There is a tradition in Russia to launch victory steam trains on the day of victory in World War II. In this year such trains have traveled throughout the all vast Russia. This retro train (on th... (more)

"Victory Train"

Steam locomotive L-2057 with commuter train Yaroslavl-Rybinsk, Molot - Tenino stage

Rare USSR steam engine "SO" (Sergo Ordzhonikidze) makes shunting operations at the Moscow-Rizhskaya station during a snowy February evening...

LV-0182 steamer on a frosty winter day runs with a tourist train

"Like a rockstar" Steam locomotive P36 (4-8-4) with a tourist train from Ivanovo arrives to Shuya station on the eve of Orthodox Christmas...

Sunrise Switching

There are few things that are more impressive to a railfan than seeing steam working in non-tourist revenue service. Due to the borders still being c... (more)

The class LV locomotive was designed as a successor to the class L 2-10-0, which had been a successful design developed during World War II. However, by the late 1940s some drawbacks to the design... (more)

Steam locomotives P36 with a tourist train from Moscow to Kostroma are ready to start in the midnight from Aleksandrov station...

Christmas Night

Soviet-built 4-8-4 P36-0147 is met by festive crowds as it arrives in the small town of Shuya with a 3-car holiday special on January 7, the night of Ru... (more)

2TE10U-0220 with tanks from Mažeikiai oil refinery arriving at Venta station

Was build in 1907, restored in 2019.