Photogallery: Explanations, advices, search

1. New additions

When you open Photogallery by the main (entrance) address, You automatically get on the page of new additions where the photos added per last 2 weeks are situated. Added during last day photos are distinguished by yellow colour (in the viewing regime 'with icons'). After termination of 2 weeks from the day of addition a photo will get into main array. Only 20 photos could be seen on the page at a time; if by your request there are more 20 photos you can go to another pages by menu at the bottom of links to photos: [1-20] [21-40], etc.

The photos in Photogallery including photos in new additions are sorted by newxt criteria:
1) by directions (Transsib - the classical route [TRS] - are always the first one).
2) inside direction - by kilometrage of an object.
So you see photos not alphabetically of names but by increase of kilometrage: from Moscow to Vladivostok in the case of classical Transsib way, from Moscow to Omsk in the case of historical way, from Taishet to Komsomolsk in case of BAM, etc.

2. Unified search form and keywords

At the bottom of each page of Photogallery unified search form (further - USF) is situated. It was made for quick access to forming of any free request made by you.

What criteria you may set? The next 1) category; 2) federation subject of RF (territory, region, republic) or country (Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea); 3) year of photography (the sign 'x' is meant any number) - for example 198x are the years from 1980 to 1989); 4) direction - some railway of Transsib way; 5) railway line (modern or historical one); 6) author; 7) keyword (free).

If you want to limit search area, you may choose some criteria by falling menus; for example - in the field "Direction" to choose "Circum-Baikal railway" and all other photos which are not from this direction will be eliminated. If you want to see all photos made in the 80th of the 20th century choose in the field "Date" 198x. And you can set some criteria at the same time - for example to see photos of steam locomotives made in the 20th on Chinese Eastern line - and the system will execute your request. Only don't forget to confirm your choice by press of the button 'Search'.

If you want to see all photos of Photogallery you are to keep in fields general signs 'Any'; author field and keyword must be empty.

If you want to see the photos of one category (for example 'Steam locomotives') you are to choose in the field 'Category' necessary category, and in another field to keep general signs 'Any'; author field and keyword must be empty.

Also you may find photos by key words. For example if you want to find Mogocha station amid any categories of Photogallery, please enter in the field 'Keyword' Mogocha and the system will find all photos from this geographical place avaiable in Photogallery. Some examples of other requests: 'P36', 'Khorvat', 'Losinoostrovskaya', 'platform', etc.
Keyword may be free and if there is such word in the commentary to any photo the corresponding photo will be shown without fail.

3. Regions of RF and countries, geographical area

Any photo (except portraits) always is connected with some subject of RF or the country where this photo was made. Survey to geography is realized by modern administrative division (so photos of Taishet station of any time for example in 1899 or in 2001 will be belong to Irkutsk region and photos of Harbin made in Chinese Eastern line time will be belong to China).

Regions of RF are given only for regions where any directions from i.5 is situated (see below).
Countries are Kazakhstan (a part of historical route of Transsib through Petropavlovsk), China (Chinese Eastern line, South Mnachurian line, the branches to Sungari and Dalian port), Korea (the branch from Russian border to Tumangan), Mongolia (all lines).

4. Directions and theirs description

'Direction' as a rule is a main line or line (BAM, AYaM, CEL) or Transsib way with continuosly increasing kilometrage. Smaller branches of Ural, Siberia and Far East are situated in the category 'other' (OTHU, OTHS, OTHE).

5. Railway lines

"Railway line" - administrative structure avaiable in nowdays or historical line as Baikal Amurian, Kemerovo, Ussurian, Amurian, the Molotov, etc. Railway code is given in commentary to the photo just after the name of a place (station, platform, depot). List of codes is in the next table.

6. Chronology and dating of photos

Photos are dated (if it's possible) by exact date of photgraphy. But it's clearly that often it's impossible. So the date of a photo can be in 3 variants:
1) exact, date.month.year - 22.11.1998
2) to an approximation of month, month.year - 11.1998
3) to an approximation of year, year - 1998

Exact dates are printed by black colour. Approximate dates  are marked by brown colour. Dates set conditionally are marked by red colour.

7. Categories of photos

There are the next categories of photos in Photogallery:

1) Stations and station buildings (platforms, halts and interiors are here also)
2) Stages (in inhabited localities and beyond them; but not in stations limits)
3) Bridges and pipes
4) Tunnels and galleries
5) Structures (water-towers, depots, steam water post, switches, colour-light signals, etc.)
6) Monuments (including musts and memorable boards)
7) Memorial locomotives (including boards at them)
8) Steam locomotives
9) Diesel locomotives
10) Electric locomotives
11) Electric trains
12) Trains and carriages (including theirs interiors)
13) Service equipment (motrisas, railcars, railway technics, etc.)
14) Derailments and disasters (including screenshots from filmings)
15) Railway life (all that wasn't included in another sections, for example group photos, etc.)

8. Statistics of photos and authors

Statistics page is renewed dynamically together with entry and editing of photos and it's not only concolidated information about regions, directions, authors and years of photography but also a handy search form because everyone are links. In round brackets () you may see the number of photos for this object.
For example if you click on 'Vladimir region' (region), you may see all photos of this region; if you click on the author "Mikhail Bronnikov" - you may see all his photos, etc.

Additionally there is information about distribution of photos by months of photographs and by months of publication.

We want to say everybody who helps to compose this Photogallery - many thanks! You may know various information about them on the page Statistics. Send us interesting photos from any places of Transsib and adjoining lines.