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2725
I wonder if any in the fraternity (oops, I mean sorority as well), could tell me if there is a finished line from Amursk in Khabarovsk obl. northeast towards...
kanda74
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Aug 5, 2008
3:21 pm
2726
... It is. The line has never been completed....
Dmitry Zinoviev
parovozis
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Aug 5, 2008
3:28 pm
2727
Sorry if this is off topic, I've been trying to find a manufacturer of Russian steam locomotives in HO scale, if possible something similar to the Polish 0L49...
craigoliphant
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Aug 6, 2008
3:34 pm
2728
Michael, Look here; http://tram.org.ua/siemens/ regards, Marcel...
Marcel en Inna
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Aug 6, 2008
8:25 pm
2729
Hello everybody, I can confirm that train 862 / 962 has been suspended. Train 860 leaving Cierna nad Tisou departing at 22:34 has beside the UZ and RZD...
Theijs van Welij
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Aug 10, 2008
8:32 pm
2730
I'm trying to find more information and especially a builder's list for Podol'sk. Among its products were 665 x 750mm gauge locomotives of the 159 series (as...
Eddie_Barnes
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Aug 11, 2008
9:15 pm
2731
I think you'll be very lucky to find a builder's list. I don't know of them building anything else; according to Moskalev they started building 159s in 1933...
Martin Murray
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Aug 12, 2008
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2732
Thanks Martin, I had checked Moskalev ("1938" was a mis-type on my part, should be "1933"), and was also wondering whether the was a link between builder's...
Eddie_Barnes
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Aug 12, 2008
3:32 pm
2733
... Podolsk is a town in Moscow region. I have the following information about Podolsk steamers (by their running numbers): 007 Kovrov Rly (P????/1933) 008...
Dmitry Zinoviev
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Aug 12, 2008
3:39 pm
2734
The Russian company Zio Podolsk, maker of electrical equipment, says on a website that it began in 1919 as a workshop "repairing locomotives"Perhaps there's a...
kanda74
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Aug 13, 2008
1:05 pm
2735
Gentlemen: I am curious as to why Rakov apparently did not mention the "Little Joe" locomotives in his books. I say apparently, because if he did I have not...
Doug Cummings
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Aug 17, 2008
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2736
Does anyone know anyone with stocks of these locos motorised and complete? I see that Modelena have incomplete and unmotorised locos as well as the 4-wheel...
Kenneth Clark
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Aug 21, 2008
3:24 pm
2737
... To the best of my knowledge, no Little Joes ever reached Russia, did they?...
Dmitry Zinoviev
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Aug 21, 2008
3:40 pm
2738
kenneth, Look at www.modelldepo.ru Don't overestimate the drive of this loco. They also sell replacement drive assembly's for them, but for this I would advise...
Marcel en Inna
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Aug 21, 2008
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2739
Identified Podolsk locomotives include 3 in Finland (two users), some in Carelia (Ala-Syväri line, Onega factory, Kontupohja factory), some in Perm Oblast and...
Eljas Pölhö
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Aug 21, 2008
5:28 pm
2740
Dear all, The National Railroad Company of Moldova (CFM) has announced it is opening regular operation of the new Cahul-Giurgiulesti railroad from this August ...
Theijs van Welij
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Aug 21, 2008
11:30 pm
2741
They were built, but not shipped. They were all resold to other railroads. But they are a part of Russian railroad history. Some of them had Russian lettering...
Doug Cummings
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Aug 22, 2008
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2742
Further to this subject: I forgot to add that the following 159s in Estonia were also made by Podol: This list comes from "The Narrow Gauge Steam Locomotives...
Eljas Pölhö
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Aug 22, 2008
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2743
... That's correct. But Rakov described only those locomotives that had actually worked in the USSR....
Dmitry Zinoviev
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Aug 22, 2008
6:25 pm
2744
Then that explains why they are not mentioned in the Rakov books. I never did check but are the so-called Russian Decapods that never made it to Russia omitted...
Doug Cummings
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Aug 22, 2008
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2745
... Correct. Speaking of LJs, there was a nice article about them in GE Headlights in 1967 written by J.Boyer. A Russian translation of that article has been...
Dmitry Zinoviev
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Aug 24, 2008
4:01 pm
2746
Sorry for late reply. ... In official timetable issued by UZ for their internal needs, these trains, 8862/8863, are listed as "optional", run by instructions...
Serguei Trouchelle
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Aug 30, 2008
12:47 am
2747
... If anyone on the 5-feet group feels able to assist, please contact the original poster. TIA. -- Neil Worthington, Urmston, UK =============================...
Neil Worthington
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2748
Found on ukranews.com: The Kyivpastrans municipal enterprise has invited a tender for reconstruction of the funicular. The enterprise made this statement, a...
Marcel en Inna
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Sep 10, 2008
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2749
In "Russian Steam Engines" Le Fleming talks about Russian industrial concerns have a range of 0-4-0 and 0-6-0 locomotives seoparate from the State Railways. ...
Kenneth Clark
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Sep 12, 2008
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2750
I've been trying to get to grips with the markings of Tsarist era wagons, especially the ubiquitous 4-wheel central door wagon. I've managed to uncover quite...
Kenneth Clark
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Sep 16, 2008
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2751
...I suggest Russia use its present railway renewal programme to rethink its former decision to choose the 1520 mm gauge. Basically all neighbouring countries...
Michael Laudahn
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Sep 16, 2008
6:30 pm
2752
... False. Your Eastern neighbor, Finland, as small as it is, is very comfortable with the 5' gauge. Having more combined tracklength than the European Union,...
Dmitry Zinoviev
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Sep 16, 2008
6:34 pm
2753
... Try and open your mind, will you? I understand that, when you sit in Russia and look around, you will feel that you are right and everybody else wrong...
Michael Laudahn
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Sep 16, 2008
7:47 pm
2754
Michael, Perhaps I shall start my letter by warning you that you tone sounds offensive and that your membership may be terminated if you do not mind what you...
Dmitry Zinoviev
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Sep 16, 2008
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