[markus_GE]

Thanks for the confirmation. After all, I seem to be getting to grip with cyrillic letters ;)

Cheers, Markus

[ebnertra000]

markus_GE, on 12 January 2021 - 02:25 PM, said:

Thanks for the confirmation. After all, I seem to be getting to grip with cyrillic letters ;)

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

[Weter]

Yes, there are 14 (or8?) variants, how to pronounce "k" sound, for example, in Dagestan.

[markus_GE]

ebnertra000, on 12 January 2021 - 05:58 PM, said:

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. [...]

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

[Weter]

Chapter 2
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.

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Chapter 3
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

[Weter]

motor1 style
21.04.91 1:35
Поезд 3601: 42 вагона; 168 осей; 3123,6т
ТЧМ Архиов ТЧМП Кяхерь
Маршрут Кузнечное-Элисенваара

the end of electrification

Suburban trains pool

EMU sleeping

Good old Luganka

Full throttle

Yezha grass

[Snowlep337]

I love these Eastern Europe/ Russian maps. The scenery is wonderful and you can get some amazing screenshots!

[Weter]

Trying my best for ET community.
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.

[Weter]

Train 250 test-run
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!

hell'ul'a station

Sortavala


Arrive to Elisenvaara

Shunting operations

Leaving Hiitola

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Train 646 test run
tonight we'll travel with Sortavala-to Leningrad passenger train №646

Sortavala station building is typical for mid 1980-th beige/terracote bricks architecture.

There is only one passenger platform

Touristic train to Ruskeala

lead by Hungarian-built Э-series 5-axle cargo steamer.

Our train is lead by M62 2000 hp DC light diesel-electric locomotive.

Get in the carriage

Conductor's vestibule

Boiler for tea-water and carriage's electric-systems control stand.

6-seat (shelf) compartments.

It's time to depart.


Tuoksalahti
Kuokkaniemi
Niiva
Huhojamaki
Yakkimaa
Ihala
Akkaharju
199km
Elisenvaara
Hiitola

[conductorchris]

Love the attention to the interior!

[rickloader]

Yes, the interiors are beautifully modelled. Also the night textures are clever, considering there are no real light sources
Rick

[Weter]

Tobay I have marked-up timings for train 656, Petrozavodsk-Leningrad.
Departure time is 5:26 preliminary.

Let's see the trainset:

It is lead by ТЭП60-1078,

First native-passenger service diesel loconotive of the USSR, built since 1960.

Bogies with soft suspension allow the speeds up to 160kmh.

Then, Mail and Luggage cars follow:

Mail carriage has an interior:


Carriages of 2 and 3 class with two types of bogeys:

German-buipt coupe carriage Ammen-Dorf:

It has 9 closed compatrments. Bed cloths are in packs:

Have a tea? May I check Your ticket, please?

Train chief's carriage: there is radio-cabine, Chief's office and electro-mechanitian's shop there.

Three last cars will be detached during journey:
- this latter will go to Lodeynoye Pole with mixed freight-passenger train at Janisjarvi;
- other two are familiar to us already: they will stay at Elisenvaara, waiting for opposite train 249 for taking them back; then they will be recoupled to train 679 at Suojarrvi I, and finally, brought to Petrozavodsk with that train.

Let's finally board the locomotive and see it's model details from inside.


Rear cab and engine room:

Finally, it's time to depart:

Leaving Petrozavodsk-Passenger station

Scenery and trackwork are simplified here...

Bridge, carried by armed-concrete beams.

Actually, there are three tracks there.

Leningrad-Murmansk Mainline of the October Railroad.

Petrozavodsk-Freight station. There are car repair works and locomotive depot there


Tomitsy is an entrance station before Petrozavodsk for trains fron Murmansk and Suojarrvi


As permission to cross opposite direction track granted, the train diverges from the mainline


Here electrification ends: see black sign above - End of katenary


Line towards Suojarvi begins


Chalna station


Climbing uphill

Karelian taiga


Two yellows mean: arrive to siding (diverged), exit signal is closed (red)

Meeting train Kostomuksha-Petrozavodsk


Small swamp lake

Mysterious scenic place

Villa-hill station

Kutizhma (abandoned)

S'anga station

Sand dune


Imat lake


New Sands station

real video of Hauttavaara place (20MB)

[Weter]

local train (fictious)

Departure fron New Sands towards Petrozavodsk at 5:20

Consist is Czecho-Slovakian built Motorcar with trailers.


Imat-Lake

Advance signal

Essoylla

Fixed *.env-files! (almost all)