This locomotive, located in a World War II Memorial Park in Odessa, Ukraine says “Feats of the Immortal Heroes” on its side. The blue label says:
Service Registry of Steam Locomotive Ov No. 3818
1905 – Constructed by the Sormovsky Factory
1906 – China-Eastern Railroad
1908 – 1927 Central Asian Railroad
August 15th, 1973 – Placed by the workers of the Odessa Sorting Depot.
Stephen Frost
July 1, 2020 at 4:58 pm
Interesting that it was part of the China Eastern Railway stock – that Russian attempt to colonise Manchuria and get a short cut to Vladivostok.
Ian Button
February 26, 2021 at 1:55 pm
Just to add for completeness – the 1927-1973 line on the blue notice translates as “Ukrainian Railways”