OCTOBER REVOLUTION LOCOMOTIVE PLANT IN VOROSHILOVGRAD

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• Publication Date: December 2, 1949
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COUNTRY USSR (Ukrainlau SSR)
SUBJECT October Revolution Locc,notive Plant iu
Vorosh3.1ovgrad
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1., The October `tevoli.tion ?`lant is the 1arC.;est locomotive
Plant in the Soviet T'nion.,
2,: The plant is loeatoi at the northeastern outskirts of VOPC-
CiZLUVCR~'i~J for .er.l,; LUG.'.~'i ; 48034? _,1/Z9020 1} , :.,astern
Donets . res., '?krainian 3,1711 , in the an :le formed by the
VC1,0.`.312LOVG`'..J~3 .w I.:IL ;;.1OVO railroad line and the LuE'aa
-i?rer, south of the "i lroad liae. It is bordered by the
-t has 'l tiried truck net -ith sour connec-7
iOil co Insin railroad. line.,
river in the south ar.. d by a t?at.r ditch in the no::>th
.I~:nt P story
e.. the ralcnt "as burl betre n 10,10 end IS-12 b;T the Tart.
r~~y.n :. irm in =-IM11~ (v. 51/1. 66) > It -,,as expropriated
in the 11*2Os; tensi . ns "re:-.'o built in 19iO a.. In 1942
the plant installotion3 -ere evacuated to the east, They
,?ere severely damaged lurilif the ,..ar.
b, vas started in l 45o Only part of the old
r,icehan ical ec ui.prrient t t.s u: ed, about tvtomthirds of the in-
stallations bei nG nerJ. an or dismantled aergr. n ; achines.,
ost of the :'erman riac..iines allegedly acme' from the `3ehichou
Jhi-p yard in ',LBI G' (; 55/" 90).
C,, 1-bout 40 Cerrian P 9, engineers, and architects --ere as-
si "ne d to reconstruction "ork in leadin positions The
reconstruction .as la: t y complsted by the middle of 1948
but addit f onal extensic :s are; scheduled.
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4. I lant Installations
(1) .xle nid spring force (old fo:co
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Installation: Lathes, millin?; !'weL inns, etc.
'Production: ixles and springs for loco xiotIves and ';r:nders
are tooled.
(2) u e de pa rtne nt
Installation: Unknov:n.
Production: Light, tubes. heavy tubes are sty on3.J ed. from an
outside plant,
(S) Lathrop
Installation: 1i great number of lathes, rii.llinrr -~,acb ines,
planers, minding r achines, and boring machines.
Production: Unkno 'n,,
(4) Lathe shop
Installation: A large number of lathes (including; 4 vort' cal
turning, and boring lathes and 1 fully aut!ariati c a' the , of
U 30 rake), planers, r-iillinC,, f:.rindiz ,, rand c.rillirL- r:iac s.,
Some lathes had a center length up to 40 foot..
Production: Bars 65 feet long, 4 to 5 inches in diameter,
Trtit . a lame nut on both ends (connecting rcds?) 6
(5) acre1?, and bolt denartment
Installation: Oeveral small annealinfg fu c?wces and 2.5 lathes.
Production: :.cre~irs, nuts, and bolts.
(6) Old boiler forge
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Installation: 30 to 40 electric -eldin(: apparatuses
3 autogenous cuttinc r.pparatuses
I tube bending ma-Trine
1 electric hemmor.
10 pneumatic hamm:3r s
4 punching machines
6 drilling machines.
The boiler forge has :
(a) "late.oubting shop with 1 annealing furnace and 1 press
(b) Lathe shop '"ith 10 large lathes
(c) Boiler assembly shop *,:ith riveting: harmers, drillin;.
machines, and an ""-ray installation for investi sating -Biding
seene,
Production: Steam boilers for loco:--otiires, b feet in diameter
and 20 feot lone,.
The finished boilers are submitted to -eater ?ressure tests.
ahect metal smoke stacks, locomotive and tender jae Gets are
m Mifactured, allegedly in an extansicn building
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(7) Final aar3embl denartrlent and departn?c it for locomotive
and tender 'heel frames _.ovy aleravosi-17
This is i,he largest ,,.orksL.op and v;as rebuilt In 1946/47. It
consists of approa.Iucitely 12 soctions. Ie construct on -,as
not cora4leted in the Aiddle of 1::4+00
Instel:latiotz: It :Lncluded one large slottinr. and rciltint
maohirleX (dismantled in the 3chioh'au `:hire yard ii'
Z large and 4 medit.+m'-size planers,
2 large lathes for turning locomotive -theels and axles.
Section A Had trFavelia cranes, drilling machines, and
other metal-sk!orking machinery. track passed
throua this section.
Section I The roofing construction of this "orkshop -,as
not completed in taxgust 1948. The --orkshop
vas still o avant .
Section II It had one pneumatic hammer, fully automatic
punching machines, one adjusting forge, auto-
genous and electric ?Talding machines,, 5 or 6
each, and a bending r.iaohine. 2be locoriotivo
and tender '?heel frames "are assembled in
this shop.
Section III Its ecu._pment included 12 large 'Manors. Its
production included section iron parts.
1aeotion B It had a 1{rack installation and a crane. In
addition to the construction of -heel frames,
the final assembly of locomotives ..,as resumed
at the end of lS 48.
(8) Der tcaent for rietal constructions ( 72 K.. )
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I.etal structures (girders, etc .) for Plant construction
projects as r'ell as frames for locomotives and tenders
t~,ere Manufactured.
(9) t'inal assembly de a rtuent (inoludinr var nishing, short )
It. consists of one longitudinal 1.Torkshop and three trans-
vorsal, rorkshors r'ith assenbly tracks. 'he !hee]. frames
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are conveyed here by shunting locomotivfl
pleted locomotive superstructure is mounted.
A varnishing; chop is in the longitudinal ,"orkshop. The
locomotives are again sprey-painted after trio test run.
I,`io tracks pass through the t-,orkshop, each accomodating
tvto locomotives.
The "orkshop allegedly is not sufficient to r.zeet the de-
mands of the five Year -lan. i'art of orkshon o. 7 is
scheduled tD also serve for the final assoribly of 1ocoriotives?
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(10) J'teel foundry
Installation (1941) : 4 open-hearth furnaces -"ith a volunetrica
capacity of Z 5 tons each.
2 electric furnaces
2 scrap crushers
1 electric crane
8 cutting riachines
1 hydraulic press of 100 tons.
it'o open-hearth furnaces (oil firin ;,) -,ere in operation in
my 19413. The restoration of the other to furnaces -"as
almost completed.
Production: Stool for cylinders, *?uhaels, and other lar. F e parts.
Cylinders, pistons, rheels, couplings. ,=.d buffers are cat.
(11.)- 1+'orgerand Fressintr c oprxrtriont ( KP' )
Installation: It has lame and small hammer hills, partly
operated by compressed air, partly by steep, one :500-ton and
one 500-ton press, ball and sere,.--l punohln(; naciaines , lathes
nil.linr, .:raohines , planers, E0 annealing furnaces with oil firi n.
Production: `iooline of piston rods, connectin ,rods, -'heels,
and springs.
(12) : wre..irii i irrmi mill department
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Installation: 3 parallel rolling: grills :
1 rollin*; mill for plates and sheets v ith a rourh inr-", interne-
,te, and finishing; train each;
1 r6 ins mill for section iron "ith a rourjrinr, internediate'O
and finishing train each;
I rolling; mill for bar iron -,ith a rou4-hin,-., interrzediate, end
finishing train each.
phis department also has 3 shears, 3 nunchinr ri.achines, and 6,
annealing, furnaces partly fired i-!ith coal, partly ' ith oil.
The rolls are driven by steam.
production: She et s razz ;i n from P. mr, to .20 n,.xr, plates (hoop
iron's) , bar iron (round and ootapnal ) , and section iron.
(13) Gray iron oundry
Installation: 3 or 4 furnaces
Production: dirinC, Orates and other f=ray castings .
(14) :7onferrous metal foundry
Installation: Probably 4 to 6 srwll furnaces
, eduction: Bmerfa s, fitting s,ond small parts for boilers.
(15) T:eehanical vrorksha assembl of ,,heel sets: )
Installation: ;.bout 30 lathes, drillin{o r.raohinos, pla.Lers,
millinC. machines, slotting, machines.
Production; _'urnIrw of axles and ,..heels, ::awifacts;ring, of
parts for brake systems, fittin;' of tires to the -'?heala,
inauntingr of +heol.s on axles.
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(ic) t'oa.'Ter station
`'.111e. parer station has four vertical boilers -'ith cool dust
firinc, one trin and t- o sizir:le turbines.
(17) Tool denurtrnt
Installatiorl.: .bout 00 r:retal-workinr. rlaohines.
i'roduction: wools and ac Line ,arts for ^l :.:t reruirement.
(Includizk?: millint; r.;,achinas, slide gauges, d-illsw
(18) Laboratory
It served for testing; materials.
(19) 3arnnill and pattern--skint,hop
Installation: Tv o horizontal frame s -!s and 10 to 15 -,ood-
vorkinc machines.
".Production: patterns for riolds. -.iso ,,indo,:-s, doors,
furniture, etc., for the plant.
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(20) Fire clay department
..o details available.
(21) -c- buildint, (no," boiler forge)
This buildinc gas not completed in 3epteriber 1947. %'0he roofing
as scheduled to be completed in 1:,48, ne,, boiler force
1-i 11 aleg;edly be installed in this btt.ildinti
(22) ;fin ne house and reanirsho
!o details available.
(23) Oil and fuel tanks
The dump consists of ancroximatoly 10 horizontal, half- undercroun.d
tanks (40 feet lon{r, 8 fa.ot in diameter).
(24) CM on factory for manufacturin : oxy(,.en and fillinc nlant
requirom.ents and al ecac:ly also for outside recipients.
(25) plant kitohen
(26) .,.d ministration builds -
A four-story building; loos: sine the. administration and -,anzo a .ant
offices,the technical designing c:nd drafting offices. ,and the
laboratar ies.
(27) "`at er to,?ier
'oooden bride end '~iaiz? entraInee
(2w) e~ buildinog,
:1o details are available.
(30) Construction office
:.:o dettai1s are ovni lable.
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a. Construction _odels
Before the .t.ar the plant produced the locorno tivo tyn?s
ti'' and "33"*but at the be#;irnnin: of the "'ar was converted
to the production of armored locomotives and medium-size
tanks (until the plant -,as evacuated). "'hen production
as resumed early in 1946 the plant tale edl y* ruuiuf otured
bogie v!beeia in addition to a sr.L.3d'1rumber of locomotives.
Early in 1946 the plant vas- reotor.ed to ' large-scale locorlo-
tive roduction. 'r !e- f irst locomotives [axle formula ( -ussian)
2Q.4 213 appareaitly -ere mostly repaired or Idened former
Gorman engines. `i ie tenders had 4 'heels on each side (t,-,o
twin sets of -theels each). The locomotive had a sno+Iplor.,
in front. The output of the locomotives is 1P500 to 1,700
it is also reported that the ne'i locomotive models c1011 and
"I+ D" mere const-.ucted and repaired.. `ire first locomotive of a
nevi series C: .ssian axle formula : 1-5-2) .,,as completed at the
end of. 1948. Its na.ximum speed is 93 miles per hour and the
boiler pressure is 20 to 22 atmegr uge. In 1949 test runs
?ere made r,ith a combined steam and Diesel .locomotive. **
b. 1roduction 1'i _res
The folloni = monthl production figures v7ere gathered
October 1945 1
.xu :;Est 1946 9
February 1947 12
Z:uaust 1947 20
A000Ddine to press report the 300th pestvYar locomotive ??'as
completed on 20 Tanuary 1948.
January 1948 25
Tuly 1948 30
The 1950 monthly output is scheduled to be 7 steam locomotives
(38Z locomotives oLnuaily).
6, Poraer and :ai ilatorial 3' =11T
The plmt has its orrn po er station. Coal shipments come
from TALINO (48000'?tT/37?48' and pi iron shi^?.ents come
from the VORO3IIILOV C (48?30? :T/38.47 `I) Iront:,!orks
70 'Fork force and "orki.naTime
Prevar i,fork force: About 452,000
1948 work force: about 30,000.
In most departments i1ork is done in three shifts of .8 hours each.
helocomotive types do not.quite agm* with
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.mono probably an oil burninGe stoan drivon locomotive.
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