ECONOMIC - RAILROADS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600231071-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1071
• Publication Date: July 1, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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OENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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~ REPOP II
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJEG?I' Bcoa~ic - Ra.';;~.rcade
F?IOW
PUBL{SFiED Dedi'lar newspapers
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PIJBUSHED 8 - 28 Sep 1948
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1RIP~ITIOI lNBES SUHPI9Z -- Tnrkaenehaya Iekra, Bo 193, 28 Sep 48
At the beginning of 1948, nn ezpedition of "Daeprotraneproyekt," wader
eupenieioa of A, Ye. Potclav, Bngineer-MaJor of roadbeds sad etruatures, com-
pleted n terrain surrey for a railr~nd tram Urgench to gua&'ad. The surPOyore
trled to find sniteble access to the Ust-Urt Plateau, khich decende ebruptly
to the south atd oustracte the course of the railroad. The er$laeers suggested
that the esceat to the p]ateau my be achieved by donbl.e tracticm, i.e., Dy
two locamotivas .
The Chardshoa Kungrnd liae? viii represent the eouLhera section of
the C'~drhou-Aleksaadrw Csy min line. '."he play for this section has been
irked oat in its basic points. Snr-eyors now mast develop the plan for the
middle eeetton, fYam %ungrad to Nala~t. The latter ie located on the Cvr'yev-
Eanda8aoh railrced.
The middle erction Se about '(50 rilametere long and Ss the most difficult.
Beyond Suagrad, it passes through terrain vhlch hue abnoP_aat cavern formations.
This provides work for geologists. The ascent to Uet~rt is over a steep g0-
meter a'itf. A survey of ground cw,ditions must De made at this point. About
400 rilometEr?n of the line will run acros^ the Uet-Uri P]ateen, which has
never been thoronga~y explored. There ere practically ao inhabited pLcee is
this part of the country. The supply of fresh crater will be n different
The northern elope of list Urt 1s more passable than Lau aont):ern. Sere
she regi.oa D~giae to merge vita the Urn? steppe. Here the railroad line enteru
the territrry ,:f the SsznYh S9R, crosses tFe IDQbn River, end connects nrith the
railroad laadirg to Gt~r'yev. A lino v111 also be Lsid along the shore of the
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vi1T lay out the roa8bed fry %ungrad to the north. Another party, user A. T.
Mironenko, wi11 move from the opposite dixeatioD, starting out Prom the C~ar'yev-
Handagach line. A geological group ie also going to the construction sit?.
The expedition will be led by &nginesr A. C. Pil'maa, whc earlier took part is
survey work oa the P'aadagach Our'yev line.
Preliminary research, covering about 400 ~ilometere, ie p?aLned this year.
The operating base for the epnthern greup of the expedition will be in
$nngrad. Research workers wS?.1 have at their disposal as oirpLaae, seven auto-
mobil+eo, sad camel transport. Radio will be used for commaaicatioa.
In aoastructing the seedbed of the middle section, an origiaal autgmatic
leveling instrument, designed by Soviet P~Ogiaeer Arktanov, will be used for
the first time. It Se built oa a bicycle. While, with an ordinary leveling
instrument, the surveyors Can enrvey ~ kilometers a day, the sow instrument
will else it po~eible to survey terrnia at the speed of walking. It will also
pro-id~ as antometically recorded chart of tAe leveling, tit le, a fi.aiehed
p;oSile. Aa automatic tachymeter of new design will also be used.
7;3{C Oi+ $L1~CTRIG RA]fUd'AY3 -- Sovotekayt? lit+rn, SBo 228, 25 Sap 4fi
Ey the cad of 1950, the total length of electric rallroade in the Soviet
Un1on should reach 7,360 kilometers. Turing the 10-year period before t};ae
war, as average of 204 kilametere of railroads per year were converted to
eleotriaity. Daring the nostvar Five-Year Plan the average figure increased
to 1, 000 iti lametei?e .
.One of the: moat important tadke of rai L oad workers ie the electrifica-
tion of the Ural-Siberian mainline, 2,350 kila~tere long, eztending from
Bovoeibirsk to Demo etatioa, mar Ufa. This railroad coaaecte the most im-
pu~vtant indsetrisl rogions of the Urals and`Kuabnes and is one of the lead}.ag
Base is the country with regard to freight capacity. $lectrificatioa of the
entire length of the Ural~lberian Railroad must be completed during this
!'ive-Zees P]an.
gounrad Mine is conaecte3 with Ralkhneh Coppar~rnelting Pi,snt by a 20-
M looeter railroad line. This rand is aov being electrified and by the cad
of the year the first electrir, train will carry gounrad ore to the Copper-
8trelting Plant .
RE190CTZOF I6 TRAISf 3SRYICS -- Swetekaya Lstviya, lfo 213, 8 sap 48
Beoauee of a dACreeee in the nuaber of paseengere, 12 trains will De die-
ooatinned in each direction on the Rigs Vmar'ye Liae starting 7 3epte?ber.
Eight of then will be discontinued to and from ge?eri, tvo to and from 31oka,
cae i.o ann free iuiwa, sun ane io aaci free a`tende.
IA".'V7J1E RAILROAD 3TATSOA3 R8Z4TORBfl -- Eo:ethlcayn Is`.viye, ~0 227, 2h Sep 49
The Germans deetroye3 i?+4 Latvian rai.soad stations, but efface liberation
dotenc of each stations Pave bees restored. Amo+ig these a_-~e the YeYgava,
Tseoie, bnldu^i esd. Sew etntions. Recently a nev etatioa vac opened up at
Retekne. A sew one will Boon be opened nt Semeri.
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PAIZAQAD NOl S'~OR!' OF FId~IP -? Turk~r:ekgpn Ir~hra, 1Vo 190, 24 Sep 48
dAehk]iabaQ railroad srorkere arc nut mesttnu their ~laflWrea to rnl4tll at,o
irei{~ht a above plane , 3~hny tank a~ freight care, TaesdedWwith perlebr'~la
a~"ranpefii?~ble gooae, dead for dale at ~ ?tat_on. '~nterprice direatore
R~w~e failed to prbride edegt~to storage; Yscilitiea and um,leiddlaaA p]:atforms,
;1~ @ ~uthm ~ 1948 .the 5~r~ 'Zagotserae~ t~ge ~aa mp 36o fr?i8ht aaxe
',..4'wa. ? 4'wkrS ..I 1. CAL A.-~'-a.~ ___ L __ ..
ing~ot~ee eeotor'of the D(ary dlrlefon hne de~acfl beyond the corn tho:.naload-
lab of sore than 300 fr?ight, ease of fnel fo?~ :LOCCaotivee aztidC b~.aee'.
eoffiteve their asin ob,ectiee An the tnrao-er of freight aara. TmpAttgnat,_
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