Moscow Sort Depot, St. Petersburg, 2014

The International Steam Pages

After many years in Moscow, Harvey Smith relocated to St. Petersburg in 2014. There is a list of linked reports at the bottom.

This is a brief update based on a 25th January 2015 visit. Seen:

SO17-2873 (Plinthed)
SO17-2359 (Oil)
SO18-2018 (Oil)
E^R-766.41 (Oil)
E^R-767-77
TE-3162 tender only
E^Sh-4375, under restoration, Swedish Built hence “Sh” previously plinthed at Ladozhschoe Ozero.
S^U-250.64 (Coal) tender only, visiting from Rostov
L-5248 In steam shunting a large diesel locomotive, from Podmoskovnaya, Moscow
L-4580 tender only

General view from the bridge:

General view of locomotives:

L-5248 at work

E^Sh-4375

This is where you can find the working steam locomotives in St.Petersburg, including the legendary working 9P-19489 shunter. The depot is situated in the middle of a freight sorting depot. You can view the sorting operation from the road bridge. The depot is easy to get to. Go to Lomonsovkaya metro station on the green line. Come out the station exit doors and bear left across the small park south and then down Babushkina Ulitsa / Street. Get the traffic lights and turn right down Ivanovskaya Ulitsa / Street heading west. You will soon see the large road bridge. Keep walking. You will see a large lake in a park on your right. Go up the bridge ramp and when you get to the middle of the bridge you will find a gap in the bridge parapet on either side and two spiral concrete staircases. Go down the staircase and walk north to the gate. The depot is easy to find the large brick red painted water tower and the chimney are recognizable landmarks.

A full list of the locomotives normally based at the depot is as follows:

SO17-2873 (Plinthed)
S^U25-.58 (Oil)
S^U250.74 (Coal)
L-4524 (Oil)
L-4583
L-5289 (Oil, Dark Blue)
SO17-2359 (Oil)
SO18-2018 (Oil)
E^R-766-41 (Oil)
E^R-767.77 awaiting restoration
E^U-683.32
O^V-324
TE-3162 awaiting restoration, formerly at Podmoskovnaya Depot in Moscow
9P-19489

However, I only found the following:

SO17-2873 (Plinthed)
SO17-2359 (Oil)
SO18-2018 (Oil)
E^R-766-41 (Oil)
E^R-767.77 awaiting restoration
S^R250-64 (Coal) tender only, visiting from Rostov
L-4580 tender only
TE-3162 awaiting restoration, formerly at Podmoskovnaya Depot in Moscow

Other items of interest at the depot were a railway crane numbered “4”, and two Russian Soviet industrial diesel shunters: TGM23B-535 and TGM23B-1811. The TGM23B was manufactured from 1973 to 1985.
Finally, you can also find a series of yellow painted concrete monuments / plinths with locomotives depicted on them. One is of an SO and another of an Ov locomotive.

TE-3162

E^R-767-77

SO17-2359:

SO18-2018:

The rest of the locomotives:

The crane

The two diesels: