NEW RAILROAD LINE IN THE KIROVABAD AREA

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A008100010007-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 7, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY U3SR (Azerbaydzhan SSR)
SUBJECT New Railroad Line in the Kirovabad Area
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
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DATE DISTR.
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TOPIC New Railroad Line in the Kirovobad Area
EVALUATION.] PLACE OBTAINED
DATE OF CONTENT
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DATE PREPARED4 Au us'r 1955
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1. .pork on the construction of the Alabashly (4004 T;~'t6?18'Ts!
Kushchinski Most railroad line was started in :,u,, u.st 945 Trains
which carried construction material for the constzact;on of the line were
enlettered
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Construction work was executed by German P',9s dete.ined in Camp No 223 at
IClanlar and by Soviet convicts. The German PWs working; on subject railro"d
'Line were interned in the following carps:
Numerical Designation Location
of Camp
I Alabashly
2 Kirkhli
21 near Kizyldzha
22 Kizyldzha
24 Kizyldzha
41 near Bayan
14 Bayan
11 Kushchinski Lost
Mumbe:? of Prisoners
De}.ai. red.
50C' "
500
500 "
500
800 "
500
600
Total about 4,060U men
The approximately 19000 soviet convicts employed on t-e project were
detained in two canps~ All construction work was done b; hand. Cne model
Demag excavator and some compressors used for the preparation of
blasting operetions were the only machinery available, In September
1948, the German PWIs were withdrawn from the construction site and
subsequently employed on the construction of the Volga-Don Canal..
2. The Alabashly - Kushchinski host railroad line was sc.aeduled to be
completed by 1950. Originally it had been planned to build the line
as far as the ore mines in Dashkesan. The extension would have
required the boring of a tunnel through a mountaii-li. After some
blastings had been made, work on the construction of this tunnel was
suspended Subsequently it was ordered to construct a cable railw.:.v
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from Dashkesan to Kushchinski Most for the hauling of ore.: The main
mission of the new railroad line was to carry the iron ore mined
in the Dashkesan area from Kushchinski Most to Sumgait near Baku for
further processing.
3, The Alabashly = Kushchinski Most railroad line branched off from
the Tbilisi - Baku main railroad line near Alabashly, 10 to 15
kr northwest of -"irovobad. The railroad line followed the vally of
the Kashka.rachai River which generally flows to the south .2 The line
was single-trick and had a gauge of 1524 mm, It extends from Alabashly,
respectively Karasha, via Kirkhli, Kizyldsha and Bayan to Kushchinski
?:lost. New American rails were used for the building of the line. Soviet
engineers complained that these rails were too light., The rails were
nailed on non-creosoted ties of soft rood, The road bed consisted of
an earth embankment topped by layers of gravel and ballmt. By September
1948, the road bed had been built as far as Kushchinski Most. The pylons
designed to support the overhead line for electric train operations were
completed as far as Kizyldzha. The foundations for the pylons had been
concreted on the Kizyldzha - Kushchinski Post section, Work on the
inst:,llation of the overhead line itself and on the construction of
transformer plants had not yet been started.
The following railroad stations existed on the lines
a. Alabashly.
The new line branched off to the south immediately east of the railroad
station. From 10 to 12 dwelling houses for railroad personnel were under
construction south of the railroad station. The old railroad station had
5 or 6 sidings each about 400 meters long.
b0 Karasha., (N 1+2-13, r, 47-11)
The newly constructed railroad stop of Karasha is at the eastern branch
off point of the new railroad line. There is no locality in the
vicinity of this railroad stop. Only a signalman's cabin and two houses
were available. An interlocking plant had been built at the point where
the new railroad line divided into two tracks, one leading to
Alabashly, the other to Karasha.
o~ Kirkhli.
The village of Kirkhly is located about 2 km south of the railroad
station, The area of the railroad station is large enough to permit
the construction of sidings, Later is provided by a brook from which
it is directed to the station area through pipes. The buildings of
the railroad station are built of stone
d, Kizy ldz'_ a.
The area of this railroad station does not permit the construction of
additional tracks,4
e.: Bayan, (Ni 40-31, E. 16-09)
The railroad station is located in the middle of the village of Dayan0
f, Kushchinski Most.
Extensive blasting operations and earth moving were required for
the construction of this railroad station which was not completed
in September 1948?
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The iron ore shipped by cable railway from Dashkesan to Kushchinski Most
was scheduled to be transloaded to rail through an ore dumping plant.,
Work on the construction of the cable railway had not been started by
the end of the reported period. The distance between Kushchinski Most and the
iron ore mine at Verkhni Kashkesan was estimated at S km as the crow
flies.
6, The bridges on the Alabashly d Kushchinski Most rz.ileoad line cross gorges,,
highwaye, and brooks. They are steel or reinforced concrete structures
and their length vgries between 5 and 30 meters:. They generally have a clearing;
of about 5 meters,
No construction of signal installations, engine sheds., or railroad repair
shops was observed during the reported period.,
Comment The Soviet letters are abbreviations for "Main Administration
for Railroad Construction Projects of the NKVD"?
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---Conwuent. For sketch cf the new railroad line, see trnnex 1,.
Comment, For schematic sketch of the Kir_khl`. railrolaid sta`4ion,
see Annex 2.
JComment. For schematic sketch of the Kizyldvha railroad station,
see Annex 3;,
Comment, For schematic sketch of the Kuschchin ::- Priest railroad. station,
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6~ LComment, For location of bridges, see Annex 1
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Schematic Sketch of the Alabashly Kushchi.rski Most Railroad Station,
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