Podmoskovnaya Depot, Moscow, 9th April and 13th June 2014

Harvey Smith was based in and around Moscow off and on from 1997 to 2014 and has now moved to St. Petersburg. Apart from this report he has also posted information on other attractions in Moscow and the rest of Russia, there are links at the bottom of the page.

Harvey Smith writes about his latest visits to Podmoskovnaya Depot, Moscow on 9th April and 13th June 2014, for his earlier visits which include more access information please use the 2010 - 2013 link above.

At 20.00 I saw:

Steam locomotives

• L-3653 clearly being made ready for a morning run.

• L-5248 - Operable
• L-2344 - Operable
• L-2331 - Operable and being used for a film set. It had a coach attached which had undergone cosmetic restoration

• L-5231 - Out on the tracks and in Barry condition

• LV-0522 - Out on the tracks and in Barry condition with shrubs

• LV-0182 - under repair

• TE-3162 - No nearer being repaired.

Other power:

• Crane 429 - this appears to be the works crane

• Crane 664 out on the tracks and part of a works train

• TGK2-8551. This is a diesel shunter used by the works for moving locos. It dates from 1960 and is a museum piece in its own right.

Present at the depot on 9th April 2014::

Steam locomotives

• LV-0283 in steam
• LV-0182 tender only
• L-5248 in reasonable condition
• TE-3162 awaiting restoration
• L-5231 awaiting restoration
• LV-522 awaiting restoration
• E^M-728 65 awaiting restoration. This was once a bar at a Dacha outside St.Petersburg.. It is painted Green with flat top of steam and smoke dome

Rolling Stock

• 3 1930s coaches painted green - unrestored
• 1 1930s kitchen car painted blue- unrestored
• 1930s/40s van

Other News:

A new coal bunker has been constructed and is full of coal.

• The Richskaya (Moscow) Railway Museum

• The Museum of Lenin’s Funeral Train, Moscow (as was)

• Museum of the Moscow Railway at Paveletsky Station (Museum of Lenin's funeral train after renovation, 12th February 2012)

• Victory Park

• A Moscow Miscellany Part 1 (updated 1st August 2012)

• A Moscow Miscellany Part 2 (updated 12th August 2012)

• A Russian Steam Miscellany (updated 8th October 2014)

• Moscow Retro (Steam) Train 2010/11 (updated 24th September 2012)

• Podmoskovnaya Depot, Moscow 2010-2013 (updated 24th June 2013)

• The Kratovo Children’s Railway (13th June 2012)

• Kazanski Station and the Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express (24th September 2012)

• Kievski Station Locomotive Depot (1st August 2012)

• Serp and Molot Factory Steam Locomotive P24-7 (updated 22nd January 2017)

• Shcherbinka Depot and Test Track (12th August 2012)

• 175 Years of Russian Railways at Shcherbinka Depot and Test Track (12th September 2012)

• The Moscow Polytechnical Museum, 2012 (18th September 2012)

• Leningradski and Yaroslavski Stations, Moscow (3rd January 2013)

• Moscow Retro Steam Trip to the Space Village / Star City (13th March 2013)

• The Technical Museum Vadima Zadorojnogo, Moscow (updated 18th March 2018)

• Podmoskovnaya Depot, Moscow, August 2013 (6th September 2013)

• Podmoskovnaya Depot, Moscow, July/August 2014 (11th August 2014)

• 180 years of Russian Steam (10th August 2014)

• Surviving Portable Engines in the former Soviet Union (14th August 2014)

• P36 120 formerly at Belorusski Voxhall / Railway Station (29th August 2014)

• Farewell to Podmoskovnaya Depot, October 2014 (updated 31st May 2018)

• VE Day in Moscow, 2015 (and 2017) (11th May 2017)