The Forgotten Railway

Old Soviet locomotive
Photo by LHOON.

I must first take a moment to thank my readers who live in Russia. I don't know how many of you there are exactly, but I do know that the majority of pageviews this week came from Russian readers. I honestly never expected to be more read outside the US than in it.

Anyways, I dug up a story this afternoon from the BBC concerning Russia that I found fascinating. I would assume that some, if not many, Russians already know this story, but I am posting it more for the benefit of my English speaking audience so they will know.

It is the story of a massive railroad project that literally disappeared