The freight locomotive L-4046 will become a new monument by the marble station. The unveiling is planned for the autumn.
The steam locomotive L-4046 “Lebedyanka”, built in 1950, has been delivered to Slyudyanka railway station. East Siberian Railway specialists are strengthening the pedestal, installing equipment and landscaping the area; the official unveiling of the new monument is planned for the autumn.
The L-series mainline freight locomotives with a 2-10-0 wheel arrangement were designed at the end of the Great Patriotic War under the direction of Lev Lebedyansky and Sergei Syromyatnikov and were built in 1945–1955. Slyudyanka station, next to which the locomotive will stand, is an architectural monument: it was built more than 120 years ago of pink and white marble.
Source (in Russian): IRK.ru, 8 August 2026.
