ECONOMIC - RAILROADS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600230667-7
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 667
• Publication Date: June 16, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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ACC3LEftATBB OPERATIOB
The sv~or pnsaenger-train sohedule on the Trnaelbaykel ]?eilroad Systeoa
has added fast train Ao 17-1d ![wco+r-Y]ndi~oatok which x111 mnke da11J trip?
after ].9 Piny. 7~prsse trei.: He 7-$ Nosoow-V1adiTOStok x111 ran thtN times
a xaek; taet train fto 15-].6 Hoaoow-IIhebaro~sk-Chita x111 run fom~?timee por
xeek inalading ens trip to Chits. and three to IDlabesw~sk; fast train 50 33-34
Nowoeibirrk-4~~diwostok will ran three times n reek; and passenger train fto
73-7~ 1rlxSok-9'adixostok x171 run deilj. Looal trains eerwiag passengers
rithW_a Chs Traasksyfmi 9ysteat x111 bs mintained. Those iaalude: fto 49-50
Chita-Otilor, fto 51-52 Chits-ZiloTO a~ fto ,5-56 Chita-Petrowkiy ?awod.
Ths asw cahe4ule pau~ides n snbstnntial rednation is trawsl?ing time.
7acreased speed sad sir effioisnt utilisation ad xniting time nt stops
x111 result in speeding the mo~aent o? ezpac,ss trains by 2 hours axed 14
mi>sates, feat train lTo 15-16 by 3 hours am 54 minutes, fto 33-34 by 5 hours
and 9 mimrtsl, sad pnsssnger trains by 3 hours e~ 5g minutes. Aa a result,
ezprsss trains rill attain the 19b0 lswel of awerege daily r>ms sad other
trains rill ezoeed thin :Level. Aaaeleration a2' the moremeat of local trains
x111 mugs fra- one hoar sad I5 minutes to ous hour avid 32 minutes.
On the Trwsbnykel Rnilroed Systea ae n whole, the schedule hue im-
oreased the warm fns axerags speed, s=oluding stops of freight trains, by
1.2 kilometers par hear ar-d the aalra for awerege speed, tno7ndislg stops,
by 0.9 rilomete~rs per hour. The nwe~rags daily rna a? freight looaeotixse
has been incrsesed by 31 rilometa~rs sad tiu9over o? ].a:aslotixes has been
eoasierated by 1.6 hours. Thews norm must be attained together rith en
increase of 100 tone iri the tonnage a2 return trains oa the Patroveriy
Znwd-Ssearye~eknya min line of the Tranebaykal system.
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A new plan of fgrming freight trains will be adopted at the time the
su:^+mor schedule goes into a%%oct. This plan provides i'or an increase i:.
the neanber of regalarly aaheduled trains and in trains scheduled on all
lines of the system. Nu station l+as the right to eliminate any o% these
ached:led trains.
The first few days oP oE+sration on the new acheilule indicate that
Transbaykal railroad workers are aucaossful in adopting pis?eiwe norms
oalled for in the .schedule. On 2l. Apr11, 93.3 peroent oP freight trains
were dispatched an schedule and 84.1 percent ^.ontinued an sahednle. The
norm foe average speed secluding stops vas exceeded by 0.7 kilometers asd
%or average speed including stops by 1.6 kilometers. The Chita Section of
the system tree particulag?1.,~ successful on the first day, when g9:1 percent
o% the trains were sent out on schedule and q5.6 percent continued on
schedule. By O. Glazkov, chief engineer of traffic service of the Trane-
baSkal Railroad System.
REPAIR WORDS COMPI~TE 4-ASQNX'H PLAN -- 7.abaykal?ekiy IbiboChiy, No 85,
1 A~ey 49
On 2'~' April repair workers in loce~otlve depots of the Transbaykal
Ralroa$ System fulfilled the 4-month plan for medium locomrtl4e repairs
125 gaoraent an3 Yor locq?otive overhaul 100 percent. Rai]2~oad-oar-repair
workers exceeded the 4-mcanth plan for capital, medium, and annual repair of
care.'
Looomotive engineers of the eyeteon hauled 1,715 heavily loaded trains
and transported 665,000 tone of freight above the norm.
RA''I120Ad-CAR-R$PAIR DEPOTB AHEAD OF 3CSEDIILiS ?- Zebaykal~ekiy Rabochiy,
No 63, 1 Apr 49
Railroad-car warkere ~ the Transbnyla l Railroad. 8yetem com+pletod the
first-quarter plea on 29 Merrh for capital, medium, and annual repairs of
care asd tank care. The railroad car depots at Petrovekiy ?svod, Olovyenneya
and the 8hilkinekiy railroad-ear sector veto particularly outstanding in tl:e
first quarter. The Shilkinekiy eeotor will start the aontiauoue method of
car repair on 1 April. Workers en ;:he system ezpect to caanplete the 4-month
car-repair plan by 20 April.
TOPS FRE:~T QIIOTA -- Zabaykal~akiy Rabochiy, No 67, 8 Apr 49
The Bukachncha Coal-loading Station, Chita Ob]est, hen taken first
p'sace Sr, the competition among coal stations of the Tranebaykal Ieilt.,ad
System. The 3+acachac'::a Station oe~nplsted the :Stet-quarter coal-loading
plea ahead of eahedule. The Sedaln Station also ezceeded the first-quarter
plan. As of 1 April, the Tranabaykal Railroad System loaded several thoueard
freight care above the plan.: The nyetem complatel the pleas far loading
coal, timber, and scrap metal.
FAII.ROAD LACES TRSATS~ T7ffi3 -- Za3eyknl~skiy Baboch.y, No 64, 2 Apr bq
half of the railroad tine lava. ou the Trnnsbagkal Railroad 8yate~m
iu 1943 vets treated sad at present, only 5 percent of the total nranbsr aP
ties on the eyeteei have been treated to make them more durable. One of the
mein causes for this condition ie the inefficieaay cd the Hadinskiy Railroad
Tie Tmg??sgnaLing Plant which ao~plsted on], 45 percent at the 1948 plan and
incurred CO!),000 rubles 3n losRee.
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Thin year, the plant has received new equi~ent, including ~4 additional
care, anarrow-gauge locomotive, a large hoisting crane, and hydraulic pumps.
The plant, hore~er, has not yet completed regaire of o13. equipment for the
current yoer~a operations. At the same time, t}ie administration of the truck
saraice of the Trenebnyku]. Sys1~em bas not orgenize3 a sufficient Ylasr of ;
supplies to the plant. Little more than 25 ,percent of the ties received by
the track service have been sent on to'tha plant for treatment. This quantity
w*1ll supply the plant Par only one half month~e operations.
CH1R'A PNGINE$R 3dINS S'PAT.IN PRIZE -- Xabaykal ~ ekiy Rabochiy, No 72, 13 Apr 49
Ivan Trafimova$ 3olov~yev, senlar locomotive engineer of the Zilowo
Depot of the 'i'ranebaykal Railroad System, was awaked the Stalin Prise for
194$1 %or hie outeta~ing achievements in operating and repairing locamotivea.
Over a 10-year perl:od, Solov~yev achieved: a record of making no stops for
locomotive r+ipelis' during a run end Sntrod:uoed 50 improvements in his loco-
motive which facil?'~ated.operation and lengthened the service- of parts. As
a result, the; average daily rue oP his locsomotive lncremeed.fr~ year to yepr,
Yrom'39^,.ilometer? in 1942 to 463 kilometers in 1948. Hie locomotive brigade
saved more t}ian 500p000 rubles on locomotive repairs and 6'500 tone of fuel
betYaeen 1942 and 199?
Bolov~yev and }a2a brigade completed their .5-y~eer plan in 3 years in
which t_me hie locomotive ran 436;000 kilometers, the norm for average ,speed
ezcludixsg stops was ezceed:ed. by 3.1 kdlo~mef,?ns per hour, the average monthly
run reached l'2,000 k3lametei's,-locomotive turnover wae'decronee!t by 2,8
hours, and 3,627 tone of coal end. 4,525 kilograms of oil were saved. Solov~
yav also increased the distance covere3 b: hie locomotive without meiium
and capital repairs to 475,000 kilometers. In 3 yeara~ time, he saved the
State 352, COO rubles by cutting down on repairs.
8olov~yev~e methods of looomotive operation bane been popularised and
followed on ~~v~railroad~ of the oountry. Hie followers on the Far ISaetern
railroads in 1948 ezceedel the okrug norm for average speed ezcluding stops
by 1.7 kilc?etere and the norm for average daily locomotive rue by 11 kilo-
meters. Iu 2948, the average run between repairs was 70,000 kilometers, or
17,000 kilometers above the overage for the okru~3.
AkIJR 8Y3"~1 TOPS FIRb"T-QUR~'~q PLAN - ? Zabaykel ~ skit' Rabochiy, Nc 83,
29 Apr 49
The Amur Rei.lroad 3yetem ezceeded the first-Quarter p].en for loed]n~,
saved 20.5 peroent of the fuel quote affi Wore than 3 million rubles, a~-w3.
rel.easxi 20-~.,GO rubles of working capital.
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