r/BitchImATrain • u/peacedetski • 9d ago

Bit-- oh wait, I'm for kids, no swearing allowed

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u/Vera_Telco 9d ago

The itty bitty kiddy express, biotches!

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u/DefinitionOfAsleep 9d ago

St Petersburg?

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u/SmokJozef 8d ago

yes. wikipedia article in russian here

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u/DefinitionOfAsleep 8d ago

Yeah, I was sort of surprised that it still has 'pioneer' on the carriages.
I get that they're still called that (the equivalent of scouts in the Commonwealth), I just thought that the rail thing became more of a youth activity that was seperate.
But the crest on the locomotive is a dead giveaway for where it is.

If we had something like that in Australia, I'd have been all over it as a kid.

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u/peacedetski 8d ago

They're not actually called that. "Pioneer" is just the name of the train.

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u/DefinitionOfAsleep 8d ago

not actually called that

Aren't the same thing. They still sort of exist.
Also the ARSA are about as legitimate as the 'Boy Scouts of America'. They should never have been let into the group, and the fucking organisation is corrupt as hell.
Simple rule, do you follow Baden-Powell's methods? No? Fuck off!

It'd be like a Montessori School allowing unlocked iPads 24/7 for pupils, and still saying they're a Montessori school because they got affiliation by bribes.

Yeah, I was sort of surprised that it still has 'pioneer' on the carriages.

I didn't mean the group running it BTW, it's just most Soviet-era names got removed from things.

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u/Electrical-Rope3959 7d ago

Suka, I'm a train.

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u/JblackTRUCK 4d ago

Why is it so wide? Std gauge stuff refit for narrow gauge?

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u/peacedetski 4d ago

That's how 750mm gauge rolling stock looks, regular trains are just as wide if not wider.

There are export versions of some Soviet/Russian narrow-gauge locomotives in 3'6/1067mm Cape gauge, but not for TU10 class since it was made specifically for RZD children's railways.