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Description: Locomotive Hk1 #293 at Finlyandsky Rail Terminal, St. Petersburg, Russia Lenin arrived in St. Petersburg by train pulled by this engine on 3 April 1917, to start the October Revolution. Originally owned by Finnish State Railways, the steam locomotive was later donated by Finland to the Soviet Union. It is now a permanent exhibit at the station.
Title: Locomotive 293
Credit: en:User:JGHowes
Author: Original uploader was JGHowes at en.wikipedia (Original text: en:User:JGHowes, photographer (Canon AE-1 camera))
Permission: ATTRIBUTION. © by James G. Howes, 1998. Copyright holder must be properly attributed.
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