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Trains and Church

I was interested by the combination of the spiritual atmosphere around the church and heavy earth fumes of the city traffic.  Church and trains supplement each other and make one feeling comfortable in the rough place like railway station.  

I found them here.

Posted by Irina.

Railways

There is not much of railways going through the Moscow center so when you find a piece it's always interesting. Well, not the very heart of the city but close enough.
This photograph was taken in the neighbourhood of Belorusskiy railroad terminal. As you can see, some apartment building are within a stone throw of railways! I always wondered how residents could bear such noise and shake.

Belorussky terminal

First railway station was created here in 1870. In a couple decades traffic became so intense that terminal had to be reconstructed. New building was open for passangers in 1912, and this is the one (with minor chages) we see now.

Belorussky got its name because it serves westward (Belorussia-ward) train lines.

Going out of city

There is always a mistery about railroads. It's like an endless expectation of something exciting to tempt you every time you go by.

Moscow Monorail

Monorail road was open in Moscow just a few years back. There is but one line of about 4,5 km long which connect only 6 stations. The line is located in northen part of the city and is used rather for fun. Although monorail is a part of Moscow metro system, special tickets are need to be bought(for the same price as original metro ones, though). Monorail trains consist of 6 cars and run every 10-15 minutes.

Filling a steam-engine

This is a real steam-engine running on coil and water. I captured it as it was being filled with water (which later would get heated and transformed into steam to operate the engine). There are only few such water-filling systems left in Moscow so engines come to this station nearly daily to get 'watered'.

At last I had good luck so I could catch the steam-engine!
For closer view visit my extension site.

Tracks

A closer view on my extension site.

Steam-engine

No, you're not mistaken - this is a real steam-engine and it 'lives' in Moscow city! I never was so lucky as to see this enigine myself, although heard its siren nearly daily. But thanks to my husband we can have a photo of it now! He took this picture while overpassing the railroad junction on his way to work (that's the place where I photographed the old station house).

Another photo on my extension site.

Station House

I already posted a photo of this station house some weeks back, but today I'd like to present another one, taken on a beautiful sunny day of spring. Everything looks brighter and more cheerful when the sun is ON.

Trains

It's cold but sunny today and hopefully the weather will turn more spring-like shortly. In the meantime, let's take a look at a bunch of freights - I likes their colours.

Locomotive house

There used to be a railroad

My husband took this photo for this blog when he went for his training. This is just a piece of old tracks which were removed as the city was growing. It was turned to a monument and surrounded by high appartment buildings, but there is a sign stating 'Here used to be a railroad'.

Moscow Metro: Dinamo station

One more photo of Moscow metro. This is the platform in Dinamo station.

P.S. Another picture on my extension site.

Trails

Off the Train

Railway Station

When I go out of city to visit my family, I take a train from Kurskiy railway station. This is one of the platforms and a couple of local trains.

Another photo on my extension site.

Old railway station

Railways