MetroDream

parudox — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:45:01 -0800

Russos takes photos of Moscow Metro construction. Also of a half-abandoned river port, a cool bridge being put together, and an old underground nuclear submarine base. But mostly of the Metro, behind the scenes. (Don't ask me how he gets access.)

The Balaklava submarine base photos were actually the fodder for previous posts. And if you want conventional views of the (beautiful) Moscow Metro, go look elsewhere. A few of his photos. One blogger's sampling; another's. An index of old posts. Posts by tags: abandoned, industrial, aviation, devices, "other" metro, megadevices, metro, metro build, escalator. Elsewhere around Balaklava. The Neglinka (river under Moscow): 1 2 3 Tunnel vision. Tunnels: 906, 938, 940. Point D. Point S. TBMs: Taking delivery, plant that makes parts for them, lowering Julia down, taking apart Claudia, more. Borovitskaya: in the station, on the tracks, into the tunnel. Dostoevskaya station tunnels got a bit rusty: 1 2 Sretenskij bul'var is amazing. Trubnaya is pretty good too. Test rides and checking dimensions: 1 2 (Bonus: Victory Day train: 1 2 3 4. Photo chronicle of Sergei Kirov. Cats.)

By: parudox

parudox — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:45:18 -0800

I know, boring. Now go look at the photos.

mattoxic — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:49:02 -0800

The long exposures of the sunlight entering the subway is an interesting effect. http://russos.livejournal.com/361132.html

ORthey — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:55:56 -0800

I'll say it: subways are very complicated.

sindark — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:13:52 -0800

Nice photos, thanks for the link. Images of industry and industrial decay can be strangely compelling.