Down the road pictures

[Vladislav]

...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.

[Vladislav]

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

[Vladislav]

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.

 

[Vladislav]

I saw an old lowboy trailer at the same place.

[Vladislav]

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

 

[Vladislav]

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.

[Vladislav]

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

 

Edited October 1, 2017 by Vladislav

[Timmyb]

Nice to hear from you again mate. Lots of cool pics, must of been some trip! 

[Vladislav]

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.

[Vladislav]

29 minutes ago, Timmyb said:

Nice to hear from you again mate. Lots of cool pics, must of been some trip! 

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

[Vladislav]

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.

[Vladislav]

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.

[Vladislav]

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.

[Vladislav]

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

[Vladislav]

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.

Edited June 24, 2017 by Vladislav

[tjc transport]

Vlad, the volvo in the first picture is wearing the colors of a Yellow/Roadway truck here in the states.

[other dog]

11 minutes ago, tjc transport said:

Vlad, the volvo in the first picture is wearing the colors of a Yellow/Roadway truck here in the states.

Looks like an old Schneider cabover IH in there too. Great pictures Vlad, thank you.

[j hancock]

Vlad, looks like you had quite the adventure!

[Vladislav]

41 minutes ago, j hancock said:

Vlad, looks like you had quite the adventure!

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.

[Vladislav]

1 hour ago, tjc transport said:

Vlad, the volvo in the first picture is wearing the colors of a Yellow/Roadway truck here in the states.

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.

[75T]

Great pictures. Keep searching for parts,   we get to see more then. Thanks.

[tjc transport]

3 hours ago, other dog said:

Looks like an old Schneider cabover IH in there too. Great pictures Vlad, thank you.

good eye!! i had to go back and look hard at each picture to see the Schneider cab over in the truck stop pic. 

[tjc transport]

2 hours ago, Vladislav said:

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.

o am a little surprised that you have that many American trucks over there.

i knew our Crown Vics, Lincolns, and Grand Marquis cars were in big demand in Russia, but was not aware our trucks were too! 

[41chevy]

The ship is either the Aurora or the Potemkin. Both players in the 1917 Revolution. Like to visit them  but probably will never get to.      Paul

[TeamsterGrrrl]

Great pictures and story, thanks Vlad! Looking at the distinctive headlights on both MHs, they must have been built for export when new. The MH could have really opened up international markets for Mack, given the chance.