Trans-Siberian Railway Similar to the First Transcontinental Railroad in the US, Russian engineers started construction at both ends and worked towards the centre. From Vladivostok the railway was laid north along the right bank of the Ussuri River to Khabarovsk at the Amur River, becoming the Ussuri Railway. In 1890, a bridge across the Ural River was built and the new railway entered Asia. The bridge across the Ob River was built in 1898 and the small city of Novonikolaevsk, founded in 1883, grew into the large Siberian city of Novosibirsk. In 1898 the first train reached Irkutsk and the shores of
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 -