The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 1 (May 1, 1932.)
Russian Railway News
Russian Railway News
Information recently issued from Moscow gives the mileage of the Russian railways as 50,795. Employees are put at 1,040,084; locomotives, 17,810; passenger carriages 27,798; and goods wagons 525,000. Both coal and oil-burning engines are employed, and passenger locomotives are mainly of the 0-10-0 and 2-10-0 types. All the Russian railways are built to a gauge of 5ft. In their statistics of rolling-stock, the Moscow authorities speak with pride of a number of “parlour cars.” As a matter of fact, these vehicles are the property of the International Sleeping Car Company, of Brussels, and were confiscated by the Russian authorities during the Great War. No payment has ever been made the rightful owners of these vehicles, and all efforts to secure their return have failed.—From our London Correspondent.