http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/ Russian/C.I.S. railways and subways (English-language list) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:14:22 GMT Lester http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3151 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3151 Zdrastvutye :), Apologies in advance for probably braking all your rules, this is for charity and it is at least railway related. We are putting together an Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:11:51 GMT Lester http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3150 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3150 I've just been reading your board and realise this is a very sad time right now regarding Jukka. Please ignore my previous request to publicise my event. I'll Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:42:21 GMT cripete http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3149 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3149 I assume you have volume 3 of Chester's Locomotives of the Soviet Union, that goes for 16 UK pounds at Transport Diversions, and has coverage of narrow gauge Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:21:11 GMT chriskwilkinson2001 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3148 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3148 Hi Marcel, The 2 Narrow Gauge books arived safely from Latvia today so many thabks to Marcel, Chris and Doug for your help and advice. Chris Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:06:42 GMT Matthew http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3147 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3147 I have been researching more and I found this photo from the Ivanovo Oblast. It would appear to me that Furmanov has a passing siding at it's station: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:59:42 GMT chriskwilkinson2001 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3146 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3146 Hi Marcel Yes i use Dmitry site and translate using Google which appears easier than Babelfish. As usual it puts silly words in for place names but i find it Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:53:47 GMT Marcel en Inna http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3145 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3145 Hi Chris, you're welcome Have you looked the site of dmitry on NG? http://narrow.parovoz.com/indexe.php most part of it is in russian, but you can read aroun d Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:28:29 GMT chriskwilkinson2001 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3144 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3144 Hi Marcel, Many thanks i have ordered the books from Latvia and will have to see how long the post takes to the UK. While searching for the books on the net Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:04:14 GMT Marcel en Inna http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3143 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3143 Hi Chris, I ordered some models from them in the past, which all went well. No problems Pay-pal is OK for payments between US and europ. best regards, Marcel Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:16:03 GMT Doug Cummings http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3142 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3142 If you get stuck I think I may have spare copies of both, but I would have to check to be sure. You might email Mr. Stenvalls and ask about payment options. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:07:13 GMT chriskwilkinson2001 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3141 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3141 Thanks Doug, Yes Stenvells still have them but are still in the dark ages regarding payment.It is surprising no one in the UK stocks them as the NG steam book Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:46:34 GMT Doug Cummings http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3140 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3140 Check the Stenvalls web site. They may still be there, they were there in the past as that is where I got my copies. He is located in Sweden. www.Stenvalls.com Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:40:16 GMT chriskwilkinson2001 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3139 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3139 Hi Marcel, Many thanks for that information. This company seems to be based in Latvia ?, are they trustworthy?. They want you set up a Paypal account. Now i Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:43:08 GMT Marcel en Inna http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3138 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3138 hi Chris, these books are in english/russian, and very interesting you can find them here: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:39:38 GMT chriskwilkinson2001 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3137 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/5feet/message/3137 Hi All, In the current issue of Lok Report there is an article on the electric narrow gauge line Proletarsk-Sulyukta using PEU1.In this article there is