CARLOADING, UNLOADING, AND HAULING OPERATIONS ON SOVIET RAILROADS

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• Publication Date: February 9, 1954
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INTRODUCTION OF BASIC GRAPR ON ODESSA-KISHINGV RAILROAD SYSTEM -- Kishinev, Sovet-
skaya Moldaviya, 24 oct 53
Fallowing the example of workers of the October Rai]road System, most of the
engine crews of the Kishinev Terminal are already in the second month of operating
trains according to a basic graph. The adoption of the basic graph has increased
the coordination in the work of all the offices of the railroad system, raising
lagging elements to progressive levels. As a result, the terminal successfully
completed the September hauling plan.
The introduction of the basic graph has permitted each engineer of the Kish-
inev Terminal to know exactly when, or which route, and in what time he will oper-
ate his train. It has also permitted the carrying out of preventive maintenance
on engines strictly according to schedule.
In pre-October competition among railroad workers, the crew of the Kishinev
Engine Terminal estimated that by introduction of the bnsic graph the average daily
run of locomotives would considerably surpass the norm and that fuel .consumption
would be locrered at least 5 percent.
The introduction of the bnsic graph has also helped to increase the number of
above-norm-weight trains. In September alone, the engineers operated nearly 200
consists, considerably surpassing the weight norm.
One engineer, for example, surpassed the norm for the average daily locomo-
tive run by 3 kilometers, reduced the turnaround time by 1.7 hours below the norm,
and saved during the month more than 2,300 kilograms of fuel. In September, three
other engineers operated 7, 11, and 12 above-norm-weight trains, res:?ectively.
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OPERATIOft OF ABOVE-NORM-WEIGHT CONSISTS -- Riga, Sovetskaya Lstviys, 15 Oct 53
During the first 10 days of October, engineers of the Yelgava Engine Terminal,
Ealtic Railroad System, operated 30 above-norm-weight consists hauling 7,200 tone
of freight above the norm.
Recently an engineer of the Odessa-Kishinev Railroad System operated his train
from the Oknitsa station to the Bel'tsy station in 19 minutes less than the time
prescribed in the graph. The weight of the train surpassed the norm by 100 tons.
This uas the 25th above-norm-weight train delivered to its 3estination by this en-
gineer iti 1953.
During 1953, engineers of the Kishinev Terminal have operated 1,065 above-norm-
weight trains hauling 200,000 tons of freight above the norm. They have saved
nearly 1,500 tons of fuel.
An engineer of the Brest-Vostochnyy Terminal, Belorussian Railroad System,
has operated from the Brest station to the Bereza Kartuskaya statioi, a consist
which surpassed the weight norm by 500 tons. During 9 months of 1953, the engi-
neer has operated 59 above-norm-weight consists and has hauled more than 13,000
tons of freight above the norm.
The operation of above-norm-weight consists at the Brest-Vostoctmyy Terminal
has become a matter of course. On some runs the weight norm has been surpassed
by 1,000 tons.
At present, each locomotive of the terminal hauls, on a 24-hour basis, 5 per-
cent more than in 1952. During 9 months of 1953, hundreds of thousands of tons
of freight above the norm were hauled, and 1,000 tons of coal were saved.
Moscow, Trudy 21 Oct 53
On the K;?asnayersk Railroad System engineers constantly strive to operate more
above-norm-weight trains at higher speeds. One engineer operated an above-norm-
wright consist on the stretch from Ch=rnorechenskaya to Bogotol in 20 minutes less
than the time prescribed in the graph.
In 9 months of 1953, engineers of the railroad system have operated more than
7,000 above-norm-weight consists hauling one million tons of freight above the norm
and saving 900,000 rubles.
Another engineer of the Krasnoyarsk Railroad System has, in 1953, hauled
19,000 tons of freight above the plan and saved 60,000 rubles and 300 tons of fuel.
In the winter of 1952, engineers of the Daugavpils Terminal, Baltic Rai]road
System, assumed the obligation of organizing the operation of above-norm-weight
consists on the Riga-Daugavpils-Polotsk line. The Chiyekurkaln and Polatsk engi-
neers have met this obligation.
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Engineers of the Chiyekurkaln Terminal, during 9 months of 1953, hauled
660,000 tons of freight above the norm.
Engineers of Daugavpils, during 1953, have operated 1,292 above-norm-weight
consists hauling 392,000 tons of freight above the norm.
During 9 months of 1953, engineers of the Baltic Railroad System operated
'17,000 above-norm-weight consists and hauled 4~ million tons of freight above the
norm.
Riga, Sovetskaya Latviys, 31 Oct 53
Engineers of the Lepaya station have recently operated more than ].60 above-
norm-vAight consists hauling 42,000 tons of freight above the norm.
Moscow, Izvestiya, 29 Dec 53
On the Southern Railroad System more thin 35,000 above-norm-weight consists
have been operated in 1953, hauling millions of tons of freight above the plan.
Now the engineers of the system are beginning competition in the operation of
above-norm-weight consists according to a basic graph.
Thousands of tons of freight arrive daily at the construction site of the
Stalingrad Rydroelectric Power Station. This freight includes, among other
things, construction materials, machinery, and equipment for the construction of
branch establishments.
The flow of consumer goods on the Ashkhabad Railroad System to cities in
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tadzhikistan is constantly growing. September meat
loadings slated for the workers of Nebit-Dag and Krssnovodsk xere five times those
of August. The August loading and dispatching results were surpassed in September
by 306 more cars of canned goods, meat, and soap, and 102 more cars of sewn arti-
cles, dishware, furniture, and other consumer goods.
During the third quarter 1953, 31 more cars oP canned goods were loaded than
in the second quarter, 44 more cars of sugar, and 1,440 more cars of cattle des-
tined for the slaughterhouse. The loading and dispatching of melons for workers
of Moscow and Leningrad increased greatly.
At the stations of 6tary and Tedzhen the September loading norms for consumer
goods were surpassed by 50 cars.
From the farms of the scnthern oblasts of the Ukraine and Moldavia grain,
sugex beets, fruits, and vegetables are arriving for shipment on the Odessa-
Kishinev Railroad System. In September 1,500 cars of grapes were hauled on the
system.
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Moscow, Gudok, 14 Oct 53
This fall the flow oY potatoes, cabbages, carrots, and onions to the Surova-
tikha station, Gor'kiy Railroad System, is greater than ever before. For example,
the other day five refrigerator care of potatoes xere loaded for Petrozavodsk; the
following day seven refrigerator cars were loaded for Vorkuta, and two boxcars for
Gor'kiy.
On 12 October six cars ~+ith potatoes and txo with other vegetables were loaded
and dispatched from Surovatikha.
The loading an~i dispatching of potatoes and other vegetables is well organized
at other small stations in the Arzamas Section of the Gor'kiy Division -- Vorsma,
Chaglovo, Cheremas, and Royka. The Vorsma station, for example, dispatched on the
average only one car a week in August, but now, five to six csrs of potatoes and
two to~three cars of other vegetables are dispatched daily.
She successful loading of potatoes and other vegetables in the Arzamas Section
was made possible by the timely delivery of more than 200 refrigerator cars and
many boxcars.
After fulfilling the September loading plan for potatoes, the railroadmen of
the division in the first 10-day period of October dispatched two express freight
trains with vegetables and eight express trains with potatoes.
Minsk, Sovetskaya Belorussiya, 24 Oct 53
From the Azov station, North Caucasus Railroad System, meat, fish, dairy prod-
ucts, clothes, and furniture are being dispatched to Moscow and Leningrad, and to
cities of the Donbass and the Urals. Railroad workers are also dispatching lumber,
which arrives at Azov via the Volga-Don water route destined for various regions of
the Rorth Caucasus.
The cr.:.r of the Azov station was the first on the North Caucasus Railroad Sys-
tem to complete the yearly loading plan ahead of time.
Tbilisi, Zarya Vostoka, 17 Oct 53
In August, rail^oad workers on the Transcaucasus Railroad System delivered
600 cars of fruits and vegetables, 240 cars of sugar, 165 cars of cheese and but-
ter, and 1,600 cars of flour, confectionery products, and similar goods.
The Ministry of Railways USSR has announcer that the 1953 carloading plan was
completed on 27 December.
Kiev, Pravda Ukrainy, 1 Nov 53
The Vil'nyus Division of the Baltic Railroad System has surpassed the loading
plans for the second half of September and for all of October by almost 27 percent.
As a result, nearly 40,000 car-hours were saved. All trains hauling freight for
agriculture, and ccnsumber goods were given priority treatment.
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The number of container shipments was increased with the aim of hastening con-
sumer goods to their destinations.
UNLOADING LIVES'POCFC ON BALTIC SYSTEM -- Riga, Sovetskaya Latviya, 27 Oct 53
At the station of Chiyekurkaln, Baltic Railroad System, livestock is now be-
ing unloaded Yrom boxcars in 15 to 20 minutes Without uncoupling the switching en-
gine.
IMPROVED LOADING METHODS ON SOIfPHERN SYSTEM -- Tallin, Sovetskaya Estoniys,
13 Oct 53
Since the beginning of 1953, railroad workers of the Southern Railroad System,
due to better loading methods, have used 5,500 cars less than allotted. Because oY
this the state saved 2 million rubles.
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