SOVIET LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR PLANTS SHOW PROGRESS

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• Publication Date: June 29, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION 50X1-HUM
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
CD NO.
COUNTRY
USSR
I
SUBJECT
Economic - Technological; rail equipment
DATE OF
INFORMAT
ION
1952 - 1953
HOW
DATE DIST. 2.
Jun 1953
PUBLISHED
Daily newspapers; monthly periodical
WHERE
PUBLISHED
USSR
NO. OF PAGES
4
DATE
PUBLISHED
23 Mar 1952 - 13 Jan 1953
LANGUAGE
Russian
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
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SOVIET LOCOMOTIVE AND CAR PLANTS SHOW PROGRESS
CAR REPAIR PIANTS FULFILL PLANS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE -- Moscow, Gudok, 21 Sep 52
The Perovo Car Repair Plant imeni L. M. Kaganovich, which is well equipped
to repair, and to supply spare parts for, :lectrified rolling stock fulfilled
its 8-month quota 114.4 percent for gross output and 111.9 percent for commodity
production. It also pledged to fulfill its 10-month quota by 5 October, ahead
of schedule, and to conserve 130,000 kilowatt-hours of power, 208 tons of fuel,
35 tons of ferrous metal, to increase labor efficiency 9 percent above plan,
and to show a profit of 1,100,000 rubles. It also pledged to build one repair
train for the new electrified lines.
The Perovo Car Repair Plant imeni L. M. Kaganovich, which has been exceeding
its repair quotas for some years, has also been improving its performance each
year. It fulfilled its 1952 quota ahead of schedule by 25 November. It in-
creased production 111.6 percent over 1951 and at the same time, cut production
coats 9.7 percent below the 1951 level.
Moscow, Vechernyaya Moskva, 20 Oct 52
The Moscow Car Repair Plant imeni Voytovich fulfilled its 9-month quota
for gross output and commodity production ahead of schedule. During this period,
the plant conserved more than 90,000 kilowatt-hours and showed a profit of 2.5
million rubles above plan. In the new Five-Year Plan, the plant will be equip-
ping car trucks with roller bearings.
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KIEV CAR PLANT INTRODUCES NEW METHODS, CUPS REPAIR TIME -- Moscow, Gudok,
10 Sep 52
The Kiev Car Repair Plant fulfilled its August quota for passenger car re-
pairs 110 percent. By introducing new work methods, the plant cut labor on an
average of 180 hours for capital repairs and 70 hours for medium repairs. It
showed a profit of 186,000 rubles on capital repairs and 56,000 rubles on medium
repairs.
Gudok, 23 Dec 52
The Kiev Car Repair Plant fulfilled its annual 1952 quota ahead of schedule
by completing it on 16 December 1952.
LENINGRAD CAR PLANT TO BUILD CARS WITH ROLLER BEARINGS -- Leningrad, Lenin-
gradskaya Pravda, 3 Dec 52
The Leningrad Car Building Plant imeni Yegorov has made preparations to
build cars equipped with roller bearings.
URAL CAR PLANT AHEAD IN PRODUCTION -- Kishinev, Sovetskaya Moldaviya, 29 Oct 52
The Ural Car Plant imeni Stalin is now producing more goods than at any
time in 1952. It is now producing goods originally scheduled for production
in 1953.
Frunze, Sovetskaya Kirgiziya, 9 Dec 52
Competition has started among the workers of the Ural Car Plant imeni
Stalin to fulfill. the Fifth Five-Year Plan in 4 years. Labor efficiency has
increased sharply. The output for each shift has been increased 1.5-2 times
above norm by 80 percent of the workers.
ORDZHONI:KIDZE CAR PLANT CUTS TIME ON CAPITAL REPAIRS -- Moscow, Gudok, 23 Mar 52
More than 1,100 workers at the Ordzhonikidze Car Repair Plant imeni Kirov are
engaged in competition to fulfill each operation successfully. The plant sur-
passed its January and February quotas for gross output and for car repairs.
In 1951, the Ordzhonikidze Car Repair Plant imeni Kirov cut the layover
time of a four-axle car undergoing capital repairs 13.6 days below that of 1950.
In 1952, the layover time of these cars was cut 15.7 days below the 1950 figure.
In 1950, the man-hours necessary to make capital repairs were, on an
average, 1,771 man-hours for a two-axle car and 3,095 man-hours for a four-
axle car. labor efficiency was only 73.1 percent of plan. In 1951, the time
was cut to 1,630 man-hours for a two-axle car and 3,088 man-hours for a four-
axle car. Meanwhile labor efficiency rose to 105.9 percent above plan.
During 7 months of 1952, the man-hours involved in capital repairs dropped
to 1,476 for a two-axle car and 2,713 for a four-axle car, while labor efficiency
rose to 119.5 percent above plan. By cutting the time between operations, the
plant increased its average monthly production by 3 cars over the period prior to
making a reorganization of its production methods.
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USE LESS METAL TO BUILD CARS -- Petrozavodek, Leninskoye Znamya, 19 Nov 52
By making technological improvements in production, the Kaliningrad Car
Building Plant now uses 800 kilograms less metal per car in building dump cars.
As a result, in 1952, the plant was able to cut production costs of these cars.
In 1952, the Altayskaya Car Plant in Chesnokovka used 9.1 tone of rolled
stock to build a box car, as compared to 12.3 tons in 1948. The amount of
rolled stock required to build a four-axle gondola car in 1952 was reduced to
11.1 tons, as compared to 14.9 tons in 1949.
TAMBOV CAR PLANT EXCEEDS JULY 1952 SCRAP QUOTA -- Moscow, Gudok,26 Aug 52
The Tambov Car Repair Plant collected 1,500 tons of scrap in July 1952.
Its wheel shop collected 900 tons, or 150 tons above quota.
STRYY CAR PLANT SHOWS 500,000 RUBLE PROFIT -- Moscow; Gudok, 11 Dec 52
By subassembling units and then repairing cars by the progressive method,
the Stryy Car Repair Plant cut labor per car from 500 to 294 hours. Capital-
repair costs were cut 300 rubles per car. During the 3-month period of Sep-
tember, October, and November 1952, the plant showed a profit of 500,000
rubles. The plant is having difficulty in obtaining tool steel from the
Main Administration of Material Technical Supply and is forced to make tools
from ordinary steel.
The Stryy Car Repair Plant fulfilled its 1952 repair plan ahead of
schedule, repaired 46 cars above plan, and produced tens of tons of r.ast iron
and forgings for the railroads. It has cut production costs considerably.
Open-hearth smelters at the Ulan-Ude Locomotive-Car Repair Plant doubled
norms for smelting steel without interrupting operations. They smelted 600
heats without having capital repairs made on the furnace.
Chief metallurgists and car-repair-plant foundry chiefs recently held a
conference at Leningrad. They discussed the results of investigations concerning
the operating qualities of car brake shoes. The conference brought to the at-
tention of the Main Administration of Car Repair Plants the necessity of
rechecking the design of a number of car parts with the intention of saving
metal and cutting losses during the casting of the various parts.
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The Michurinsk Locomotive Repair Plant pledged to fulfill its annual quota
for gross output ahead of schedule, increase its labor efficiency 4 percent
above the second quarter of 1952, and to repair four locomotives above quota by
30 September 1952..
Gudok, 1 Nov 52
The Michurinsk Locomotive Repair Plant received the Red Banner Award of
the VT5SPS (All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions) and the Ministry of
Railways USSR for having fulfilled its 9-month quota 102.5 percent for loco-
motive repairs, 111.8 percent for gross output, and 112.6 percent for con-
sumer goods. The plant showed a profit of 2 million rubles in the 9 month
period.
The Michurinsk Locomotive Repair Plant has fulfilled its 11-month quota
101.2 percent for locomotive repairs and 111.2 percent for gross output.
POLTAVA LOCOMOTIVE PLANT STEPS UP CYLINDER PRODUCTION -- Moscow, Gudok
23 Nov 52
By stepping up its machines to higher speeds, in 1952, the Poltava Loco-
motive Repair Plant saved more than 100,000 man-boars on the more than 300
locomotive items machined at high speeds.
In 1952, the plant increased its gross output 80 percent and its labor
efficiency 56.6 percent over 1940. Losses due to rejects in the foundry were
cut 38 percent for cast iron and 9.8 percent for brass. Instances of incom-
plete work were cut 6.5 percent below the 1951 level. This latter factor
made it possible to cut the layover time of a locomotive undergoing repairs
to 50 hours. The plant fulfilled its 10-month quota on 20 October 1952.
More than 70 percent of the working force is Stakhanovites.
Kiev, Pravda Ukrainy, 13 Jan 53
In 1951, the Poltava Locomotive Repair Plant produced only seven loco-
motive cylinders a month. Today, it is producing 20-25 cylinders a month. It
pledged to produce at least 40 cylinders per month in 1953 and fulfill its
quota of the Fifth Five-Year Plan in 4 years. To achieve this, it has pledged
to increase its designed capacity 10 percent in 1953. In the fourth quarter
of 1952, the plant held first place among locomotive repair plants.
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