Russia was and is the largest country in the world. Its geography of north–south rivers and east–west commerce, plus, importantly, the mostly flat terrain, made it very suited to develop railroads as
Railways in the Russian Empire around 1900
Russian railroads construction by year 1837–1989
Model (2002) of the steam locomotive constructed by Cherepanov (1834)
People of all ethnicities and walks of life would meet on Russian trains (sketch by Vasily Perov, 1880)
Warsaw–Vienna railway
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The Warsaw-Vienna Railway was a railway system which operated since 1845 in Congress Poland, then part of the Russian Empire. The main component of its network was a line 327.6 km in length from Warsa
History of rail transport in Russia
…was 6 feet (1830 mm). This railway has been described as a "toy" railway, as it had no economic, political or social impact on the Russian Empire. The Warsaw–Vienna railway in Congress Poland started operating in 1845, and fully opened in 1848, with 327,6 km length of track. It ran from Warsaw to the border with the Austrian…
Vienna Station in Warsaw, the starting point of the Warsaw-Vienna Railway
Bond of the Warsaw–Vienna railway company, issued 1901
Skierniewice rail station (1872)
Borsig steam locomotive used on the Warsaw-Vienna railway