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Gentlemen The Russo-Asiatic Bank was liquitated on 26.09.1926 when losing more than £ 5 million in Paris Stock Exchange as a result of risky investments it...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 2, 2009
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2988
Gentlemen Is this Russian creation (similar than the one in Berlin Karlshorst) know to the members, and its activity before transfering the railways in Soviet...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 5, 2009
4:17 am
2989
Gentlemen I have concentrated my efforts mainly to steam locomotives, and paid not so much attention to other forms of traction motive power. But pegarps that...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 5, 2009
5:47 am
2990
Gentlemen This list is not complete, but it gives some kind of picture of electric traction in various places in Manchuria in 1925 -1945. Peharps this...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 6, 2009
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2991
A letter from 3m62uszabi@... (please reply to him, too). ... ... I want to ask you do you know list about old 2M62 in Russia? List about all 2M62 and...
Dmitry Zinoviev
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Apr 9, 2009
10:33 pm
2992
Gentlemen I am keen interested to have more information of the Soviet Occupation Admistration in Korea and the Pjöngjang Railway Bureau which took control of...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 11, 2009
12:21 am
2993
Gentlemen I found this rare document from my archive of the transfer the North Manchuria Railway (ex Chinese Eastern Railway) to South Manchuria Railway Co. ...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 14, 2009
6:47 am
2994
Gentlemen I have been thinking what Martin said in this page previously that Russian railways cannot be compared with Western European ones because of vast...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 15, 2009
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2995
Gentlemen Peharps some Russian members can clear the situation who operates and admistrates at the moment (2009): Thinvali 0 km (South Ossetia) O.p Nikozi 4 km...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 15, 2009
7:03 am
2996
Hello Just to try to clear up the query raised by Jukka Nurminen, with information taken from my book..... "World Rail Atlas vol. 8 - Middle East and Caucasus"...
Neil Robinson
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Apr 15, 2009
9:52 am
2997
Dear all, Thank you for raising the question Jukka, I was wondering too last year, when I planned to visit Georgia. According to the railway gallery, two years...
Theijs van Welij
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Apr 15, 2009
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2998
... I doubt if electrification of this line would be economically justifiable. Remember that the main traffic is freight, so high speed is not such a...
Martin Murray
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Apr 15, 2009
2:19 pm
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Gentlemen Thanks for participating. One can make his own thoughts why the Russians send two Railway Batallions to repair the line in Abhasia in April 2008 all...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 15, 2009
3:28 pm
3000
Martin Murray wrote: There are also many doubts in Draisine articles (two) but it gives somehow overall picture of US dieselization and points out that the...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 15, 2009
4:36 pm
3001
Gentlemen In spring 2000 VIA was offering passenger train service three times a week from Winnipeg to Churchill 1697 km departuring from Winnipeg on Tuesday,...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 16, 2009
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3002
Gentlemen Please find enclosed the station catalogue for Tjumen - Tobolsk River Port - Surgut River Port - Ust-Jagun - Nizhnevartovsk II - Novyj Urengoj -...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 16, 2009
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3003
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen wrote: (long part cut) ... I agree with Jukka on this, but let me put in some more facts to this story. The imported Russian...
Timo Valtonen
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Apr 16, 2009
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3004
Hello folks There are daily trains running in Abkhazia. As far as I know, services are provided by a combination of VL8 electrics hauling worn-out EMU...
Neil Robinson
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Apr 16, 2009
1:38 pm
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Hei Neil Very interesting. It seems that nearly all is now formed ready to (Adler) - Border - O.p. Leselidzje km 3 - Suhumi 103 km to be merged into Russian...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 17, 2009
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Gentlemen Despite all the problems there are people who believe that closer cooperation in local level between St.Petersburg and Helsinki is possile. One such...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 17, 2009
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3007
Hello Just a few facts to add to Jukka's points about the Circassian Riviera line. Your German map dating from 1943 may well show that rails had reached...
Neil Robinson
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Apr 17, 2009
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3008
Gentlemen, Odessa - Poti ferry (or somehwere else at the Georgian coast), should be running, as it's part of the containershuttle 'Viking' between the Baltic ...
Theijs van Welij
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Apr 17, 2009
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3009
Hei again Neil This transliteration from Russian to English language was found dating from 1915. Preserved here at Helsinki. "The lenght of Black Sea Railway...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 17, 2009
12:01 pm
3010
Gentlemen Hei Neil and other interested To make matters little easier please find enclosed the distances taken from 1914 offical timetable and from 1967 - 1969...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 17, 2009
3:56 pm
3011
Gentlemen Rearland in Russia? Yes, there is one area still called with this name but with Russian transliteration of old Komi name. Kerelians called in Pärmi,...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 18, 2009
4:33 am
3012
Gentlemen Just to give an example of the problems and fast needed investments to create new generation electric suburban train service I take Perm with its...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 18, 2009
5:55 am
3013
A subway can also be found in Abkhasia (narrow gauge): http://metro-novyafon.narod.ru/ http://sbchf.narod.ru/12/novyafon.html ...
Martin Purrucker
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Apr 18, 2009
11:54 am
3014
Gentlemen It seems that there is now running somekind of local electrified suburban EMU service running from Oberjata via Perm II and Perm I to Golovanovo....
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 19, 2009
6:46 am
3015
Jukka The lack of co-ordination you cite here is typical of many countries, but of Eastern Europe in particular by the ex-Communist "lack of information"...
Neil Robinson
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Apr 19, 2009
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3016
Neil Thanks for comment. I believe this whole thinking is a remnant from Imperial Russia. By that time these Crown Servants were Herren and Hidalgos. They...
Jukka ja Liisa Nurminen
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Apr 19, 2009
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