... If anyone on the 5-feet group feels able to assist, please contact the original poster. TIA. -- Neil Worthington, Urmston, UK =============================...
Neil Worthington
neil.worthington@...
Sep 8, 2008 10:05 pm
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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...
... Are you trying to intimidate me, Dmitry? I say whatever I say, in the way that appears appropriate to me. This is the western way, apparently known to you...
... Are you trying to intimidate me, Dmitry? I say whatever I say, in the way that appears appropriate to me. This is the western way, apparently known to you...
Hello! First of all, I 100% agree with Dmitry, although I live in Russia. ... sounds ... the ... that ... my ... sound ... Well, the way you tell your ideas to...
2008/9/16 Michael Laudahn laudahn2002@... ... As west European, I don't fee comfortable with this rather offensive language AND tone. The way spoken by...
Hello All, I am in Australia and I know all about the problems caused by differing gauges. I don't really think India could be described as a developing or...
Peter Draper
pdr18517@...
Sep 17, 2008 12:02 am
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European Railway Agency (ERA) have carried study on 1520/1524 mm in EU and came to conclusion that this is another rail system, which should be dealt in EU...
People might like to know that in a forthcoming issue of Today's Railways there is to be a short article on Broad Gauge to Wien (Vienna) Brian Garvin...
... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Iro ore from a new mine http://www.northlandresourcesinc.com/s/Home.asp will at first be...
The track track conversion train that makes thousands of kilometres in a couple of days I would very much like to see ! Bullheaded in terms of rail can only...
Michael.Daut@...
Sep 17, 2008 1:46 pm
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Sorry, should read sleepers with four positions for rail in this all so theoretical case. For three the difference is too small. Sets of concrete sleepers for...
Michael.Daut@...
Sep 17, 2008 1:55 pm
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Jukka has some problems with his computer, so I send his message this time: E.P. By the time when USA entered into Civil War there were some 6ft, 5ft and 4ft 8...
Grand Trunk was not 5-foot gauge. They were 5-foot 6-inch, as were a great many railroads in that part of the country at that time. I think the list of North...
Yes, but only in one part of the country and the amount of .610 miles was very small. I listed only three as they were the only ones to exist with any ...
Another comment from Jukka. E.P. Hei Janis Finland was The Grand Duchy of Finland and part of the Russian Empire when first railway lines were built here. Thus...
Dimitri Haa my computer works at last in quite unusual way. Also the copymachine, so at last you will have the copies of the book I promised long time ago. As...
BTW, that Michael Laudahn turned out to be a well known Internet troll. Try googling his name... And he was bold enough to write a letter to the President (!)...
It is good to discuss of the matter in these pages. The development of the European railway network to the current situation has a long historical roots in the...
At first small correction. The section Stolpce - Negorloje section (according to 1914 statistic) is 25 versts ie. 26.675 km. According to my map the...