Suojarvi route New year gift by Александр Александров a.k.a. ak_130
#11
Posted 12 January 2021 - 02:25 PM
Cheers, Markus
#12
Posted 12 January 2021 - 05:58 PM
markus_GE, on 12 January 2021 - 02:25 PM, said:
Cheers, Markus
It's not as hard as it looks. My language skills aren't all that, but I can read Cyrillic almost as well as Latin script. Following song lyrics, as I did a lot of, helps a lot in that regard, since it makes you think fast. The other languages can get a bit interesting, especially the minority languages in Russia. Most aren't too tough to figure out, but many of the languages spoken in the Caucasus...they scare me
#13
Posted 12 January 2021 - 06:34 PM
#14
Posted 13 January 2021 - 03:19 PM
ebnertra000, on 12 January 2021 - 05:58 PM, said:
Sure it ain't, but it takes some getting used to. And I've been learning for like three months only, plus we're also learning to read (and write, of course) handwriting, which adds to the efforts necessary, so ... gonna need some more practice before I can follow song lyrics at original speed. But I'm getting there http://www.elvastower.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif
Cheers, Markus
#15
Posted 23 January 2021 - 03:12 AM
Hiitola-Elisenvaara at summertime
6451 DMU's departure from Hiitola to the North.
3605 northbound freight from Leningrad...
lead by 2x3060hp AC/DC 2ТЭ116 early series.
Leaving Hiitola station
crossing river
Crossing at 176km...
The track profile is broken here.
Kuoksjärvi Small scenic lake...
Mustola the house of MOW guard was here.
Alho former station-the siding was dismantled at late 1990-th.
Quarry-operating ТЭМ2
Gift for Travis ;)
Local trains: #6451 from Kuznechnoe...
and #6020 to Vybog
Titto. Downhill helps to gain speed before long uphill.
192km stop
Here MOV master's Zaytsev family live, so some of conductors announce this stop as "Zaytsevo"
MOW team's temporary signs stroage.
Captain Hruck...
walking there and back among bushes.
Elisenvaara station had the main line to the West (S'uv'aoro station) - thru Finnish border, but it has been dismantled at 1980-th.
The Southern entrance to station, which holds 13 tracks (actually-more)
Author made wrong platforms layout, so passenger operations are unavailable now.
So it was corrected.
Note, that switches are still manual there.
South-end switchman's cabin
The station is intended for freight trains re-forming operations as well.
There is a turnaround depot too (not modelled)
The station building was moved here from Alho, because of fire, as that station was closed.
Train 249 to, and 250 - from Kostomuksha.
6020 local train is preparing to her first morning journey to Vyborg.
The first morning DMU #6452 Elisenvaara-Kuznechnoe.
Reserved TEP70 at her way back.
Did someone said "tracksection is available"?
MOW train
The switcher on duty
6451 is about to continue her journey towards Sortavala.
#16
Posted 23 January 2021 - 08:04 AM
Elisenvaara-Sortavala at summertime
Freight northbound train 3003 departs from Elisenvaara
Passing entrance signal, tracks go downhill...
But soon profile breaks to long uphill. Former Mikrilää stop.
199km (Valimäki) platform
Akkaharju stop
Heavy uphill is finally passed.
Hörpönselkä former junction
Route goes off the forest
and climbs to hill, where Ihala village is
Ihala former station
Jakkimää station
former depot
Northern style
Huhojamäki
Niiva
Northern style again
Ristilahti
Kuokkaniemi
Hamo
Rankjarvi More significant rocks
Tuoksalahti
Sortavala
#17
Posted 03 April 2021 - 07:39 PM
#18
Posted 06 April 2021 - 11:25 AM
#19
Posted 06 April 2021 - 11:43 AM
Thank a lot for good mark of mine efforts.
Note, that I've explored only the south quarter of the route now (100km of 450)
Stay online and let's explore it together.
I've travelled along about a half of the route one time and seen much more impressive scenery there.
In time, I'll show it here too, but I must establish complete traffic there first.
You can see screenshots from Savelovo route now.
Thanks to John Harvey's photography composition tutorials.
Welcome to ET.
#20
Posted 17 April 2021 - 03:13 PM
Leaving Suojarvi at dawn
The Sunrise
Lepp'as'urja quarry station
Alattu stop
Yanisjarvi (hare's lake) station
Matkasel'ka station
Cross-boarding with automotrice to V'artsl'a
Cutting thru granite monolyth
R'utt'u former station - amazing scenery!
heck'ul'a station
Arrive to Elisenvaara
Shunting operations
Leaving Hiitola