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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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, 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...
Identified Podolsk locomotives include 3 in Finland (two users), some in Carelia (Ala-Syväri line, Onega factory, Kontupohja factory), some in Perm Oblast and...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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Found on ukranews.com: The Kyivpastrans municipal enterprise has invited a tender for reconstruction of the funicular. The enterprise made this statement, a...
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. ...
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...
...I suggest Russia use its present railway renewal programme to rethink its former decision to choose the 1520 mm gauge. Basically all neighbouring countries...
... 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,...
... 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, 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...