Trans-Siberian Railway one side of the lake to the other until the completion of the Lake Baikal spur along the southern edge of the lake. With the Amur River Line north of the Chinese border being completed in 1916, there was a continuous railway from Petrograd to Vladivostok that remains to this day the world's longest railway line. Electrification of the line, begun in 1929 and completed in 2002, allowed a doubling of train weights to 6,000 tonnes. There were expectations upon electrification that it would increase rail traffic on the line by 40 percent. The additional Chinese Eastern Railway was constructed
Trans-Siberian Orchestra touring lineups Plate - Drums<br> Roddy Chong - Violin<br> Vitalij Kuprij - Keyboards<br> Mee Eun Kim - Keyboards<br> Bryan Hicks - Narrator<br> Rob Evan - Vocals<br> Andrew Ross - Vocals<br> Jeff Scott Soto - Vocals<br> Georgia Napolitano - Vocals<br> Kayla Reeves - Vocals<br> Chloe Lowery - Vocals<br> Paul O'Neill - Guitar (selected shows only)<br> 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