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Soviet steam in Москва

Podmoskovnaya Depot is the ramshackle maintenance facility for steam locos in inner Moscow. We were taken there from Moscow's Richskaya station on a Saturday morning trip run by http://www.retropoezd.ru who seemed borderline perplexed to have some British cranks aboard though they were very hospitable and gave us free tea and a fridge magnet! Was a very good do though this would have been sensational http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/russia39.htm
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  • August coming to a close and the weather turned.  The Russian steam locomotive class "L" (type 2-10-0) was a  post Second World War build. Between 1947 and 1955 4200 of them were churned out  The station is also home to Moscow's railway museum (all out door). The station has few long distance trains but is the station for the overnight services to and from Riga (the train we arrived in Moscow on a few days earlier)

    August coming to a close and the weather turned. The Russian steam locomotive class "L" (type 2-10-0) was a post Second World War build. Between 1947 and 1955 4200 of them were churned out The station is also home to Moscow's railway museum (all out door). The station has few long distance trains but is the station for the overnight services to and from Riga (the train we arrived in Moscow on a few days earlier)

  • Station sign at  Krasni Baltiets Station which is next to the Depot. I'm assuming this sign means don't lose your children!

    Station sign at Krasni Baltiets Station which is next to the Depot. I'm assuming this sign means don't lose your children!

  • The trainload of mostly family groups crossed over the footbridge to the depot

    The trainload of mostly family groups crossed over the footbridge to the depot

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  • You don't know how lucky you are boys. Socialist realist posters still displayed on the walls. Whole place looks little changed since the 1950s

    You don't know how lucky you are boys. Socialist realist posters still displayed on the walls. Whole place looks little changed since the 1950s

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  • Felt very intrepid but this is hardcore: <a href="http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/russia27.htm">http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/russia27.htm</a> <br />
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And here's the first ever Ministry of Sound Russian narrow gauge industrial chill out video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Kisvsaut">http://www.youtube.com/user/Kisvsaut</a>

    Felt very intrepid but this is hardcore: http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/russia27.htm

    And here's the first ever Ministry of Sound Russian narrow gauge industrial chill out video http://www.youtube.com/user/Kisvsaut

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  • Loco running round in the yard as the tour party heads back across the footbridge to the station

    Loco running round in the yard as the tour party heads back across the footbridge to the station

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  • Loco putting on a good show as it heads out of Moscow Richskaya station after the stock had been taken out by a diesel.

    Loco putting on a good show as it heads out of Moscow Richskaya station after the stock had been taken out by a diesel.

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