RAILROAD CAR AND TANK PLANT NO. 180

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 14, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Railroad Car and Tank Pl?_unt No. 180
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NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 16. SECTIONS 793
AND 794. OF THE U. S. ;ODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL- THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1.
Designation and location:
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the Locomotive and Railroad Car Repair Plant
No 180 is at the Saratov Railroad Yard (see Annex 2). The corresponding
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production figures prove that the information refers o the
same plant.
2.
Plant history:
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a`? The plant existed before World War I. Since then it had repeatedly been
enlarged and modernized.
b. Machinery from various evacuated plants were removed to this plant
during the war (in 1941). parts of a Leningrad
Plant; parts of a Kiev Plant.)
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a. he plant was con.
i at the end of 1(x47. (The railroad cart,
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the beginning of the war. Tanks, locomotives and railroad cars were re-
paired.
etted to the exclusive construction of locomotive,
c. The plant started to manufacture tank parts, especially tank hulls, at
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tenders and to locomotive rep-
repairs, which were not observed in the plant after this time, may have be'
shifted to the Engels (51?30'N/46?05`E) Railroad Car Plant). machines
from dismantled German plants arrived for installattioncoorht is neweproduc-
tion line.
were 60 percent unserviceable due to damage incurred during dismantling
and shipment.
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e. gineer Orlov was manager of the plant in October 1947. Suvorov
a_'ma`ger in May 1942, and Ogurchikov in March 1943.
Plant installation:
a. the plant area at 200,000 to 250,000 square meteors
(400 x 500 meters, 500 x 500 meters). The differing indication 25X1
(1,000 x 600 meters) is less probable. The area surrounding the
plant is, covered with buildings thus limiting any plant ellargement.
b. +st of the plant buildings are brickwork structures without plaster-
ing.
c. t`he fol ow ng' departments are recorded (the enumerations correspond
to the numbers of Annex 3 )
(1) Foundry
Installation:
Three cupola furnaces
monthly output totaling 500 tons)
Production:
Casing of all kinds of spare parts (
tank engines were also cast).
(2,) 3peci~ldepartment at the foundry
only two furnaces had a
casings for
Shells were allegedly manufactured in this department during the war.
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Installations
4 steam hammers, 0.5 ton each
3 stew' harmers, 1 ton each
2 steam hammers, 2 tons each
hamrnere as well as some
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presses. five forge fires were also indicated ^
Production:
The. alleged monthly output was only 200 to 250 forgings of various kinds,
(4) Mechanical department
Installation:
10 lathes
4 planers
2 thread.cutting machines
.4 milling machines/and other machines
These in' cations are mainly confirmed
=,tndicateA "about 35 lathes" and also mentioned
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5 jointing planes
2 crankshaf, t grinding machines
$ to 10 drilling machines
1 bevel wheel milling cutter
The plant also had tht ee speci&l machines for testing the gauge width.
All lathes and milling machines were electrically operated.
Production:
Manufacture of spare parts.
,(5) Locksmith department (tool department)
Installation:
2 lathes
1 milling machirW
1 planer
Eight German vertical turning and boring machines were installed after the
Production:
Tools for plant use and repair work.
(6) Welding department
Installation:
Several electric and gas welding apparatuses.
Production:
Cutting and welding of locomotive boilers. Welding of tank hulls
during the war and perhaps until the end of 1947.
(7) Assembly department (locomotives and locomotive tenders)
Xnstallation:
Two brge cranes.
Production: Tank repairs during the war. Now converted to locomotive
and tender repairs at$Ithe construction of new tenders M.
(8) 4sembly department (railroad cars)
Installation: not recorded
Production:
Railroad car` repairs.
(9) Transformer station
No details are available.
(10) Boiler house
Installation:
four steam boilers
This house had a metal smoke-stack, 35 to 40 meters high.
Production:
Steam generation for heating the plant and the steam forge.
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(11) Adr#nistratign
(12) Locomotive shed
Production:
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a. The Locomotive and Railroad'-Car 'Repair Plant No 180 was partly .
natural gas (coming from the
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converted to tank repairs and production of tank parts at the beginning of
the war. entire tank hulls were also allegedly
welded at the end of 1941 and early in 1942. These tank hulls were said
to have been shipped to another plant in Saratov or Engels .for further
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the norm was considerably higher but co not e r ac
due to the shortage of materials. light
tanks (8 to .9 tons) were temporarily constructed ear 942.
b. The locomotive and railroad car repairs were continued in addition to the
tank repairs, The prescribed monthly quota was 30 general overhaulings but
only 15 to 20could be done although the exchange of boilers was consi-
dered as general overhauling. The tank repairs were continued until about
8 October 1947#
c.. The Slant was converted to the construction of locomotive tenders in
August 1947. Tank repairs were completely suspended at the beginning of
1948 at the latest and were not resumed until the end of the period of
observation. This suspension may have been due to the construction of the
Tank Plant in the northwest of Saratov, west of the tank school.
d. The indications on the monthly tender output vary between 4 to 100
units. However, if any new tenders were constructed, it could have been
only Very faw. The indicated high output figures presumably includedrecon-
structed (enlargement of volumetric capacity) and repaired tenders..-It
is hardly probable. that the construction of new tenders was continued
in the plant as tenders are uaually built in the locomotive plant itself
according to all previous observations.
5. 'fork force and working time.
a. The indicated labor figures are not very reliable.- A work force of
5,000 men working in three.shifts is probably exaggerated. It is ,more
credible that 2,000 workmen were employed in two shifts of 12 hours each
(wartime production)l About 200 German Pyds
were also employed as skilled workmen in the pan during the time of obser-
vation,
b. the postwar working time was three shifts of
8 hours each. following shifts: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
to 12 p.m.)
6. Power Supply:
Power is supplied from the Sar-Gres Power plant through a plant-owned
transformer station. In addition to coal.
Yelshanka fields) was used for firing.
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Railroad. air f'iant No. 180 in Saratov
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Railroad hepiir Plant No. 180 in 6arktov
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l Foundry department
la Foundry cleaning shop
lb Electric repair department
2 Secret department
3 Forge
4 i_echanical department
5 Locksmith department
6 ,'fielding department
7 AAssembling department for locomotives
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8 Assembly department
9 Transformer station
10 Boilerhous.e
11 Administration
12 Engine house
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