NOMENCLATURE OF SOVIET LOCOMOTIVES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600050073-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 73
• Publication Date: December 10, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDERTIA~__
CENTRAL INTEL.LIGENCE" AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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iocomozives vs. ied according to the user. The technical engineer in most cases
referred to each type by its technical name; however, the general Soviet citizen
has various names for each locomotive. The following descriptions and names of
various 1.comotives, as expreF-cd by peoples from different economic strata,
might be of some use to you.)
1. Freight Locomotives
a. Type Ov: The railway engineers refer to this type by utilizing the two ini-
tials C. The common Soviet citizen calls this.ilocomotive the Ovechka
j5heee7. It is also identified by the number of wheels forward, consequent-
ly it is referred to as the 0-3-0.
Di ram to the left will be utilized throughout text
E to indicate the number of wheels per locomotive.
This is the smallest locomotive in the USSR. It was manufactured prior to
the revolution. Although it was designed for coal burning, the Ovechka
(which was used primarily for switching cars and marshalling) burned wood
whenever coal was dot available.
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b. Shchukin: This locomotive bears the naus of its creator. The technical
men refer to it as the Shcbukin, while the common folk call it the Szchuka
Fish (Pickerely. They also aseot. ate it with the description 1-3-0.
TheShchukin was used for light loads.
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c. 3 (EH). This locomotive is called the eh Hovski by both technical and non-
technical le locomotive ,
hof1he sage type as the eh Hoveki is the
K K.L h eh to the now of the E E other than the
cannot differentiate between the two7? They are employed oy for r heav
hauling.
_ _ heavy
They are referred to G-4_01
d. F D - The F D named after Felix'Derzhinsky vas ,first manufact
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1931
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People have various names for it. Railway men call it the Feh Deh. Engineers
refer to it as the IFF Deh and the common folk call it the Fayda. As I can
recall it was the largest of all locomotives in the MU. Incidentally, this
engine has an automatic coal stoking system. In appearance it resembles the
i8 R-4 types. Its profile is 1-4-1
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b.
H. 0-3-1. This was an old passenger locomotive used for many years.
believe that it was produced in quantity prior to the revolution.
Sormusky: 0-3-1, used since the revolution.
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c.
Sermusky Ysilni: 1-3-1. This was probably the most common passenger locomotive
utilized must prior to World 'iar II.
d.
The Joseph Stalin: 1 - 3 - 1 or 2 - 3 -1.
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one of the top passenger locomotives
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3. I cannot recall seeing any Diesel locomotives in the Soviet Union prior to 1943.
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ave any in
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Although I never saw the Vladimir Lenin, this electric locomotive was in use
between Zaparozhye and Krivoi Rog prior to World war II. The railway lines
between the above points were electrified for the entire distance.
5. SSSnallimg
a. The Soviet T11'Imp employ both the semaphore and electrichiski auto blokirovka
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c. The electric automatic blokirovka works somewhat on the following principle:
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Frontal''viev"--j Green Yellow Red
Lights Side View
In the event that a locomotive or train of railway, cars is iaoobile between
sections C and D, an approaching train (from section 4) would receive
the signals or lights as designated in the diagram, n nearing section
A it would have a green light permitting it to proceed at the regulated
speed. At section B, (the yellow or amber light) the locomotive would be
required to lessen its speed as provided in R W regulations. At section
C the approaching locomotive receiving the red light would be forced to
stop. The blok is controlled automatically from the main railway stations.
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