SOVIET FREIGHT CAR SERVICE RULES AND PRACTICES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040148-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 148
• Publication Date: May 15, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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mail 9 stew Rr it of Cara 1..
1. There are s out 50 ra we~y oystems in the L788R. Iatvla, Fatonia, and Lithuania all
had one system each, whereas certain larger, canters of popuLtion would love more than
one system. Ixningrad, for instance, has tt-o systems knowu ss the LeningraQ Aystea~,
and the October 6ysteL (Hamad after the October revolution). There.x~e a Northwest
Railway 8yatom, a 6outheast Ralway Bystam~ and, of course, maw others. ~e iKiaiater
o2^Railroads in Moscow aup^:~viaed ail t}se systems. In 1923, the L1J3RR bought .nere~e111,.+y~.,
Many of these locomotives are sti11 in use. inert are two .ac or es u ~n ~ o
tlvos and caxs in Leningrad. T'~e largest of theca i?. the Huti7ov fsetnrvl
2. Ordinarily, every owning system is rosponaible for the repair oz its cars, Cara are
automatically checked every five years at a designated place. I:' a car brea::s down,
it mqq be taken to the tiasrest roundhouse, livexy roundhouse iias facilities for aide
repair work. Each system is broken Into procincta. Repaizn,en from the precinct la
:rhich `..ba car broke down are sent out to make repairs on the spot if the car cannot be
moved, if a car belonging to a "system other than the owning system breaks dowa,,re-
pairs will be made by Zane system in whicu ?i:ne ca?? is lucRt: ,. w,e owu~ty, _,, .,,,:,~
wi]1 be billed. here is no difference in the extent and effectir~neas of repairs
made by the owning system and repairs which may be made when a car is en nanthar sVafie::,
'hie io^ trae~of course, only if proper spare parts arz available.
Operation of Cara
3. Between World War 2 and World War II, couplings oa all gars were changed to the
automatic 1;~*pe used iu the i75. The train dispatcher of each systett must see than,: ':,.-
1800 hours`nis cars, or an equivalent ncuuber of cars belonging to other systems, are
bacl: in His own system. Cara are freely interchanged between systems so long as each
system has its proper number of care back in its own ,system by 1&~ i:ou:?s. If, however,
cars are deisyed in unloading or for some other cause a~?e ne? bacy ?a t:.eir nys;:e., a::
tix_ speci=ied time, the system in which the car is lor_ated will have to p~ the avni:~;
system for its use. Payrrenta between systems are mad; on n Lmn;1,7,} oasis and the di:.-
patchers sre very careful to see that their 'books arP nrai_+-_. ,.~~..e,.. w~-,=n___d
,."'` -i t;~e uiuui;u.vrciinarily, the tiiae allotted to unloa
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} There are certain Fxceptio*_:c ;:o the tio:rewi~a~ "rep ~ ,
,~ ~eaaced cars :ard oi3 rarw have special ..:~iorl:: c 1e ,~ ., `:, - systems.
. handled
:r:, c more carefully and specie], red i'rei . t_: ;~s,,
r_ars in contrast to the white sheet for ~e re~ula,roirei r,+ i'oi :n' reY;.?igerated
is shown L-he exact tiers of arrival, time tai:en~in locdin};-, etc, ~ l;-:c dis ,~;d sheet
are very careful to see that these cars are bscl: iv. their patcl"iers
each evening since demurrage on these cars is much higher tiyianJouyrff blar frei~gh~
care. If no load cau be found for a car in ar_ethes systez:, it wall `r.~z. s?nt back
empty and net held up Por a load. Cars will not be sent bac.1; i:r, I;it; o~miry system
Kith a load under their norm. ?hey will dither be f11].].,Y loade3 0:? err,~ty, p .,~~
is charged Por each loaded car and if a car has, say, onlf 1Ct .onM y::;: ;;r~yd ;,f a
"?Y+m?m }1U, it ~~ be charged for a normal load. Azo'~her reason
back partially loaded is that the oKni cars nre no"t sen+,
in unloading operations than would be t~heacasemiP tnehcaro~wozr^ eatLbec ~Letiod up
exception to this rule was the loading practiceR ~>_ t"~a~ a_~r;. ;fin ; woz;?.d ot`ten~leave~
a car half leaded if anotlxor ane wan brought up be3'orP she;; x~>rr ~j.llis'~ed loading
the :?irat one.
.5. Cars may bs temporarily transferred from one or Wore a r>te:,~~ t r?
meet TBSiOnal tr~~.?Pir tvaet.-.. +. it~ `~ 'C 2nUti:..: 8'{;i.em i~.n
instance, if the Miniat .-.ofa V ~jc dincrotion oz' the bia:i~i;sy cf ii