Whole last week I spend in Chelyabinsk city on business. There was forum of workers from 4 Operation Departments, branches of JSC "Russian Railways".


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Today there were performed work on replacement the point at our station. I was observing the process with a station master from the beginning to the end. As a member of Traffic Control Management I was allowed to do one's bit. For the first time in my life I locked the switch by myself and turn off power in the electric drive in derailing point for ( Read more... )

Respectable handshake

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23th of May on th stage Kuvandyk - Mednogorsk Orsk region of South-Ural Railway One truck driver had passed prohibiting signals, ignored a lowering barrier and tried to cross railways in front of an oncoming passenger train. As a result of the crash, there were derailed the main locomotive and two first wagons. Fortunately, it was a post-lagguage ( Read more... )

I have not been sleeping already for 36 hours since I woke up yesterday morning.
Just came back home after night-shift and day-running, have done some work with my degree project... and tired so much, that I badly badly want sleep. However, before that I intend to share pictures, which I took at work.
First one from my window

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Only just I found out that I have lots of chances to be intern in Germany Railway company. Have to start learning german!
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 One of the most terrible tragedies that occured on the russian railways  - is the collapse of EMU #6304 ER-2 #663 runing under control locomotiv driver Zyabkin S.S. and the assistant driver Stepantsov V.A. on may 31, 1996 at 4.07 p.m. at the 3526 km, picket 6, stage road Talmenka-Litvinovo, Taginsky branch of the Kemerovo Railway ( Read more... )