180 Years of Russian Steam

See also Harvey's pre show visit to Podmsokovnaya depot.

Harvey Smith writes:

The Celebration of 180 years since the first Russian Steam Locomotive at Shcherbinka from 1st to 3rd August 2014, there is a video of the event on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNhYgN8Rb8Q.

This celebration was organized to celebrate the Cherepanov locomotive, which was Russia's first steam locomotive. An explanation appears here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherepanovs#Railroad 

This is Dmitry Kolesnikov's picture of the star of the show (not quite what it appears to be):

This event was professionally organized and completely free of charge. All it cost was the 140 rubles (less than 3 pounds equivalent) suburban train return ticket for 2 persons from Tsaritsina station in Moscow. Two external temporary viewing platforms were provided. A band and dancers dressed in period costumes performed as different locomotives rolled by. After the parade of locomotives free trips on the Sapsan HST and a retro-train pulled by class L 2057 steam locomotive were provided. Finally, we were able to get nice and close photos of all the locomotives as they were triple and quadruple headed into Shcherbinka station ready for the return trip to Podmsokovnaya Depot in Moscow. We cannot complain it was a superb event.

The locomotives on display were:

L-3348 Permanently plinthed at Shcherbinka but the cab is opened for public access on special occasions as it was for this celebration

O^V-324

E^U-699 74

L-2057

LV-0182

Su 250-64

P36-0120 which was formerly plinthed at Belorusski Voxhall in Moscow.

E^R-797-41

A battery operated replica of the Cherepanov locomotive. It does smoke but you can hear the electric motor.

Also present were:

9P-19489 - pictures of it are included in the pre-show report.

SO18-2018 which was decorated with foliage to depicted the locomotives that brought the Red Army soldiers back from Germany to Belorusski Voxhall at the end of World War 2.

E^R-791-81 which is sectioned with internal internal parts painted to explain the workings of a steam locomotive

Modern traction was represented by the Sapsan High Speed Train:

As a PS, This is Dmitry Kolesnikov's picture of P36-0120 back in March 2013 after being 'recovered' and before being overhauled (apparently at Ilyich which is in the Krasnodar region (around 1000 km from Moscow): It must have been well prepared before being plinthed for 29 years! (See http://www.marklin-users.net/forum/yaf_postst26115_New-life-of-the-famous-steamer.aspx#post393506 for its recovery)

• 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, 9th April and 13th June 2014 (16th June 2014)

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