CRITICIZES ROUTING, TURNAROUND AND OTHER RAILROAD OPERATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 498
• Publication Date: November 1, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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ROUPING 3FEN'~FICIffiT OA SOUTH DONETS SYSTFI! -- Gudok, Ro 114, 23 Sep 49
On the South Donote Ra1L oed Syet?m, only 23 - 24 pereen ~ oP the freight
shipped is dienatohed i>: traire.made up to t~arel directly to one poiut for
valoadiug ar uncoupling, while the system, a large part of whoea freight ie
bulk goods (coal, oa"Ke, metal, fluxes), should diapetoh at least 40 percent of
its freight in thta fashion. Round-trip rov.ting of conetant],v couplAid trains
is nnad Daly daring the relatf.vrly short period of grain hauling. To trans-
p,.~-t coal, motel, Doke, fluxaa, refractory sra.torials, and other products
from Doabaee tnductrial ente:pri.sos, it i! neoesaery daily to make up sex
trains, which are not rs+.urned to the eystom. Trains with ioc87.fr~ight arriving
from +,hAq Stalin and other systems are ml3e;t eftsn melle up of varyi.sg tgpee of
care out o.' which it is 1?.poaL.ibls ;.o maY.! up tralne for long-dio+~snoe through
routing,
DATE DIST. ~- Hav 1949
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
CRITICI7~'8 ROUTIAG TURNAROUND
Diaiag the first hRlf of 1949 l.o.~.i's>~r, of c::,al in long?dist.:AAtce Through
'vrmir.2 decigaatAd for nn~ station of !'satinStiClfi or xorshaLling point comprised
on]T 3?u5 percent of tho tL>tal leaded, .,he, ';gore for coke ~Iae 12 percent, and
for metal let4e than one percent, although Ilse system could have achieved a
tigers of 40 percent fL? coal, 30 percent for coke, and 3} pes-aent ?cm metal.
Part of the blame for this ell fa1L1 on the system itself for not being fii~
enough with the heads of transport shops of induetrisl egterpTiees and station
and divieica heads, However, the Aystem needs sot only tho auppart of the
organisations of its own mis111~atry -- the .~niniatratioa of the Donets Railroad
Okrng and the Main Administrations of Traffic and freight Operations -- but al-
so of the other ministries.
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Traneportatio~ -- Railroads
Daily newapa~ere
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30 Ji;1 2$ Sep 1949
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NIDIYfO 1T LA#. XRP0.ONVCTfON CI TMI[ IO0.Y, If INONI tlIT[D.
Rewepcpors a? iadtoatad.
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It ie necessary first of all to organize the supplying: 03' +he Donb~es ra9.1-
road systems xith specialized rolling stack and to e1L~~ira+,~ the variety of
types oP empty care arriving on the systems, It is tim= b. think of cr. eating
in the Donets Basin a auffi.eient number of constantly eouplei round-trip trains
whose handling and immediate return would bs euperints3*:9.e3 by the 01~ug and the
Ministry of firaasportation.
It is neceasa:y to resolve the question of standar3.iring the weight of
.,, ^d-trip ~ainc, mace a* present the cffcctl^cre,., oa +..:, ag:; ,,,.tinny 1-
g
hindered by the existing multifarious weight norms for t^ains. A
round-trip
train made up according to the coda for technical opsratio?:a aho.zld travel from
the loading point tc its 3estinati.on without being sltere3 e^ mate and without
having its weight changed. As it ie at present a coal ~ra.in .sighing 2,000 tons
loaded at Yenakfyeva and destined for Znamenka ie redn~ad in weight to 1,500
tone at Pyatikhatki.
Another Factor hindering long-distance through routing is the poorly de-
vised attaohmbnt of mines "A cake-chemical plants and. other anterprless and
of Doke-chemical plants to metallurgical Rntsrvrisea. ?~'cr Ynatttnce, s large
ma;,ority of the minas of the "Stalinugol?" and "Artamuuol "` ccrbines fulfill
an3 sassed the plan for mining and loading oP coal. IIcrwe?aer, in view of the
foot that a certain mine moat sand its coal ?.~o era?-a1 minor conaimtars often
spread aver the system and even on other eyet..sms of the raltroad network,
systematic planning of long-distance through trains is difYicult,
Ia the plawing of coke chipm9nta, suoh orga.nizatfona ae "Glav?coke"
(Main Admiaietratton of Coke-Chemical Industry), "Yuzhg:.avkaks" (Main
Administration of Coke-0hemiael Induatxy of Southern Regions); and the Central
Office for Planning lh~eipht Transport, peralt mistakes. The Rutahenkovo Colce-
hemioa PLnnt eupp
iee the 9talino Matallurgiosl P]tnt while the
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Y~aeEsMy oYfi-0hemical Plant situete3 on the sidings of the 3ta11no
plauti, aaLLUa ~ w production beyond the ~imite of'the rai'r Dad eye
9tepe should be taken t~ encourrge coal frusta, metallurgical and ooke-
chemioel plants, and other eaterprlsee to utilise long-distance routing For
their output. kt praebnt, while rbeeiving awards for aheafl-of??aohedule loading
sad unloading of single cars and small Exoups of core, m,xri,~ sntjrprieee re??
fuse to arganizs long-distance rauting, preferring to pry Y1nbe to the system.
In 5 menthe of 19'.y the Stelino Metallurgical Plar:t had tc: F,ay the South.
Dp~ata System 48,000 rubles in fines for failure to urgani:.a iong~-distance
routing. 9t the same time the aye?~am tied to nay the plant 10"x,000 rubies ir.
awards far re turning oars fry its sidings.
'"he Central Office for Planning Freight 7Yanepor+, fails eerl~uely in pro-
viding quarter and mon~ch p]sne for forming long-distance through trains. Every
man'Lh there are on the South Donets System ap to 3,000 care whose destinations
ore aot? known by anyone until the last minute.
TkA1PSCADCASDS SYSTI~l LAt;S -- Zarya Vos'iolm, No 14&- 30 Jul ~ 9
During the first half of 1949 the Trane~ancaeus Railr!+sd Sy6tam completed
70,5 percent of the plate for freight-car turnaround. On the Samtredia division
the lase of revenue t,o the state fr::a, At. Kinel' station
there era long lines of locomotives waiting to take ~:n wators but nothing is
done to speed water supplying. There are sae reservoi.ra tar aax,d and lubricants,
Antisoale oompound is stored in the open, Construction ~~P at~xage apaoa Yon
lubricants grad artiacale, improvement of water supplyit,39 sn3 acce]_eration of
fuelS.ng are not Included in the p],3.n Yon winter prepazstiona,
Tho station has no pit for inspecting locomotives. ?l?ara~?e layover of
locomotives at Hine1? is dorible the norm. The repair shops of the turnaru'and
depot of binel? ass not being prepared for winter, There ie nc heater in the
machine shop, so it has bean decided to use a iocoao~;i?re~ 3t th6 Beano timo
fleets ie no place to put tho locceeotlve, since the track hoe not been extended.
There are as water ma.ina or pl~bing in t::e depot, It ~?.1'. be inpowsib].e to ro-
pair locomotives either in the ald building or in the new bu11d1ng at least
dining the first few winter months, lQaohinery is nat. being set up in the new
building. Pipes far the locomotive hot-washing equipmsr.? 1a it the freight
shed and trucks cannot be found to transfer them.
D".iSC?4ER BATS IN ATTYBYS~ SYSTT~I - ~ =udok, Ne lio, 2$ Sep y9
Winter preparations are progressing uneatisfaetori~y ir, the depot in
Hhybyehev. Tho fire tubes for the central hex+.ing boiler were to have been
ahnnge4 by 12 September, but ae yet nothing has oaan dr?:~e> Tr,etallatlon of a
hydraulic hoist fcrrn? reversing tender trucks has rot boor, be3un. Tho quality of
repel. is low 1n +he washing shop, The shop has no ver,tilatcr c~:d the exhaust
pipes do not function. 'i'he heating is poor. in the lo:ocT~.cti?.~e inepe..tion
aeot~an. Pipes sn3 batteries are out of order, and nc`hin~? is being done to
obtain pipe,
In the Ruzayevka depot the tat?ntab?.:~ inetallati~Y.:n br:rr beery cpnp~.etaly re??
paired, 31mu1'taua?~us ee,'ricing with ail, sand, ~ .ter, and v:tts;;ala ltaE bean
este.bliahed. T'ne coal bunkers have been repaired and. auppla~enfary bunY?er far
band has been coaecructad. Tha depot buildings have been repaired. In the
w4ehing and overhauling shops capital repair has been c?.:yi_a;.6d oa the roofs,
ha4~w.ng system, Ploore? windows, machines, and equipman~?, '
Ipcomnti,ve v.tilizati.cc ~,~ the P.~yvbyohev Syetan: is poor. ore is on the
system not one locomotive eng_neer who ayetemstictxlly aohio'a?es ~'ail~ tuna of
500 l,ilooroators. One 'reason for t?xie ? ~ thrst at Rinel?, wha.ce i : is ntccesary
to tux?n a locomotive ar?cvnd in one hour, taxing on w,_:.;r :::.?_~y Cr~6s 3 - 4 hours.
The commercial service of the Tomsk Railroad Systu~. o:gr~,ised one year
ago, is not operating satiafactorilp. The system incurs ~amendous loosen from
freight damage and losses because the service doe~i not ~ cr;-?.,~, adequate eafe-
gnarda for ehipmeate. In ly'c8- these losses totaled b! ~?'~iua rubles, and
12.8 million rubles In 6 months of this year. The pecp:as? costa, in handling
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suite branght against the railroads by citizens and organi_at'.one, have found
that the inefficiency of the system's coennerciel service is the main cease for
these loss?s. Invoices ar? not Pilled out accxuc~atsly, which loads to
misappropriation of gaode. The oc~tercial documents on which weight lasses
tm .Eemages ere gut inter afficiel frnmi often appoar in court with many mistakes
sad oo~ieeions.
T:,a c'~'~- di:iaion of the ser?,?icc ^^^wc;s a_ c?~?~-? ?~ no?.i_ry ?i~1,~R p_
gainat the ra17x?oad, with thg result that the courts are bumdened with in-
c~teatable oases for which the systems must pay court ezkonsee. The courts
have established that the railroad must beer all responsibility in cases
of Ices. It ie not then clear why the claims depar4maat does not settle this
type of cls.lm instead of bringing it to court. Court proceedings cost the
syetean mc~? than 500,000 rubles in fool and ezpsnditu~-es during the first half
of this year.
Cii8~8PASOVt~-N09DSIBIRSS I,TNE SAS Ti~LJ1Y5 -- Sovetskaya Sibir', Na 16A, 20 Aug kg
Delays of the Cherepanovo-Novosibirsk suburban train of the Tomsk Railroad
8yeteam haves become a frequent accu~rence. Tho Bain hoe saraetlmes bean ae
mash ag 6 hou.s late.
LDCli110!PIVE RRPAIR PLANT MIIS~~ "QUOTA -- Sovetekaye Sibir', No 162, 17 Aug ~9
The Novosibirsk Loocmotive R?pnir Peat Yu1t111ed only 70 peroeat of the
Jn1v elan fear scare locomotive parts. i~ae pleat hoe not bean working at full
capacity foa~ a long period. Many of its woxkers.~ra not meeting therS plane
an6, are sot maeteriag tooaaotive repair skills.
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