow-gauge railway line group (see also #Saku).
#Kesklinn #Kitseküla
#Railways #Raudteed
#Käru (Käru)
Named after the station on the #Tallinn-#Türi narrow-gauge railway line group (see also #Lelle). Also means barrow or pushcart.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kitseküla
#Railways #Raudteed
#Kitsarööpa (Kitsarööbas)
Narrow-gauge (see #Kitsas) railway line (see #Roopa). Close to the #TallinnPaldiski line, but perhaps chosen to suggest its use as a narrow-gauge bicycle lane. Street-naming scheduled to replace #Hiiumetsa and #Harkumetsa in 2014.
#Railways #Raudteed
#Tallinn #Estonia
Street previously known as Феллинская ул / Fellin str. / Viljandi due to its location close to the old Felliner Hauptbahnhof or #Viljandi Pea(vaksal): Viljandi (Main) Station, today...
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Railways #Raudteed
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#Roopa (Roobas)
Rail or rut. Here: "railway. Interesting word: while ‘rut’ is the primary meaning, both literally and metaphorically, it is also closely paired with #rööpa:rööbas, ‘rail’ as in trains or trams, and believed to originate from a sense of ‘sticking-out-i-ness’
#Railways #Raudteed
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