TOMSK RAILROAD OPERATIONS

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• Publication Date: June 3, 1954
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT N
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO. 25X1A
COUNTRY USSR
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2, "The Tomsk Ra.iroad. has two closed routes over which the movement of freight
is made, primssrily coal.,.iron ore, zinc ore and pig iron. One closed route
a from Kuznetskiy to" Magnitogorsk and the other is from Kemerovo to Magnitogorsk.
The .L-cans-Siberian main line runs east and west from Novosibirsk_Taiga-marinsk
in the direction of Irkutsk.. -It is double track.
From Tomsk to TatgaL, it is single track. Lumber is brought in from the north,
loaded on at Tomsk, and shipped to Titigs. for transportation east and west.
The line from Tomsk to Belovo is single tracks The following signal and saf-
ety precautions are used on this linen
stations approximately 8.112 kilometers apart on this line.
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At each signal station there "are from three to four sidings. The length
of each of these sidings does.not exceed 750 meters.
c) All switches on this line are band operatedo,
d) The signal stations maintain communication with each other by means of
low current telegraphic apparatus which transmits through the rails.
e) There are hand-operated semaphore signals at each of the sidings at
each signal station.
f) Another safety measure is called the "rod system"/prut atsten7. This
consists of metal pegs in a rack at each signal station. Every engi-
neer passing a signal station must stop and pick up a peg before pro-
ceeding.
The signal station must telegraph ahead to the next signaa station and
g) receive permission before allowing the engineer to remove the metal peg
and to proceed.
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For example, a train is to go from Tomsk south to BeloVoI
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a) The engineer receives clearance from the Tomsk signal station to remove
a metal peg and proceed to the next signal station.
b) When he arrives at the next signal station, the engineer places'the
metal peg he got from the Tomsk signal station in the rack.
c) After this signal station has telegraphed ahead and receives clearance,
the engineer is permitted to remove another metal peg and proceed.
d) However if there is a northbound train on the line, clearance to pro-
ceed. is not given;:,:.'. the southbound train must pull into a siding un-
til the northbound train has passed.
Average running time between signal points is 15-20 minutes or even 25 min-
utes if there is a steep grade. Therefore thelength of the time after a
train passed a signal point before a following train could pass this signal
point would be: the running time plus signalling time of three to four min-
utes.
After a train passes a signal point, another train from the opposite direction
can_pass that point in the following length of time: the running time of the
first train to the next signal point, plus signalling time from the second sig-
nal point to the first signal point, plus running time of the second train from
second to first signal point. Therefore, on the average, the time involved
would be 15-20 minutes plus three to four minutes, plus 15-20 minutes. This
presumes that:
a) no steep grades are involved.
b) the second train is waiting on the siding at the second signal point.
8. From Belovo to Kuznetskiy, the line is double tracked. The block signals are
hand operated semaphore signals. The shortest spacing between any two sig-
nals is 4-5 kilometers. The longest spacing between any two points is six to
seven kilometers.
In 1935 an automatic block system between Belovo and Usyaty was proposed. The
power for this system was to come from the Kemerovo power station. I do not
know if this block signal system was ever installed.
10. By 1935 traffic on the Tomsk-Tel'be line amounted to about 12 trains south
and 12 trains north per day. Listed below is a breakdown of daily traffic be-
tween Belovo and Kuznetskiy for the years 1934-35. These figures refer to the
number of trains going each way.
No. of freight trains
Kuznetskiy - Usyaty, -`ib-7
Usyaty
Belovo
15-17
Belovo
Hurievsk
2
Belovo
- Novosibirsk
4-5
Belovo
- Topki
10-12
Kemerovo
- Topki
2-3
Topki
- Tajga
2-3
Topki
- Bolotnoy e-
11-12
11. In addition two passenger trains from Kuznetskiy to Bolotnoye and one from Topki-
Yurga-Twigs.., LI-See Enclosure J
12 The weights of the trains on this line area
a) Passenger - 500 tons gross.
b) Freight with one driving locomotive 1250 tons gross/850 tons net.
c) Freight with two driving locomotives 1800 tons gross/1260 tons net. The
weights of locomotives and tenders are not included in the above figures.
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13. The tractive effort of locomotives in series.?, E equals approximately 18
thousand - 19 thousand kg. The weights of locomotives with tenders in these
series are 130 tons for freight and 125 tons for passenger traffic.
14. If a train consists entirely of 50-60 ton capacity cars, a locomotive would
pull 18 loaded cars or 50-60 empty cars. The number of cars which could be
pulled is limited by the length of the sidings. /-75O meter)
15. The tenders carry 8-12 tons of coal and 23 cubic meters of water. The length
of a trip is from 100-130 kilometers. A locomotive pulling a 1250 ton train
from Topki tc Bolo 6ye';"a distance of approximately 130 kilometers would take
on water about halfway at Yurga and would have used up about eight tons of
coal upon arriving at Bolotnoye. The engineer would take on coal to replenish
his supply. However, if the locomotive pulled only 500 tons, the train would
not take any water at the half way point but go straight through.
16. In winter the tonnage is reduced about 75% for the locomotives. The tempera-
tures go down to 50-60 degrees below zero Centigrade. Blizzards 5urga7rage
steadily for three to five days, covering the track from three to five meters
with snow. Both ordinary and propeller type snow plows are used.
17. The problem of water supply in winter is a complicated one: the stand pipe
must be insulated with straw and tar and water pressure towers of the closed
type have to be heated.
18. In accordance with "Technical Data for Planning and Construction of Railroad
Lines", water supply points are arranged close enough together so that .a
train could reach the next one, if one water supply point were destroyed. To
effectively tie up operations in winter, two adjacent water supply points
should be destroyed.
19. The closed routes Cee paragraph f use mostly four axle hopper cars. These
closed routes are under the jurisdiction of the Topki administration.
20. There are four thousand freight cars assigned to the Topki district, 60% of
these are four axle cars, either hopper, open or covered. The allowable ca-
pacity of four axle cars is 50 tons, making a gross weight of 70-72 tons. The
allowable capacity of two axle cars, is 16-20 tons, making a gross weight of
23-30 tons. The four axle cars are 10-12 meters in length and the two axle
cars are eight meters in length.
21. The flat cars both two and four axle types are mostly used for transporting
lumber for the mines at Kemerovo, Usyaty, Kuznetskiy, Huriev, Tel?bes and
Temir.. Tau.
22. Tank cars both two and four axle are used on the Kemerovo-Topki-Yurga lines
to transport by-products from the Kemerovo coke plant.
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this coke plant so these figures will be only ap-?
proximately five to seven two axle tank cars and the same number of four axle
cars was loaded every day.
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