Old steam locomotive, Urals, April 1993

These beauties dot the Russian railway landscape, some (like Lenin's arrival vehicle from Finland) well preserved, others slowly rusting away.

Urals railway station, April 1993

One of my fond memories of these stations is the way that people (usually women) in buildings far apart would chat using the PA system, their conversations as public indeed as a postcard, blaring out for all to enjoy.