Vladislav

Is that the same one?

Unfortunately your opinion on the headlights is too optimistic. Actually they were just put there off MAZ truck or Lada car. Much cheaper than original ones. One of my SGT R's has them installed either. Damn modifyers !!

Brocky, you are welcome! That blue locomotive along with others and that rail road at all was used to transport turf. That's why the slim track and light rails were used. A crue of rail road enthusiasts organized a private museum there. The actual turf exploration still continues so the guys can use existing rails and the station. On the other hand they help fixing transport units for turf moving facility.

Paul, your historical knowledges surprize me. Yes, that's Aurora. Potemkin was involved into 1905 compain which was a kind of pre-revolution. The ship didn't survive, was destroyed in 20's.

There's plenty of american trucks in service indeed. Much more than you can see in Europe. We have a length limit of a tractor-trailer of 20 meters. It allows easily to hook up a full European 13.5 meter semi-trailer to convention American tractor, with 2 drive axles and a sleeper. The most central European countries have limit of 18 meters so conventionals could be used with shorter (and usually) heavier trailers such dumps or tanks. Or pretty common application is show trucks with special trailers which are used at exebisions. As for Russia many of American trucks run between Moscow and Sankt-Peterburg and other directions. But I was told many times that a real amounts of them work further to the East providing transportations to Asian part of the country. Long distances, poor road conditions, too poor road service, cold winters etc.

Two thumbs up! Congrats!

Thank you for pointing it out. I can see US trucks wearing those colors from time to time. Just had no idea of what company they related to exactly.

Jim, your right. By my common way I spend the most of time at my place, making just local trips to the city a cpople times aweek. So I had many things I wanted to do or check out during a year or so. Finally I made a trip North-West and complete the most of what was planned.

Upps, just about to forget - I visited the old white lady. She's still alive but seems having no good chances to survive. Her Cummins worn the mains and the guy has no power to contunue fixing it. I wold give him two scrap costs but he still hopes for 3 times more. Towing expences for a 700 km trip don't increase my exidence either.

Saw an old Lada car, a big crane, a fire fighting boat and a chirch

Than I saw a battle ship. Wouldn't pay much attention to it but there was an interesting fact. Once in 1917 it fired its front gun. And as a follow of that ocassion Bolsheviki revolution took place in Sankt-Petersburg on 25th of Oktober.

Another day I saw three big Mack trucks. They were all Pinnacles with MP8, built in 2011. I can spotted one of them unhooking the trailer and making some maneuvering at the lot. Also I saw an old IH cabover and Western Star dump truck.

Ok, that's not the end. My further way got me passing by a power station. It was not a really great one about its size but worthy paying attention since it was the eldest one in Russia. Actually there was one which was built earlier. But it was a kind of a test project, on a small river in a small village. And it's not in operation yet.

G'day Timmy! Yea, I'm still safe and sound. Just busyness gets me tight

Later that day I made more travelling with the same train. The rails were not too straight so the train went damn slow. At a pee&pics stop I spotted a lake or a swamp, a dozer with wide swamp tracks and a couple more tractors.

Than I made a trip with the train to a station. There you could see one more loc, rusty dump cars, and a shop with two locs inside. I should say they are... getting love there

Also I saw a couple of YaAZ-204 Russian diesels which were copies of GM 4-71. They used to be loc engines, coupled to a 5 speed mechanical gearbox off a truck. Saw a small self-propelled rail car.

Than I saw a small train. Which was riding on a small track. Also I saw a small wagon and a dog.

I saw an old lowboy trailer at the same place.

Than I visited a place where I had some (bit little) hopes to find out this blue MH. The only rest was a small hill of parts. I should go there one year earlier. But than I had no info on that. Finally I picked up the seat. Could keep the tank either but I was with a car. Sure I made an offer for the engine. I seemed scrap to me though so I offered "double scrap". Than increased to "triple". The guy had different point of view on that. He thought it was gold. I thought to myself I never liked gold and had no use for it. So seeing no need in useless stuff I passed.

Also I saw a 6x6 Ural truck which jammed the traffic behind it, a small truck stop near cafe, a river and red KW.

...Recently I had an occasion which was a kind of vacation. So I made a trip. Nearly 2500 km long over all. Generally it was from Moscow where I live to Saint Petersburg. But with some plated curves aside of the straight way either. I saw a military 6x6 KamAZ truck, a road curve, and Volvo truck which seemed to have been previously used by some large US fleet.

Kscarbel, thank you for sharing on here muliple lots of info on the Syrian problem. It sure takes time to read but sometimes we should do it to form up our own point of view since Syrian problem is much wider than to be concerned Syria only. I can't get as a truth for now the way chemical wearpons were applied by Assad as Western sources said or by another way as Russian officials state. The cost of Tomahawk's seems colossus but that is a subject which doesn't seem the most important at the moment. Taking all the details off-side the events of the last days look too much as a play with fire.

Oh guys, that's pretty nice to be reading your comments! Mike, your right, my mother tought me many important things to do. But you know sometimes you better do "tsss..!" when going to make a deal done. Winfall whipping crew?? That's exactly the kind of "tsss" deal. Better PM me Paul and Paul - you were the closest to the truth with your suggestions. I was mostly busy with my projects indeed. To my displeasure I recently found out I have to spend some time to work for money either. That sucks No drum is kept this time and no chassis too. Just a bogie with broken spring packs. The owner installed all the rears off MAZ-truck being upset fixing original ruined Camelback. Not a way I'd like to go but the swap looked done relatively smooth. At least the truck runs.

...And saw a DM mixer truck. Sure not a rare beast but one of Macks in Russia the number of which you can easily count with fingers of two your hands. Made a 450 km trip to pick up some parts the owner had. Had been damn busy for some last weeks, also had to install Mozilla on the 'puter since my old trusty Chrome couldn't access BMT anymore. The rest is good, hope the same on here Vlad