Published on CIA FOIA (foia.cia.gov) (https://www.cia.gov/readingroom)


BUDENNY LOCOMOTIVE PLANT IN NOVOCHERKASSK

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
General CIA Records [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82-00457R003900350006-9
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
C
Document Page Count: 
4
Document Creation Date: 
December 14, 2016
Document Release Date: 
April 4, 2002
Sequence Number: 
6
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
December 20, 1949
Content Type: 
REPORT
File: 
AttachmentSize
PDF icon CIA-RDP82-00457R003900350006-9.pdf [3]306.64 KB
Body: 
k Approved For R CLASSIFICATION CO;JFTD TI'f-RDP82-00457R003900350006-9 LX - 5X1 A ThL/GONT1 OL U3 tF r ICL L3 0141A' CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. INFORMATION REPORT CD NO. COUNTRY US:: (Rostov Oblast) SUBJECT Utudenny Locoootjve Plant in 1!ovoche:'k!assL~ 25X1 A PLACE ACQUIRED 0 DATE OF INFO, the =mar rat 25X1A RETURN! TO CAA LIBRARY REPORT NO. 25X1 X 1 S i laanoe of the pja .t It is the most important plant for the construct on of e1 oct.r'O_ locomotives and presurrra"b y the Only plant. constructing erpresa train c ectro-1ocomoti es, 2 a Location and. Traffic Lac-1--di-ties The plant is located approximately. 3 -? miles north-northwest Of 1JOVOGI K ~, '; a `70~ '`N,~ -d?Oa' (tow cente ) at the 1 OVO CI:RKASSK._.:., iL .TY zail.xoad Tina (see Annex l+JQ Q .1) 3. Reconstruction of The pia.nt was partly destroyed during the v..,4 Its reconstruc- tion was started in 1945 and part of the plant resumed operati.oh in 1946 Some new workshops were ad?.ed to the ,olant but the .ice constructions were not completed in 19494 = 4, Plant _.nsta11ations (The following enumeration corres p .nds to the I' ~? c oU..~&~ t .iqc~r 3 date CONFIDENTIAL Date Pro uctioxb: Tooling of copper and brass part 0 DATE DISTR. 20 De o. 1949 NO. OF PAGES 4 NO. OF ENCLS. 20 (LISTED BELOW? SUPPLEMENT TO f Anne;' 2 6 Doce rnent No. -----!~------------ - b llechvn~ cal Detnar tment (No 2) t~o a s aamlar mm.....w..w.athewa,....-....~ 1 Ins tab :ratat o t: Lathes NZ I~ a s fie~l 25X1 a. Lathe Da r tment (No. 1) Izw to ationo -=n w~n 'Pxrodueti.,-n_ Daily output allegedly 800 ax1esn 2 OOO mIr to;-,E CLASSIFICATION CG: T':(z~1a X L/GoA: iRoL 4J3 OFF2 CiAL3 CUT!- 3R8 I I 41STRIBUTION 0 I )- I AIR# 0 IXIF01 l I I This document is hereby regraded to CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the letter of 16 October 1978 from the Director of Central Intelligence to the Archivist of the United Staes. 25X1X REI f 1 TO WORM CENTER IM UM FE[Y AHER USE Approved For Rel -- Bit;:Ckupl 82-00457F~003900350006-9 aG ~~~ Approved FW."MeRll"AL: CIA-RDP,82-00457R003900350006-9 COITF'I,, a ,T : S $ nI,. 1~:'1'I1y,.~~C;O-,/,tC:L,,IT ~ OIN?7:,V' Instal lati or.: 1. small foundry furnace for a uminun parts l or 2 electric furnaces hand find mechanical molding :'hop Part 3a of the building has spur tracks as t,!ell as a crane of 54 ton loading, capacity =.?rhich coi ld be mo?,red. into part 3 of the building. ' ai., material eras also .tor ed in part 3a, Production: Castinc of bearings. d. utael +oun_dr (ITo. `n?) Installation: 2 open-hearth fur'naceso Production: Casting of wheels and o her steel parts, a. Patter n~r..zaffii Shop (Moo 4a) t s unotvan a f. Another foundry (Toa 5) gn _ ollixzg l.iil (:'o. 6) No details available. h. Forge Instca l.at (aaoo '7) aong 1. large and 2 small, steam h'arm.ers The hardening shop -''Iith annealing furnace and the ' .!elding shop are allegedly housed in the ssr:e part of the buildiri . and at present are still under construction. f. Ass tl. 1yrartne fit for the sembly of Locomotive Su.per- sTrue uses 00 8) x To de-Ma =s Mailable. j0 Final Assembly De rtment (116. 9) s: The bud d xa a sub . d a.n o eight Sub-department Sub department I: It receives forged parts for frames and superstructures. The frames are, assembled v ithout '.~rheel_s. It has an electric t,t'elding shop and a painting shop In II: it has 30 to 40 la?'thes, millingb drilling, and shaping machines (including one 15- to 16-foot shaping nachine for tooling frames). Sr-tall parts are producedo III: lhrt o lame plate shears V ere observed@ Trans- former sheets are produced (by grinding) and transfomerS assembled. 1 IV: I`~ has approximately 25 lathes, :milling and ?;rindin riachineso Yotor shafts (?) hero tooled,' 2 large annealing furnaoes i,,ith coal tiring 1 forging furnace 1 large putting machine Vm It has the central pot.ior distributing installation. o'I It has 12 large lathes and shaping maahinesa 'heels and axles are tooled. VII) Final aaseebly~ No details availableo 19 VIII) y C0 ID. 0FFICIi ,.LS 0?`1LY CONFIDENTIAL 25X1A Approved For Release 2002/08/07 : CIA-RDP82-00457R003900350006-9 Approve to /07 : CIA-RDP82-00457R003900350006-9 C OiiI 'IL .~3TIAL O ";4 I2ROL/U3 O ': ICI2\LS ONLY 3 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY D k. !.,..tor Construction ag'`Firi ent (7) (tao. 10) It as reported by one source -?.,ho designated this department "generator construction department". 1. De of for ,leotrical ?arts (1;o0 11) Accora ng o one source cables ~Q processed in this mm Te BU11 (Nlo a 12) Use unknown. nn De (:No. 13 ) Oa Administration Buildinp, 14) po gap ~ae (::,-o0 15) q0 Plant ? uildia (No. 16) Use unknown 5. Production ao Construction .o del The eleotro-1ocor1L,ti ves VL-1.9 (since 1948 in mass-production) and IL-22 r.ere built. Ixle formula> 0-30, O'3-Om 'eight: 126 tons,#49' .Number of motors: LenCth: 53 feet. Capacity: ? 2,740 ITP. ,otor --orking voltage: 1,500 volt* The 'IL-22 is built fora maximum speed of 46.5 miles. b. Production lit. ores (1) Only repairs v.,ere made in 1946. The first locomotg)vos (still the old j ,22 model' ',':'ere completed In Trarch 1947 VL-19 and FL-22m models -ere built in .

Source URL: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp82-00457r003900350006-9

Links
[1] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document-type/crest
[2] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/collection/general-cia-records
[3] https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00457R003900350006-9.pdf