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here is currently show of new Russian rolling stock in SPb.

Here is few photos from the show taken by Tolya from Transport in Russia forum.

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maps of upgrading of lines.
SPb - Moscow: 3:55, 200kmph, ER200, 2006
SPb - Moscow: 3:41, 250kmph, RUS 250/330, 2009
SPb - Moscow: perspective (separate HSR line), 330kmph (350kmph), RUS 250/330
SPb - Helsinki: 3:20, Pendolino (but afaik not finally decided), 2009
Moscow - Lower Novgorod: 3:20, 160kmph, RUS 250/330 (dual-system), 2010
Mosocw - Kazan': 10:30, 140kmph, EP10, 2006
Mosocw - Minsk: 7:30, 140kmph, EP10, 2006
Mosocw - Adler (Sochi): 140kmph, EP10, 2008
Mosocw - Kiev: 140kmph, EP10, 2006


common view


Two sectional freight electric (dc) loco 2ES4K
For replacement of old VL10 and VL11.
Designed speed: 120kmph
Hour-long regime: 50kmph
Power of hour-long regime: at least 6200 kWt
full info (in russian)
http://b.foto.radikal.ru/0608/c54554d1dfb7.jpg






Two sectional freight electric (ac) loco 2ES5K with booster section, aka Ermak
Design for using with trains in 6000-6500 tones in Siberia and Far East.
Designed speed: 110kmph
Hour-long regime: 49.9kmph
Power of hour-long regime: 10000 kWt
full info (in russian)
http://b.foto.radikal.ru/0608/1c93d6e87aa7.jpg






Two sectional main line diesel loco 2TE25A, aka Vityaz [Knight]
Designed speed: 120kmph
full info (in russian)
http://foto.radikal.ru/f.aspx?b060868732bd17e68jpg






Two sectional main line diesel loco 2TE25K, aka Peresvet





Shunting diesel loco TEM18DM
Power: 882,3 kWt
full info (in russian)
http://b.foto.radikal.ru/0608/0602c2d1d215.jpg




Passenger electric (ac) loco EP1M
Designed speed: 140kmph
full info (in russian)
http://d.foto.radikal.ru/0608/bfd2962d44fb.jpg







Passenger electric (dual system) loco EP10
Designed speed: 160kmph
full info (in russian)
http://d.foto.radikal.ru/0608/09e5c8bba55e.jpg







Passenger electric (dc) loco EP2K and EP2A
Designed speed: 160kmph
full info (in russian)
http://d.foto.radikal.ru/0608/f27e7830c410.jpg






New ED4 EMU modification - ED4MKM
For suburban expresses and intercity service. May be even usual suburban local train (with different interior of course)
Designed speed: 130kmph (160kmph may be in future)
full info (in russian)
http://d.foto.radikal.ru/0608/acec0d2cc94c.jpg




3rd class

2nd class

1st class


RUS 250/330 (Velaro Rus)
Yet full scale model
will be dual-system and dc versions
Original designed speed: 250kmph
full info (in russian)
http://d.foto.radikal.ru/0608/31e871a528f3.jpg





 
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#1,863 ·
NordikNerd said:
I have seen this Moscow-Paris train on the departure display in Cologne, but it's only one waggon from RZD in a longer international train, probably this waggon is a part of the Moscow-Berlin train and then attached to the Berlin-Paris train.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/75512792@N06/7844457982/

A photo I took in Kanash 1999, a stop on my way to Nizhnij Novgorod (I think)

Are these locos still in service ?
Most of VL60 are allready retired.
 
#1,872 ·
Modernization of Sakhalin Railway

Sakhalin Railway was built during Japanese occupation of the southern half of Sakhalin Island in 1905-1945. That's why it have usual Japanese railway gauge of 1067 mm.

After the Second World War, control of the whole of the island passed to the Soviet Union, including the island's complete rail network and rolling stock. Before 2000s, there were used Japanese wagons. Wagons from the Soviet railways were re-gauged for use on the island. The locomotive factory in Lyudinovo, Kaluga Region produced diesel locomotives of the models TG16 and TG21 specifically for use on the island's narrow gauge network.

The Soviet era saw the network extended into the north of the island, with a total extent in 1992 of 1072 km. By 2006, little-used sections such as Dachnoye-Aniva and Dolinsk-Starodubskoye had been closed, but the network still had a total length of 805 km.

A Japanese D51 steam locomotive (serial production in 1936-1951) outside the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Railway Station:

Wikipedia
 
#1,873 ·
Re-gauging and potential connection to the mainland

The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin planned to construct a tunnel between Sakhalin Island and the Russian mainland, which would have linked Sakhalin to the rest of the Soviet rail network. The project was begun using forced labour between 1950 and 1953, but was cancelled after Stalin's death.

Since 1973, a train ferry has connected Vanino (on the mainland near Sovetskaya Gavan, Khabarovsk Region) with the town of Kholmsk on Sakhalin.

There have been some calls from politicians to revive the concept of building a bridge or tunnel between Sakhalin and the mainland, although there have been concerns that the costs of the project would outweigh the benefits. However, Russian President Dimitry Medvedev announced his support for the project in November 2008, suggesting the link could be completed by 2030.

Since 2003, in order to allow regular Russian trains to run on the island, the island's rail network is currently being converted to Russian broad gauge. At that moment, more than 50% of railway was converted to 1520-mm gauge.

The project of railway bridge to Sakhalin Island:



Re-gauging of Sakhalin Railway:




 
#1,874 · (Edited)
Since 2003, in order to allow regular Russian trains to run on the island, the island's rail network is currently being converted to Russian broad gauge. At that moment, more than 50% of railway was converted to 1520-mm gauge.
What was the Sakhalin's gauge? 1435 mm?

P.S. Never mind, I had to use Wikipedia first :) It was 1067 mm - old Japanese standard.
 
#1,876 ·
December 25, 2012. The opening of the new Kuznetsovsky Tunnel on the Baikal Amur Mainline.

Kuznetsovsky Tunnel is a railroad tunnel on the Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM), on the Sikhote-Alin mountain range in Khabarovsk Region, Russia. The tunnel, as well as the Kuznetsovsky Pass it provides access to, and a nearby railway station, are all named after Arseny Kuznetsov (190?-1943), a construction engineer who found the suitable location for the railroad, but died during the construction of the tunnel.

The old tunnel was built during World War II and completed by 1945. It is 413 metres (1355 ft) long. Currently another tunnel was constructed nearby; with a length of 3890 metres (12762 ft) this new Kuznetsovsky Tunnel is a one of the longest in Russia.

The construction of the new tunnel will lead to a significant increase in freight traffic on the Eastern Baikal Amur Mainline, which connects Komsomolsk-on-Amur with the sea ports of Vanino and Sovetskaya Gavan in Khabarovsk Region. There is expected a growth from 12 million tons in 2009 to 24 million by 2015. The total cost of the project is 59.8 billion rubles (~ 2 billion USD). It was opened on December 25, 2012.













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#1,886 ·
Is it Siemens or Russian made? What is the factory name of this train?
It's Siemens made (in Krefeld, Germany). In mid-2013 it is planned to start production of the second batch of 16 trains in a joint venture Siemens and Russian group "Yekaterinburg" - plant "Ural Locomotives" in the Sverdlovsk Region. The degree of localization of these trains will be up to 20 percent. Total planned 54 units. After the "Ural Locomotives" will take up the order for 1,200 cars for the "swallow birds", which made ​​the Railways in September 2011. Localization of production at this stage, to be increased to 80 percent. Siemens also has an order for maintenance of rolling stock for a period of 40 years. The contracts with the German Railways is estimated at 2.5 billion euros.
 
#1,901 ·
This map is the most detailed available in public: http://parovoz.com/maps/supermap/supermap.png
Includes all CIS countries. No English version though.
Pink are lines U/C or proposed. Brown are abandoned.
Light-colored are freight lines without passenger traffic; color tells electrification type: n/a, 25kV AC, 3kV DC.
Twin line is double track; stair-like is single track with continous double-track insertions. Thin line is narrow gauge.
 
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