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> I promise, after this we'll stop for a while because you're probably getting tired of this RZD stuff.

By the way speaking of the "railway to the stars", today (yesterday by the local time) there was the first launch from the new Vostochniy cosmodrome. It was delayed for a day due to a warning given by automatics (this periodically happens with every space agency on every cosmodrome, but still how many idiots equate delayed successful launch to unsuccessful...). Anyway, that's no the point.
Just look at the indefeasible railway infrastructure of the brand new cosmodrome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytaJN5oTWNM - The video about transportation of the Soyuz-2.1a.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRGYiVeM6II - "The Key to Start" documentary about the first launch, only in Russian unfortunately, but there is also some footage of the "space train", 2:20.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-1AoE4R4w8 - The launch itself (from 3:00), in case someone is interested.

Oh, I am so sneaky...

http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/locomotives/bmz-unveils-new-shunter-for-russian-railways.html?device=auto -- Wonder if it will stay in the yards or take to the lines with small freights...

Designation: TEM28
Engine output: ca. 1200 hp.

>>133012
No doubts you are, I'm hearing about this locomotive the first time from you! :) And IIRC this is the first time I discover our new locomotive from a foreign resource. There isn't even technical specs yet, based on the existing information it is just renewed version of TEM18DM, more cheap and easy in operation due to low hood layout and a few modern technical solutions. Basically more cheap version of TEM-TMH. I wonder if it is powered by Russian or foreign diesel, because surely they could fit in there only high-speed diesel. Actually quite strange it hasn't red lights on it, dual-color LED panels maybe?..

>>133012

> or take to the lines with small freights...

Of course, every Russian shunting locomotive (at least the ones with electric transmission) is capable of mainline work, so they are actually road switchers by your classification, if I am correct.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eypv0c3VP_U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UWteRVIjis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we7sPqucHPs - In some cases they are coupled into multiple unit systems and work even mostly on mainline.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jtU_gNApOM - And sometimes they haul even suburban trains.

> it hasn't red lights on it

And only now I have noticed the same thing on the TEM-TMH... Just have found a photo of the LED panel on TEM-TMH working in the red mode.

>>133003
BTW high-res variant of the pic related.

>>133003
The "space train".

>>133053

>>133063

>long hood forward

I came.

>>133064
Yes, we can :)

>>133064
More than that, on all Russian shunting locomotives long hood side is considered as front. Obviously this is historically because this doesn't make much of a difference. Also on many road switchers like TEM7A, for example, the sockets for multiple unit work are placed only on the short hood side, which is rather a strange thing. Thus, if two such locomotives work in a system they will always move long hood forward in any direction.

>>133012
Actually with these round LED panels and rounded hood this TEM28 looks surprisingly old-fashioned.