ECONOMIC - RAILROAD EQUIPMENT

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• Publication Date: August 4, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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Daily newspapers
USSR
9 - 26 Jun 1949
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RAILOAD CAR REPAIR CRITICIZED -- Cudok, No 76, 26 Jun 49
A recent staff meeting of the Ministry of Transportation discussed the
plan for repair of railroad care in depots and plants. The 5-month plan for
repair of freight cars was oompleted 102 percent, and the plan for repair of
passenger oars, 103 percent. The Ural-Siberian and Caucasus railroad okrugs
showed a marked improvement in their work.
Most of the work, however, was done during the first 4 months. Only 90.4
percent of the May plan for repair of rolllag stock .me oompleted, and in 20
dove of June only 49 percent of the Jung plan tad been completed. During 5
months of this yoar, repair wonccre failed to deliver 1,223 freight oars, of
vhici the Central and Central A;iia railroad okruga failed to deliver 58 pa-
.-cent, or over 4,000.
Many systems have organized running ropaird of cars, poorly. WhIlo, the
numbor of cars on the lines of the Ural-Siberian O1r?ug needing this type of
repair was lower than the norm, there were 919 oars on the Central Ohrug and
403 to the Donate Okrug above the norm. Statistics show that care uncoupled
for repairs are uade:' repair about 5 hours, but it requires 30 hours t4 take
them from the station tracks to the repair points an1 book.
On many toads, control over the giality of repair woir is uasa;isfaotory.
Many care are damaged on the railroads of the network and on industrial sidings.
Repair of this damage to not provided for by any plane. Closed freight oars .are
used to transport stone, metal waste, firewood, coal, and other bulky freight,
despite a ruling of the Ministry to the contrary. Of all damaged. freight cars,
28 percent are damaged in shunting operations, especially in bumping yards.
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The staff meeting considered the highly unsatisfactory work of the Ad
irinietration of Railroad Car Repair Plants, which, did not fulfill the 1948
plan, and is not fulfilling the 1949 plan according to'schedule. Only 86.8
percent of the 5-]loath plan for passenger car repair was completed, mod only
93 9 percent of the plan for freight oar repair; 75.2 percent of the plan for
repair of closed freight cars, 74.3 percent of the plan for repairing tank cars,
and 68.9 percent of the plan for repairing refrigerator oars was completed. The
Roelavl', Stryy, Uroohekiy, Popaenaya, and Panyutino plants have not even one-
ceeded in raising the level of output against last year. Delay of care in some
plants is 100 - 2C0 percent above the norm,
MOSCOW BRAKE PLANT WORKS WELL -- Moekovskly Bol'shevik, No 143, 19 Jun 49.
During 1948, the Moscow Brake Plant imeni L. M. Kaganovioh exceeded the pre-
war production level. The plant's production was 118 percent of its 1940 output,
and labor productivity increased 40 percent. Above-plan savings In 1943 amounted.
.to 6.9 million rubles.
Turnover of working capital was accelerated. In 1940, the plant produced
2 rubles 89 kopecks' worth of goods for each ruble of its own working capital,
and the turnover of working capitol was 2.89 times, or 125 days. In 1948, the
plant prodnoed goods worth 3. rubles 42 kopecks for each ruble of Working capital,
&c.1 turnover of working capital was accelerated by 19 days.
In 1948, the plant put into production high-capacity machines, aoanufactured
500 new devices and 82 stamps, and setup 11 continuous production lines. The
machining of 30 new parts was switched to automatic machines. The plant mechanized
the assembly section for beav' parts in the pump chop. A conveyer was sot up in
the foundry and the plant organized an int srehop, intraplant transportation system
using electric oars.
Luring the first 5 months of 1949, the plant made more khan 2 million rubles
of profit and deposited in the bank the first 250,000 rubles of freed working
capital. The turnover of working capital was accelerated by 10 days above the plan.
Among other things, the plant is manufacturing M-320 parts and vacuum pumps. --
B. Yaehechkin, director, Moscow Brake Plant
The Moscow Brake Plant supplies steam locomotives, Diesel lonoaeoti7us,
railroad oars, electric locomotives, and subway trains with air brake equipment.
in 1948 the plant attained the average monthly rate of production planned for
1950. .T.ts turnover of working capital was aoceleerated 13 days above plan.
Aseeml Ling of equipment i9 now carried out by a continuous operation rethci.
Cartiole, mui`iapirri?e, siWbntomutic iethes k u5c.. In maGhiaIng brake cylinders.
Pora-cr]y, 15 . arret 'ath.fi, wc?raing in t,hrac ot..efts, were used In this operation.
Seven electric-switch eat omatie and semlautc atic machinee have also been In-
stalled in the plant. !Lset machines have been converted to high-speed cutting
operations.
A steam freight locomotive of new eeign has been built by the Yoroshilo'gaad
Plant. The locomotive, designated O1:-23-01, has an axle load considerably greater
than that of the Series PD locomotive, and is equipped with a balanced steam engine
and a new driving arrangement. It has a mechanical stoker and a pneumatic reverse
gear device, as veil as centralized lubrication of moving parts and a special
machine for shaking the fire grates.
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speed of 50 - 60 kilometers per hour. On one run it rev a 3r600-tan train,
1,300 tons more than the norm for the F7) locomotive. Further tests will be run
on one )Z the sections or rue western itailroarl system.
petition' forabove-plan production from saved metal. The beet results were
achieved, by the;Sverdlovsk Plant ofTransport -Machine Building and the Ural
The leading enterprises of Sverdlovsk Oblast are engaged in socialist com-.
Car-Building Plant. The Sverdlovsk Plant of Transport Machine Building produced.
12 coal-loading maabines.above plan by saving metal and other mater1als. The.
Ural Car-Building Plant was able to produce'a large number of railroad oars and
The Kharkov Transport-Machine-Building Plant is now pr*ucing above the plan.
Zarya Tostoka, No 112, 10 Jun 49
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