REPORTS ON SOVIET RAILROAD OPERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

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• Publication Date: January 11, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORTI
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COUNTRY USSR
DATE OF
SUBJECT Transportation - Bail INFORMATION 1953
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PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
REPORTS ON SOVIET RAII.ROAD OPERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
ABOVE-PLAN OPERATIONS ON TRANSCAUCASUS RAIT:ROAD SYSTEM -- Baku, Bakinskiy
Rabochdy, 30 May 53
The Alyat Division, Transcaucasus Railroad System, has exceeded the car-
loading plan: for the first 5 months of 1953 by 15.9 percent. Aluch above-plan
!'refight was dispatched, LncludinR cotton fibers, fish, cottonseed, salt, canned
goods, raw cotton, and construction materials.
The Kirovabad Division exceeded the 5-month carloading plan for important
economic freight by 15.6 percent.
The Baku Division announced the completion of the 5-month plan for carload-
ing on 26 May 1953?
INCREASED PASSENGER SERVICE FROM LENINGRAD -- Leningradskaya Pravda, 9 Jul 53
Engineers of the Leningrad-Moskovskiy Passenger Station, attempting to aug-
ment summer long-distance passenger transport, have decided to increase their
consists by adding two cars to express trains and one car to other passenger
trains above the established norm, and to adhere strictly to schedule. This will
make it possible to transport an extra 1,000 passengers a day from Leningrad.
SUCCESSES OF OCTOBER SYSTEI4 IN FIR.iT 5 MONTHS OF 1953 -- Moscow, Gudok, 4 Aug 53
For the first 5 months of 1953 the cost of hauling on the October Railroad
System was lowered by 2.7 percent, and the productivity of labor was increased
by 2.8 percent above the plan.
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Engineers of above-norm-weight trains attained special successes. In the
first half of 1953 they operated 14,825 above-norm-weight trains and transported
on them 5,077,000 tons above the established weight norms.
INDEXES FOR TRAFFIC CRAPH OF FREIGHT TRAINS, JULY 1953 -- Moscow, Gudox, 4 Aug 53
In July the best indexes for the completion of the traffic graph of 1`reight
trains were attained by the Baltic, Kalinin, Southeestern, Lvov, Southeastern,
Northern, Belorussian, Southern, Moscow-Kursk-Donbass, Volga, F.ar Eastern, Moscow
Ryazan', Pechora, Ashkhabad, Tomsk, Kuybyshev, Odessa-Kishinev, Moscow-Kiev, Oc-
tober, Cor'kiy, and Donets railroad systems.
Unsatisfactory in the completion of the traffic grapkr of freight trains were
the Ufa, Krasnoyarsk, Transbaykal, East Siberia, Omsk, and Orenburg railroad sys-
tems.
ABOVE-NORM LOCOMOTIVE OPERATIONS ON SOUTHERN SYSTEM -- Moscow, Gudok, 14 Aug 53
In the past 22 years more than 56,000 above-norm-weight trains have been op-
erated on the Southern Railroad System. On these traits 14.5 million tons of
freight above the norm have been hauled. Through these operations the statF has
saved over 6.1 million rubles. The number of engineers of above-norm-weight
trains is also increasing Prom year to year. In 1952, 7,616 more above-norm-
weight trains were run than in 1951 on the Southern System.
Of special importance is the fact that not only the number, but also the
average weight of above-norm-weight trains has increased. In 1952, the average
weight was 276 tons more than in 1951. During the past 5 years the weight of
trains has increased more than 13 percent. The average daily run of engines dur-
ing this period has increased by 46 percent.
During the past 5 years the between-running-gear repair run of the locomo-
tive in kilometers has increased 27.5 percent. Especially important is the fact
that the long runs between running-gear repairs have been achieved not ,just by
individual locomotives, as formerly, but by almost all engines. The increase
in between-running-gear repair runs saved 1.3 million rubles in 1952 by reducing
the number of engines placed in running-gear repair. The average norm of the
system for between-rwrriing-gear repair runs was surpassed by 15 percent.
Another significant index for improving the condition of the locomotive in-
ventory is the reduction in the number of engine breakdowns or. the road. In 1952,
the number of engine breakdowns was 22 percent less than in 1951, and during 1953
engine breakdowns while in operation have been 37 percent less than in 1952.
Magnetic detection of defects is one of the best methods for the maintenance
of parts. In 1952 alone, in terminals of the Southern Railroad System almost
212,000 engine parts were inspected by this method. Faulty parts were replace3
immediately, thus preventing breakdowns on the road. So far in 1953, despite
the fact that the work of locomotives has increased significantly and the number
of inspected engine parts has increased 37 percent, fewer parts have been con-
demned and replaced than in 1952?
From 1949 through 1952, the norm for t're run of engines between washing re-
pairs increased by more than 13 percent. This means that periodic inspections
of engine parts are being done less often. However, the number of defects found
during inspections has not increased, but has even decreased. During 1953, the
Southern System has succeeded in raising the norm of between-washing-repair runs
by 10 percent, maintaining at the same time the appropriate order and standard
periods of inspection of basic parts.
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FAILURES IiJ SUPFLYIPIG EMPTY FREIGfiT CARS -- Moscow, Pravda, 14 Atg 53
On 8 July 1953 Karpov, Deputy Minister of Railways, directed t:ie Kalinin
Railroad System to supply 49 empty freight cars to the iuzyatino station for the
shipment of wool. When the directive was not complied with, the ministry sent s
second directive on 21; July, but in answer to this the railroad system sent only
nine care. The ministry sent a third directive to the Ks.iinin System on 8 August,
but Kon'kov, deputy chief of the Kalinin System, and the heads of the traffic de-
partment and the freight office did not fulfill these orders. As n result, the
wool has not yet been sent to the textile enterprises.
In agreement with the directive of the Ministry of Railways; the railroad
systems were obliged to supply empty freight cars for the haul_ng o? cattle, de-
pending on the demands of the procurement orgauizations. However. during the
first 7 days of August the Ashkhabad Railroac: System did not haul cattle, and as
a result g0O empty cars accumulated on the system. The Odessa-Kishinev and the
Southern railroad systems supplied insufficient care for the hauling of cattle to
the Moscow Meat Combine. The Donets Railroad System continuously fails to ful-
fill the norm for the shipment of salt for enterpric~s of the fishing industry,
chiefly for the Fer East. In June, the Donets System delivered 1,1.00 care belox
the norm to the salt mills and for 11 days of Aulvst, 527 cars beloia t};e norm
Tae Ordzhonikidze and the Volga systems are retarding the shipment of fish.
Through the fault of tr_e bfoacow-Kursk-Donbass, October, and 17crthern rail-
road systems, the dispatching of fabrics has been held up from the Orekhovo_
~uyevo and Kalinin cotton combines, and from the Ivanovo base of Glavtekstil'torg,
L;dain Administration of Textile Industry Trade of the former Ministry of Light
and Food InduatrieJ . The heninabad combine is having difficulty shipping silk
in small consignments on the Tashkent Railroad System.
Very feu railroad stations are permitted to receive and dispatch freight in
small consignments. In most instances the railroad people demand that cosm~ercisl
organizaticna hold their freight until full carloads can be supplied. This holds
uu the dispatching of goods for a considerable time and in agriculture]. locali-
ties it often leads'to spoilage.
Anothex? great problem is container shipments. There are still too many sta-
tions where there are no accomaodations for the reception and dispatching of con-
tainers. Zt is impossible to dispatch goods in containers to certr+in Oblast cen-
ters, such as Chita and Arviiangel'sl:, end to the towns of blichurirok, Arzamas,
hlillarovo, Krasnoufimsk, Kaigyshin, Svobodnyy, and others.
Kishinev, Sovetskaya hioldaviya, 27 Aug 53
On the Bessax?abskaya Division, Odessa-Kishinev System, there is a constant
demand fcr quicker dispatching of vegetables, fruit, and other perishables. Hox-
ever, the railroad worY.ers will not hurry, but hold up this iYeigirt at the sta-
tions. For example, on 15 lu:c,ust, 21+G cars of frei.~iit were to he disnntched, but
only 70 cars were made avai::able at the loading; points. Many carloads of grain,
poultry, and canned goods were left behind. "There :is not}ang we can au," the
workers claim, "we simply do not have the care at our disposal."
At many stations rolling stocl: is being utilized poorly. The Bessarabskays
Division from month to month ie not complying with the norm fox? car turnaround
time. In June alone, hundreds of cars were not loaded and dispatci.~d.
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The norms for car layovers, especially at such important stations as Tiras-
pol', Beasarabskaya, Vulkaneshty, and Tarakliya, are far from being met2 Re-
cently, at the sidings of the Tiraspol' station a large number of care remained
for unloading for over 20 hours.
The lack of eapties is directly attributable to the same people who hold
up the care during unloading. At the Bendery station, or e: