Steam & Excursion > 19 years ago in the Ukraina

Two SO's (2-10-0) pull a mixed train in snow over the frozen Dnestr River in February
1994.

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Nifty. Thanks for sharing.

Interesting. Sure looks cold! Thanks.

JBWX

Great shot! Thanks for sharing.

Heres another from the same country....10 years later. This time in the Carpathian mountains. A Dezereho photo charter.

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Nah, Haruo. It can't be that long can it? Really?

"The season's spinning round again, the years keep rollin' by."
Harry Chapin, All My Life's a Circle 1972

Lovely shot!

Cheers,
Jack

Yes that was a Dezereho charter, organized by Dave Goodheart as this on February 25, 1994.

You have a beautiful shot of what looks like an SU.

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Haruo, you have certainly got around the world in this hobby of ours. Very nice, and it looks SO cold.

Hi nycman
It was in 1979 when I was going back to Japan by Trans-Siberian that I saw a green steam engine at the front end of the train on the seventh day. It was a P36(4-8-4) in regular service. But I was out of film being at the end of a long trip and had no idea film was so scarce in the USSR. So I had to go back and get a shot. Haruo

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Some really intersting shots, and I'm sure there are some great stories from these trips.

From somebody who was never fortunate enough to see these scenes, I appreciate te chance to share in your hard work: thanks for posting.

Cheers,
Karl

In 2004 there was a 10th anniversary trip with many of the 1994 participants on board. Scene here is on the Rachov line near Zimir on Feb 28, 2004.


cp1400

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These are wonderful scenes that most of us have never viewed before. Thanks, and please post more!

Steve Mitchell
http://www.yardgoatimages.com

Ken, wish I had been around for that trip in 2004, but I'm glad you nabbed som shots, perhas you have a few more you can post?

Cheers,
Karl

My apologies to Bruce. I have never seen a Ye(2-10-0). Thank you to CP1400 for a beautiful shot in the sun. Is the 2nd engine an Em (0-10-0)?

Now I remember the station where I saw a P36 in regular service. It is Yerofei Pavlovich on page 2 of the time table, 7119 km and 7 hours from Moscow. The train #2 I was on was scheduled to stop 11:28-11:38 am (Moscow time) but the sun was about to set locally. I hurried back to my coach with a bottle of fresh goat milk (must be fresh, she said "bah' tied to a leg of the sales lady's table) and a newspaper cone of what looked like blueberries (but terribly SOUR) and waited for a long lonesome departure whistle to echo and reecho over the vast Siberian Taiga forests. The green giant on the point, however, sounded like having a stomach trouble. There was a gassy toot on an air-horn.

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africansteam Wrote:
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> Nah, Haruo. It can't be that long can it? Really?
>
> "The season's spinning round again, the years
> keep rollin' by."
> Harry Chapin, All My Life's a Circle 1972
>
> Lovely shot!
>
> Cheers,
> Jack

I was thinking the same thing. Oh well, I still act twelve. See you in Stockton.

Heres another one of double headed P36's from an earlier trip in 2002 with Derick Phillips using the same train.

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Thank you for the beautiful shot of double heading P36. What are their numbers?

My apologies. I wrote, "It is Yerofei Pavlovich on page 2 of the time table, 7119 km and 7 hours from Moscow." It should be 7 time zones from Moscow.