In the early 1830s Russian inventors father and son Cherepanovs built the first Russian steam locomotive. Tsar Nicholas II clearly attached great importance to railways since he had his own railway line constructed from Vitebsky railway station to the Emperor railway station in Pushkin town in 1902. During World War I Russia used a mix of light and heavy armoured trains. Flatbed are used for loads that are too large or cumbersome to load in enclosed cars such as boxcars.
THE KIT:
Sides can be posed closed or open
Can be installed on European or Russian railway gauge
