Chinese Eastern Railway Liaodong from China in 1898. Officially, traffic on the line started in November 1901, but regular passenger traffic from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok across the Trans-Siberian railway did not commence until July 1903. In 1898, construction of a 550-mile (880 km) spur line, most of which later formed the South Manchuria Railway, began at Harbin, leading southwards through Eastern Manchuria, along the Liaodong Peninsula, to the ice-free deep-water port at Lüshun, which Russia was fortifying and developing into a first-class strategic naval base and marine coaling station for its Far East Fleet and Merchant Marine. This town was known in
Trans-Siberian Orchestra touring lineups Trans-Siberian Orchestra touring lineups The following is a list of Trans-Siberian Orchestra touring members, past and present. This list does not contain guest members. Chris Caffery - Guitar<br> Al Pitrelli - Guitar, music director<br> Johnny Lee Middleton - Bass<br> Jeff Plate - Drums<br> Asha Mevlana - Violin<br> Vitalij Kuprij - Keyboards<br> Mee Eun Kim - Keyboards<br> Bryan Hicks - Narrator<br> Jeff Scott Soto - Vocals<br> Chloe Lowery - Vocals<br> Kayla Reeves - Vocals<br> Autumn Guzzardi - Vocals<br> Natalya Piette - Vocals<br> Rob Evan - Vocals<br> Nathan James - Vocals<br> Robin Borneman - Vocals<br> Erika Jerry - Vocals<br> Andrew Ross -