Locomotive
![Latvian Locomotive](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3JHosp3m8U9CbfQy9Oprq0PVvV2aJ4U23F4ewpCMOB1WlMbfVTy1fIPDkN0it7tek-a_bc8fQ1xyK4jLwg-Bqe9546EDDU2cxMpzHQyOPsN3oeQFVO9ZV_t72dq2tdnw4dY/s720/locomotive.jpg)
After Soviet Union collapse all writings in Russian language were replaced by Latvian.
I wonder how this plate written in Cyrillic alphabet survived ;)
Locomotive was parked not far from Zemitani railway station.
Temporary Riga photos are being published not in a regular manner due to blog author has moved to Vilnius.
People Reaction (3)
What beautiful colors!
А название сохранилось потому что это модель тепловоза.
Why in Cyrilic? And why not, when many of the employees of Latvian railways still «общаются на русском» :) Anyway, the plate is in its original form as delivered to the Soviet railways from former Czechoslovakia. Such plates were replaced with new ones (re-written in Roman) only in Lithuania and Estonia as well.
PS: the Zemitani station is the "home-place" to the ČME3-6199 shunter.
Thanks for a nice site!