Big-ass megaproject done by GazProm the biggest natural gas company in the world. Check it out. Never seen anything like it in the lower 48! (Perhaps Alaska Railroad) But this project is huge!
-- Edited by Uke on Sunday 4th of August 2013 08:28:42 PM
The Krink said
9:00 AM, 08/05/13
"Uke's Roots"...welcome back and a great read. Railroad blood gets
circulated "world-wide" or the world wont work right.
Uke said
10:53 AM, 08/05/13
Gazprom owns, operates, and controls every aspect of the project, beginning to...well end. They've spent tens of billions of rubles since they started under the old Soviet regime during the 1980s.
Construction was halted midway through for a variety of reasons. A couple reasons had to do with native populations who'd been living 'traditional" lives all along the peninsula for a few thousand years.
Apparently the whole project is now complete. And the old Siberia will never be the same.
-- Edited by Uke on Monday 5th of August 2013 10:54:59 AM
Troll said
11:46 AM, 08/05/13
Missouri Pines' Legacy
Finally a steering wheel for locomotives
Cy Valley said
1:58 PM, 08/05/13
This is no place for Captain RED BLOCK:The ban against alcohol is the critical stipulation for working at the railway and the field itself. Thus, those trying to bring some alcohol with them are got off the train.
Cold. That's it. Fuckin' cold. pre-Siberia? Yeah...that just means that it's only cold down ta -31C. The way we at BJdotcom see it...tu fuckin' cold ta railroad! No wonder everybody else thinks Russians are nuts!
Big-ass megaproject done by GazProm the biggest natural gas company in the world. Check it out. Never seen anything like it in the lower 48! (Perhaps Alaska Railroad) But this project is huge!
http://www.gazprom.com/press/reports/2013/yamalskiy-express/
The pics are stunning!
-- Edited by Uke on Sunday 4th of August 2013 08:28:42 PM
circulated "world-wide" or the world wont work right.
Gazprom owns, operates, and controls every aspect of the project, beginning to...well end. They've spent tens of billions of rubles since they started under the old Soviet regime during the 1980s.
Construction was halted midway through for a variety of reasons. A couple reasons had to do with native populations who'd been living 'traditional" lives all along the peninsula for a few thousand years.
Apparently the whole project is now complete. And the old Siberia will never be the same.
The Nenets (and other native peoples) carry on in spite of the changes.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nenets_people
-- Edited by Uke on Monday 5th of August 2013 10:54:59 AM
Missouri Pines' Legacy
Finally a steering wheel for locomotives
Map of the "project" as it is right now: