A jump in the past: here is Baikal, a steam icebreking ferry able to carry up to 27 train wagons through Baikal lake with ice capability up to 1 m!
Up to 1916 the icebreaker served on the railway as a reserve variant because trains used to come off the rails frequently.
So it had been successfully used for 18 years. In the time of the Civil war it joined the Red Guard Baikal Fleet. It was destroyed by
the ship “Feodosia” of “White Czechs” in August, 16, 1918. The first shell of the “Feodosia” hit the kerosene tank of the “Baikal”, the
second destroyed the rudder control. The crew were trying to escape as they could. The ferry ran aground and was burning for
some days and it was a terrific spectacle. The shells and cartridges remaining aboard kept breaking and the howler was miserably
hooting by itself resembling a wild beast deadly roaring…
Unfortunately there are few references... I am not fully conviced about the SB drawing.
BTW here is a pure SB drawing and a second one using Alvama's train.
![[ img ]](http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg335/lazer_one/Rus_Baikal1885.png)
![[ img ]](http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg335/lazer_one/Rus_Baikal1885Train.png)
![[ img ]](http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg335/lazer_one/Rus_Baikal1885Train2.png)
Angara, the small icebreaker that normally supported Baikal, will come soon...
