RAILWAY LINES AND INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES OF THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION

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• Publication Date: June 13, 1949
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I. Reconstruction of double trackage and railroad construction
and reconstruction.
II. Railroad electrification.
III. Construction of hydroflectric plants.
IV. Locomotive and RR car repair shops.
V. Reconstruction of structures.
VI. The new track-laying machine, type "Rekput"
Vii. List of railroad stations for loading petroleum products.
VIII.List of industrial enterprises of the Ministry of Transporton.
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I. Reconstruction of Second Track between Riga and Dubulty. -- Gudok, June 48.
l econd track# ha a just been laid again on the section Riga-Dubulty of
the Latvian Railroad System.
On 30 April ballasting had proceeded to km 16.
Restoration of Donbass Railroad Lines. -- Soviet technical press, June 48.
Almost two billion rubles have already been invested in the recon-
struction of the Donbass railroad arteries during the first two years
of the (current 7 Five-Year Plan. In the area of the Donets Railroad
Systems this restoration has taken the form of increased repair and
extension of secondary lines and branches leading to coal mines and
enterprises and of increasing the traffic capacity of the important
lines : Kursk-Kharkov, Kupyansk-Debal'tsevo, Debal'tsevo-Dolzhanskaya,
Gryazi-Severn Donetskaya, etc.
This work is correlated to the increase of coal transports from
the Donbass and of raw material and metals from the Krivoy Rog basin.
Last year the reconstruction included the lines connecting the
main railroad lines with the coal producing regions. Lines such as
"JAMASSWYETIANOVO"-Avdakovo probably: Yama-Svetlanovo-Avdakovo],
Dolzhanskaya-Roven'ki, which are known in the Donbass under the
general designation of mine lines, have been repaired and are
already operating. This has made it possible to dispense with
detours, to shorten coal shipments considerably and, consequently,
to speed up their transport P sport from the Northern DonetsAto 2uroscoa.
The completsion of the second track between Kursk and Kharkov
has made it possible to raise the traffic capacity of the main line
connecting Moscow with the Caucasus and the Crimea to the pre-war
level. The beginning of operations on the second tracks of the
railroads in the south='east,on the lines Gryazi-Severo Donetskaya
and Liski-Povorino, has considerably facilitated transportation
of the output from the mines toward the north and the east.
part of list years expenses incurred in reconstructing the
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railroad network. Thus ridges and culverts of aMetal length-~.,..:
thee 16 could be opened to traffic. Of the bridges, those across
the Don near Liski, across the Ingulets, the Buzuluk, the Samara,
the Northern Donets, and the Uda, may be mentioned. Among the struc-
tures, the triple-track construction of the Kharkov junction
J=cx&uLj*rAA which permits the parting of three main railroad lines
without crossings (at different levels), may be mentioned.
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There existed in the beginning of 1948 the problem ..L d& reconstructing
the lines of the Donbass to their pre-war traffic capacity.
For this reason the reconstruction of double trackage on the
lines Kharkov-Lozovaya-Slavyansk, Debaltsevo-DDolzhanskaya,
Alekseyevka-Liski-Povorino, etc. was undertaken in 1948. It
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assured successful export of coal and minerals and the full
utilization of the railroads.
Rxxx**a1 Simultaneously with this doubletracking, the re-
construction of second tracks on the main lines Kharkov-Kiev,
in the Merefa-Lozovaya and Lozovaya-Slavyansk sectors, Lyubotin-
will
Vorozhba, Volnovakha-Mariupol', etc./increase. traffic capacity
condiderably , lessen freight transportation distances and con-
sequently lower:' transportation costs. Reconstruction of second
tracks in the sector Lozovaya-Pavlograd-Slavyansk should eliminate
the bottleneck on the main railroad line Rostov-Kharkov-Moscow of
the South Donets and Stalin Railroad Systams.~lxxi~r1xfuxkkwx
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In 1948 electrification of the sedtor Dolgintsevo-Zaperozh'ye
should be completed, resulting in a cheaper, stronger and faster
connection of the Krivoy Rog mining basin with the Do#bass.
Traffic capacity of the railroad lines will also be raised
by the reconstruction of bridges across the Dnepr, the Northern
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Donets, and the Don Rivers, and by a reduction inAbemporary
bridges which slow down traffic. Construction of new bridges
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across the Kirna ,an-d Norther] Donets Rivers and the Sivash, and of the
bridge across the Dneprrat Kherson is about to begin.
Extraction of p` pphwAmW material and its transportation to the
crick l/orks
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shops has been streamlined at the great Artemovsk a^
in almost doubling the plant output. At the Kharkov plant "Komsomolets"
("The Young Communist") a repaired 18-chamber Hofmann furnace has
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been put in operation. At the Belgorod ems extraction of
rood
poMoM material is performed mechanically. The silicate factory
at Pavlograd has been reconstructed in view of the increased
production. On the Southeastern Railroad System, the Blagodatinskiy
Combine, producer of bricks , lime, and chalk, is under
reconstruction.
(Morskoy Flot, 9 Apr 48) Before the war Yariupol' was connected
with the Donbass by a double track railroad line. At present only
one track is in operation.
(June 48) Reconstruction of the 90 km-long railroad line Kokand -
Namangan has just been completed.
(June 48) Construction of the
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line,Mointy-
i. Besides the 5,500 regular construction workers,5U0 kolkhoz
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farmers participate in the work.
The fret new, 450 km long line will cross the Balkhash steppes,
half o$ which are desert, and the Khan Tau range. It will connect
the Turkestan- Siberian (Turksib) with the Karaganda +f= railroad
and will make possible coal transportation from Karaganda to the
southern part of Kazakhstan and to Central Asia.
of the railroad
Construction/began last summer. Earthwork&Jggmi' done on 150 km
of roadbed, trAck were laid,, 40 58 km of ?-?'
This year a 300 km long embankment will be constructed, 10U km
of ties anci.rackiwill be laid, and work trains will run on a 160 km
long sector.
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Construction work is in full swing on the Chu side of the line.
Within a short period several kilometers of track have been laid
there and two railroad bridges built. Construction work on the
equally
Mointy side is progressing *Kxkxax well,
(Izvestiya, Pravda) Last summer, construction of a new Sit, 627 km
between and
ling line in Turkmenistan, fm Chardzhou iE Kungrad, was begun.
In one and a half months 400 km of roadway were constructed by the
national method of fast construction. At present,4tdrain pipes have
been installed at 18 points over a stretch of 120 kj!vand tracks
.have been prepared in-the stations.and stopping points.
(Russian press, June 48) Basic work on the construction of the
South-Siberian trunk line (Stalinsk-Magnitogorsk)
Cis expected to be completed this xkmx year and work trains
should xxa begin to operated on the Stalinsk-Barnaul line.
On the Akmolinsk-Pavlodar line, 170 km of main track arid
stations must be laid. Here, the creation of industrial and
production bases and the preparation of workers quarters xiii
is coming to a close.
(Pravda) Construction of the great South&Siberian railroad line
in the sector Barnaul-Stalinsk is undertaken from both ends and
at present approaches its most difficult phase - the crossing of
the Salair mountain range.
( Pravda, 17 May 48) Passenger and freight trains operate
daily on the 115 km long sector Barnaul-Sorokino of the new
line.
Construction of the new railroad line Stalinsk_Ma nito orsk. (Izvestiya)
The builders of the new Siberian railroad trunkline Stalinsk-
Magnitogorsk work fat present] in the most difficult sector,
the Sa airhighmountain range.
The Salair sector is full of obstacles and dangers for the
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built across the streams, the Alambay and Chumysh Rivers. In
the area of the 160th kilometer, construction of a tunnel has
begun. About 50 thousand cubic meters of rubble have already
been moved by use of explosives on either side of the mountain
range.
Additional data on the Akmolinsk region. (Pravda)
Six kilometers north fof the city of Akmolinsk, there are
several road and railroad branches serving the plants of the
area. Coal for these plants is imported from the Karaganda
mines and from the Far East.
- Akmolinsk is connected by railroad to Kartaly and Magnitogorsk
on one side, and to Alma Ata on the other, Siriis also to the
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Transsiberian'line. The branch t this latter line starts at
Issil /-possibly Isil' Kul'-7.
- Roads in good condition, but not asphalted, connect
Akmolinsk
with Alma Ata, Karaganda, and Chelyabinsk.
- At Issil, a town of-40,000 population, there is a pig iron
foundry.
- Four plants working for National Defense (probably artillery
and tanks material) are located at Kartaly.
- Karaganda is a coal mine center. An estimated 40 to 45 trains
leave the town daily with coal for the cities of Akmolinsk and
Chelyabinsk.
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TRechnoy Transport, 9 Apr 48) Construction of the railroad line
Bystrovka-Rybach'ye in the Kirgiz SSR has been completed.
(Pravda, Moscow)*The engineers on the construction of the-
high mountain railroad Kant-Rybach'ye gave completed track laying
up to Lake Issyk-Kul'. The entire route.has been
opened to train traffic.-The first loaded train convoy passed the
gorge of Buamsk yesterday in the direction of the shores of the
"Kirgizian Sea".
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Qening of the railroad sector Bystrovka R-vbach'ye. (Gudok 3 Aug 48)
Operation of work trains has begun in the Chu River valley, through
the rocks of the Buamsk gorge,-in the direction of Lake Issyk Kul'.
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part of Kirgiz SSR with the country's general railroad network.
(Pravda) The railroad line Tikhoretsk-Krasnodar,
destroyed during the war, has been entirely reconstructed.
Traffic opens on the new railroad line ;\lapayevsk-Sos'va. (Rechnoy
Transport*)
Passenger train traffic has begun on the new railroad line
Alapayevsk-So s'va.
The trains establish a two-way connection between the stations
Nadezhdinsk and Sinarskaya altng the eastern slope of the Urals.
Railroad Construction in Siberia. Construction of Oil Refineries
in Siberia. (June 48)
DALSTROY (Far Eastern Construction Company) is constructing
a railroad line connecting the Baykal/Amur line with the port of
Anadyr' via Seeymghan (?) on the Kolyma River.
Work on the line from Petropavlovsk (Kamchatka) to Anadyr'
will be completed in 1950.
This work is being done by forced labor among which are
500,000 Soviet soldiers,who had surrendered to the Germans, and
400,000 Japanese.
0;1$efineries are under construction at Khabarovsk, Komsomol'sk,
and Sovetskaya Gavan'. Their output will be sufficient to ensure
all demands of the Soviet Far East.
(May 48) One of the stations of a branch of the Far Eastern Railroad
System ink the Far Eastern Coastal area (Primorskiy Kray) is loca-
ted in the bay of Vanino [Vanino, 8 km northwest of Sovetskaya
Gavan'J.
(May 48) In the bay of Vanino the DALSTROY maintains a freight
shunting station. -
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(May 48) Certain important lines have been electrified since spring 1947
in order to raise the transport capacity of the USSR railroads:
Donets Basin-Krivoy Rog line: (supplied by] power plants of
Dnepropetrovsk - Kremenchug.
Transsiberian line ( between Omsk and Noscosibirsk)s power plants
Combines
of the Ural %uWLiam and the Kuznetsk Basin/with a vopwon6wof
~e~workl
220,000 volti, supplying the industries of the Urals and West
Siberia (network not yet completed).
The cross-connecting lines, from north to south, in -the Volga
region are fed by the newly constructed hydro lectric power plants
along the Volga:
Uglich power plant ( operating since 1946), 220,000 kw
Rybinsk power plant (Operating since 1947), 200,000 kw
Stalingrad South power plant (operating since the end
of 19474, 140,000 kw
and along the Samara:
Kuybyshev power plant (not completed), 1,400,000 kw
The difficulties encountered stem mostly from lack of copper, There-
f orethe Soviet interest in all copper depots which might lie in
their zone of influence (e.g. Mansfeld in ' ermany).
Electrification of the Railroad Branch Line Bolshevo-Fryazino
(Gudok, June 48) Installation of as20 km long new electrified
branch line between Bolshevo and Fryazino has been completed on
the Yaroslavl' Railroad System; 6 way stations have been built),
360 metal poles have been erected and 28 km of wire strung. ZF-ryazino,
northeast of Bolshevo, is located at 38?E 56?N2.
Electrification of Lines of the Transcaucasus Railroad System.
Electrification of the line Tkvibuli-Rioni has been completed.
This line connects the Tkvibuli coal basin with the main line
Tbilisi-Black Sea.
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Before; the end p#'.,1948 electrification of the. following lines
will be completed:
1. Samtredia-Poti
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3. Tbilisi-Akstafa
(Pravda, Moscow, Feb 48) Last yearAthe' railroad branch line Kartaly-
Taldy Kurgan.k- bee On New Years Eve the first freight
train ran over this line, bringing construction material to Taldy
Kurgan.
(Izvestiya, Moscow, Jan 48) Construction has begun on a branch
line of the Sverdlovsk line ~ Z-Kaganovich Railroad System. It
will begin at the railroad station Oshchepkovo and run to Butka,
distant center of the region. ( Butka, located southeast of
!Oshchepkovo, at 63? 45' E 56? 45' N .
The new route will
pass through the rich agricultural and forest massifs of the Trans-
ural. The construction had been declared air of national interest.
(Pravda,. Moscow, Feb 48)
Reconstruction work on the electrified section Dolgintsevo-
Nikopol' of 'the Stalin Railroad System is under way. Three sub-
stations are lready supplied with current and the fourth one
is under construction. Transmission lines are ready over a
stretch of 100 km.
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III. Hydro, lectric power plant at Mingechaur. (11ay 48)
Construction of the dam of the Mingeehaur hydr lectric
is under way. The water held by this dam will flood a wide
area of the Samur forest, situated in a mountain valley.
The wmd timber is at present being removed from the area to
be flooded. une million cubic meters of timber has