HAULING OPERATIONS ON USSR RAILWAYS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700170299-1
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2011
• Sequence Number: 299
• Publication Date: April 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED USSR
DATE
PUBLISHED 21 Oct 1953-9 Feb 1954
LANGUAGE Russian, Azerbaijani
CLASSIFICATION coNFIDRIrTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOC
UMENTS OR RADIO ROADCASTS
COUNTRY USSR
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REPORT
CD NO.
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1953
DATE DIST. /S Apr 1954
NO. OF PAGES 3
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
HAULING OPERATIONS OR USSR RAILWAYS
IMPORTANT FREIGHT STATIONS -- Moscow, Gudok, 21 Oct 53
The task now confronting the railroad workers is the continuous fulfillment
of the state hauling plan for all types of freight. Daily, the railroad systems
must work out operational measures, paying particular attention to the loading
points of important types of freight, including consumer goods. Of all the
freight hauled on USSR railroads, 17 stations handle 31 percent of all sugar,
21 stations handle 51 percent of all cloth, 16 stations handle 50 percent of
all cotton, and 5 stations handle 73 percent of all salt. A steady flow of
empties must be provided to these stations.
HAULING CONSUMED GOODS ON TRANSBAYKAL SYSTEM -- Moscow, Gudok, 24 Oct 53
The variety of goods hauled on the Transbaykal Railroad System is con-
stantly increasing. In the third quarter of 1953, the trade organizations of
Chitinskaya Oblast received for public sale 12 percent more silk fabrics, 54
percent more woolen fabrics, and 17 percent more sewn articles than in the
second quarter of 1953. In September alone, 20 million rubles' worth of manu-
factured goods and food products were loaded and sent to the agricultural re-
gions.
The hauling of consumer goods in October has increased and the monthly
plan for loading and dispatching has been completed ahead of schedule. On
23 October on the Transbaykal Railroad System, the following were loaded above
the plan: 78 cars of meat, 50 care of vegetables, and 83 cars of footwear,
clothing, bicycles, and other manufactured goods. Six million rubles' worth
of cement, slate, iron, and other construction materials were sent to the
agricultural regions for MT5 and kolkhozes.
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Soon, new large consignments of cloth, fruits, canned goods, and tobacco
Products will arrive. Twenty cars of apples, bananas, and watermelons have al-
ready arrived (at Chita). Four cars of motorcycles and various types of cul-
tural goods will soon arrive.
CONSUMER GOODS ON BELORUSSIAN SYSTEM -- Moscow, Gudok, 25 Oct 53
During September and 20 days of October, 27,000 cars with various types
of food and manufactured products were loaded and sent from stations of the
Belorussian Railroad System. There were 120 cars of confectionery, 65 cars
of canned goods, and more than 150 cars of butter dispatched above the norm.
Striving for an increase in consumer goods hauled, station workers have
improved the technology of loading and classification work and have reduced
car layover time. The crew of the Minsk-Tovarnyy-Vostochnyy Station, in the
second 10-day period of October, reduced car layover time by .9 hours below
the norm.
QUICKER HANDLING, PRESERVATION OF CONSUMER GOODS -- Ashkhabad, Turkmenskaya
Iskra, 11 Dec 53
On the Ashkhabad Railroad System, there has been an increase in the flow
of consumer goods. The November flow, by comparison with September, has in-
creased 50 percent. For more rapid movement of freight, a number of technical
and organizational measures have been provided. In the freight office of the
administration of the Ashkhabad Railroad System, two groups have been created
to provide for the movement of food and manufactured products. For the hauling
of less-than-carload consignments,a department has been organized, an additional
number of local-distributing cars have been provided, and a special graph for
their operation has been set up. The number of inspectors has been increased
for a tighter control over the hauling of consumer goods.
The construction of a new container-handling area is being completed at
Nary Station, and Nebit-Dag Station has begun the equipping of a container-
handling point. In ehkhabad, final preparations are now being made for
the erection of a new ice plant for icing transit perishable freight. With
the operation of this ice station, it will no longer be necessary to transport
ice from Stalinabad.
NEW FREIGHT, BAGGAGE HALING METHOD ON BALTIC SYSTEM -- Tallin, Sovetskaya
Estoniya, 12 Dec 53
A new system for the reception of freight from organizations, kolkhozes,
kolkhoz workers, and the city population has been introduced on the Baltic
Railroad System. The necessary paper work for the reception of baggage has been
simplified and the requirements for hauling agricultural freight have been
changed. Under the new system, kolkhoz workers wishing to transport agricultural
products need only present a statement that they belong to an artel. This gives
them the right to transport produce `reigning up to 100 kilograms on local and
suburban trains.
The railroad tariffs for hauling agricultural freight in package consign-
ments have been reduced 15-25 percent. After selling their surplus produce,
kolkhoz workers who purchase furniture in the city stores may transport it by
railroad under the same conditions.
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Vent The new system of freight transportation also provides a number of ad-
ages for passengers. The norm for hand luggage in local and suburban
trains hr? .,een increased from 16 to 35 kilograms, and 50-75 kilogram, of
bag- qe may be hauled in the baggage car on each ticket.
ORATION OF ABOVE_NORtd-WEIGHT CONSISTS -- Kishinev, Sovetskaya Moldaviya,
11 Dec 53
A train was recently dispatched from Bendery Station with more than
2,000 tons of freight. This was the last above-norm-weight consist under
the 1953 plan for freight transportation.
have During 11 months of 1953, the locomotive engineers of Bendery Station
operated 4,500 above -norm. weight consists, hauling hundreds of thousands
of tone of freight above the norm. Nearly 7,000 tons of fuel were saved.
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Baku, Kommunist, 9 Feb 54
During 1953, 245 above-norm-weight trains were dispatched from Dzhul'fa
Station, Transcaucasus Railroad System.
1?10seow, Pravda, 12 Dec 53
During 11 months of 1953, nearly 22,000 above-norm-weight trains were
operated on the Belorussian Railroad System.
Alma-Ate, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, 12 Dec 53
Since the beginning of 1953, engineers of the Kurort Borovoye Engine
Terminal of theKaraganda Railroad System have operated 2,200 above-norm-
weight consists hauling 800,000 tons of freight above the norm.
The crew of the running-gear repair shop of the terminal have already
completed the yearly plan and have promised to finish repairs on five more
locomotives [before the end of the year].
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