BRANCH RAIL LINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION MOSHKOVO TO TASHARA, USSR

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• Publication Date: September 25, 1958
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
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BRANCH RAIL LINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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BRANCH RAIL LINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
MOSHKOVO TO TASHARA, USSR
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A branch rail line under
construction between Moshkovo
and Tashara, USSR (figure 1)
appears on Mphotog-
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containing stacks of probable
construction equipment or sup-
plies. Five or six railway cars
of undetermined type are standing on a short spur in the storage yard.
From Moshkovo the new right-of-way extends 14 nautical miles north-
northwest to a point southwest of the village of Tashara, near the Ob
river. The right-of-way ends in a U-shaped configuration with a turn-
ing radius of approximately 1,000 feet. At the time of photography
bridges and tracks were still lacking.
Along the bank of the northward-flowing Ob river, approximately
3,200 feet north from the end of the railroad bed, an irregularly-
shaped area of approximately 35 acres has been cleared recently of
trees and brush (figure 2). This area contains a single-story, gable-
roofed building, 165 by 50 feet, probably used to store timber-cutting
or loading equipment. The river bank has been cut down in three places,
one of which is contiguous with the clearing, to facilitate access to the
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water. A barge, 190 feet long, is tied up along the bank next to the
cleared area. About 1,800 feet farther downstream there is a 700-foot
breakwater extending upstream from its junction with the river bank.
Two groups of frame buildings appear to be functionally related to
the rail line under construction; The larger of these, which includes
administration and storage buildings as well as housing units, is located
at the base of the U-shaped configuration of the roadbed, and is part
of Tashara Village (figures 2 and4). The smaller group, which includes
seven buildings, is located a short distance to the west. Three of the
latter buildings are within an irregularly-shaped fenced area covering
approximately one and three-quarters acres. The otherfour are outside
the fence. A description of the larger administration and storage-type
buildings in both groups is given in table 1 (see figure 4).
Table 1. Description of Administration and Storage-type Buildings
Building
Number
Description
Dimensions
in feet
1 Single-story, hip-roofed
2 Single-story, gable-roofed
3 Single-story, hip-roofed
4 Single-story, hip-roofed
5 Single-story, hip-roofed
6 Single==story, flat-roofed
7 Single-story, flat-roofed
8 Single-story, flat-roofed
9 Single-story, flat roofed
10 Single-story, flat-roofed
11 Two-story, H-shaped, gable-roofed
Center section
End sections, each
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Table 1. Description of Administration and Storage-type Buildings (cont'd)
Building Description in feet
Number
Two-story, gable-roofed
Single-story, hip-roofed
Single-story, gable-roofed
Single-story, flat-roofed shed
Foundation, under construction
Foundation, under construction
Foundation, under construction
Foundation, under construction
20 Single-story, gable-roofed
21 Single-story, flat-roofed
22 Single-story, flat-roofed
23 Single-story, gable-roofed
24 Single-story, gable-roofed
25 Single-story, flat-roofed
26 Single-story, flat-roofed
The Soviet press; on reported that the largest
timber transloading combine in Siberia was being built at the village
of Tashara, on the bank of the Ob River. However, construction of the
branch rail line and associated facilities shown on photo-
graphy was not sufficiently advanced to permit their identification as
a timber transloading combine.
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REQUIREMENT: Prepared in partial answer to RR/HTA/E/R8/58
requesting an analysis of suspected possible ICBM railroad
launching sites.
MAP DATA:
USAF Pilotage Chart 162 B, scale 1:500,000. (U)
REFERENCES:
CIA. HTA/B-9/58,"Rail Line Under Construction NE of Novosibirsk,"
31 Jan 58. (TSC)
COORDINATES:
55?18' N/83?37' E (Moshkovo)
55032'N/83 ?31' E (Tashara)
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