RR ACTIVITIES EXPAND; SOME ASPECTS CRITICIZED

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• Publication Date: November 6, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
SUBJECT Transportation -Railroads
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PUBLISHED Daily, semiweekly newspapers
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PUBLISHED USSR
DATE
PUBLISHED 25 Jun - 16 Aug 1950
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
RR ACTNIT7ES EXPAND;
SOME ASPECTS CRITICIZED
WESTERfl SYSTEM TO IPICREASE USE OF CONTAINERS -- Minsk SovetsYaya Belorussiya,
11 Jal 50
On the Western Railroad-System, freight carrying in containers in 19A8 was
57 percent aoove the prewar level, and in 1949 was 100 percent above the 1948
figure. The planned figure for 1950 is 86 percent above the 191+9 figure.
To improve the organization of freight parrying in containers, the admin-
istration of the Western Railroad System has decided to organize in 1950 intra-
oblast carrying on the Minsk and Vitebsk divisions of the system, to open new
container-handling points in the Orsha and Molodechno stations, to equip the
container-handling points in the Minsk, Borisov, Orsha, and Molodechno stations
with machinery, and to organize repair points for containers in Minsk and Vitebsk.
CONTAINER-HANDLING FACILITIES SLOW TO EXPAND -- Moscow, Gudok, 16 Jul 50
Containers are not receiving the necessary attention on all railroad
systems. In ti,e Moskva-Tovarnaya (Moscow Freight) station of the October Rail-
road System, container handling has increased 100 percent while the container-
handling area has not been increased at all.
In the Psveletskaya station of the 24oscow-Donbass System, the equipment of
the container-handling area does not meet the requirements of the volume oP con-
tainer handling.
TBILISI BATUMI FAST FREIGHT INITIATED -- Tbilisi, Zarya Vostoka, 4 Aug 50
More than 2 months ago accelerated freight service was introduced on the
T~.~11isi-Batumi sector. Two trains consisting: of 12 large-capacity care travel
over the sector zach day. All freight carried by thes?trains travels at pas~?
senger-train speed. The carrying of baggage in accelerated freight trains costa
half as much as in ordinary passenger trains.
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HEAVY TRAINS ON KARAGANDA SYSTEM -- Alma-Ata, Kazakhstanskaye Pravda, 16 Aug 50
On the Karaganda Railroad System, a train weighing almost 4,000 tons was
recently delivered from Karaganda to Petropavlovsk. A coal train weighing
4,00 tons was run from Kexsganda to Tobol.
RUN 7,500-TON TRAIN -- Leningradskaya Pravda, 2 Aug 50
On the Stalin Railroad System, locomotive engineers oP the Dolgintsevo
Division recently handled a 7,500-ton train. This ;;rain, which exceeded the
progressive weight norm by 100 percent is the heaviest train to be handled
on the system in the postwar period.
LONG-HAUL ROUTING STILL LAGS -- Moscow, Gudok, 26 Jul 50
On many railroad systems of the USSR network, the plan for dispatching
long-haul trains is exceeded. Unfortunately, there are still systems where
attention to long-haul routing has been allowed to lag. Because of the lag-
ging of these systems, only 87.5 percent of the network plan for carrying
freight in long-haul trains was completed in 1949? During the first 6 months
of 1950 the loading of almost 8,000 long-haul trains loaded at one or several
points was disrupted because not enough empty cars were available; therefore,
marshaling nations were obliged to process additionally about 4.00,000 cars.
During the same period, freight dispatchers, taking advantage of the lack of
the necessary control by the directors of the railroad systems and divisions,
disrupted the dispatching of almost 9,000 trains.
Failure to fulfill 'the plan for long-haul routing by only one percent
causes a loss to the railroads of more than 50 million rubles per month. The
delivery of freight takes at least twice as long when freight is not carried
in long-haul through trains. In 1949 fines paid by the railroads for fail-
ures to deliver freight on time amounted to more than 200 million rubles.
During 4 months of 1950 on the Volga Railroad Okrug 1,115 trains wasted
about 14,000 hours above the norms set for loading.
A study of the causes of premature breaking up of long-haul trains shows
that in all cases it is the result of negligence and irresponsibility. Another
reason is the low quality of inspection and repair of empty cars destined to
be loaded and included in ?through trains. On the systems of the Volga Okrug
t!~ere is widespread uncoupling of tank cars which break down at loading points
because of technical defects.
TURKISH TRAIN HANDLING POOR -- Alma-Ata Kazakhstanskays Pravda, 20 Jul 50
On the Turkestan-Siberian Railroad System only sl'.ghtly more than 50 per-
cent of the trains are dispatched and handled as established by the schedule.
During June trains were delayed at the entrances to stations a total of about
7,000 hours.
EXCESS VOLTAGE CAUSES LOCOMOTIVE BREAKDOWNS -- Moscow, Gudok, 25 Jun 50
A graduate student oP the Leningrad Institute of Railrood Transport En-
gineers h~a made a detailed study of the reasons for accidents in electric
locomotives. During his experiments he came to the conclusion that in a major-
ity oP cases accidents are the result of commutation overvoltage in the power
circuits of electric rolling stock.
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'-i'BTLISI DEPOT MISS FUEL -- Tbilisi, Zarya Vostoka, 12 Jul 50
In the Tbilisi Locomotive Depot, locomotive engineers must use five or
six types of coal.
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