Russian trains

[dlund]

 

Until about 15 years ago my father-in-law was an engineer in Russia. I'd like to see some pictures of the locomotive(s) he worked on, but I'm not sure where to find them.

Are Russian locomotives uniquely numbered like the U.S. (and presumably other countries) locomotives? Are there any good websites that show Russian trains?

Thanks.

dl

[DSchmitt]

 

This site has a lot of photos and info on Russian railroads (some of it is even in English)

http://parovoz.com/rrr/index.php?CAT=PICT&LANG=EN&ORDERBY=3

This site has pictures of trains from Europe, the middle east and Asia.

http://www.railfaneurope.net/frameset.html

 

 

[vsmith]

I doubt if he'd ever heard about the Big Joe

I found some great sites researching the Ruskie P-36 and the MASSIVE 4-14-4 model AA-20

I'll have to search and see if I still have the links.

[dlund]

Thanks for the responses.  This is all kind of new to me and I appreciate any help.

[Walter Clot]

I had the opportunity to ride Russian trains in 1999-2001.  They were all old, but they ran on time!  If they were scheduled to leave at 11:02, you better have both feet on the train at that time!  I tried to buy some models (HO) there, but wasn't able to find the people who were selling them or the models were just overpriced AHM or Life Like that I already had.  I still want to letter a box car in Russian, just for the novelty.  I have a few Mexican cars.

I do have some pictures, but they aren't very good as they were usually taken from a moving car.

Walter in Columbia, TN

[alexweiihman]

I THINK THERE WAS A BOOK IN ENGLISH ABOUT THE RAILWAYS OF RUSSIA.