Farewell to Podmoskovnaya Depot, October 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.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Harvey publicly for his efforts to record and promote Russian steam during his stay in Moscow and wish him all the best for his new venture.

Harvey recommends the following page for a later update on the depot - http://travel.central-ppk.ru/recomends_details.php?page=1039 (Link dead by May 2023) (31st May 2018)

Harvey Smith made a farewell visit to Podmoskovnaya Depot in Moscow on 23rd October 2014, this is what he found.

They were doing some reconstruction works. Track work was in progress and a new small station building and platform have been constructed.

Crane 429 was at work helping with trackwork

P36-0120 was stationary but in steam

LV-0283 in steam

E^R-797-41 in steam

LV-0283, TE-3182, E^R-797-41 all 3 coupled and were in motion shunting TE-3182 in the centre of the train.

TE-3182 awaiting restoration

L-5231 in dilapidated condition

L-2344 outside the works / roundhouse with the tenders (only) of LV-0182, LV-0522 and L-2331

• 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)

• 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)

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