CONSUMPTION REQUIREMENTS AND RETIREMENT RATES FOR USSR RAILROADS

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• Publication Date: April 12, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Consumption R;quirements and Retirement
Rates for USSR Railroads
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ffhe information which follows pertains to the Kiev-Fastov railroad divi-
sion of the South West Railroad system. The distance between the two points
is 65 kmj
Ties
1. Wooden ties were used exclusively on the Kiev-Fastov� line. About 40%
were oak and 60% pine. Both were thoroughly creosoted.' They were not pre-
bored nor pre-adzed. The average life 'of the oak tie was about nine years;
the pine, eight. The average life was about the same for all lines be-
cause the tie- were destroyed mainly by the effects of weather and rot
rather than 4lechanical damage. Tie replacement on main lines averaged
about 200 per kilometer, annually. On secondary lines it dropped to 180
and on sidings between 170 and 180. There were 1600 ties per kilometer
on the main lines, 1440per kilometer on the secondary lines and 1320 to
1440 per kilometer on sidings.
. There were two types
cut .cut
of ties used on the Kiev-Fastov line;
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rounded rounded
TYPE-A TYPE-B
Both types were used interchangeably. The two types were divided by
t ckness into five classes Of A-1 to A-5 and B-1 to B-5. (Exact wts not known)
Class A-1 and B-1 (heaviest type, used on main lines only)
A-2 and B-2 (Medium weight, Used,on main lines only)
A-3 and B-3 (lights* weight,Use&on main lines only)
Class A-1. and B-4 (used only on ,secondary lines and sidings)
- A-5 and B-5 (used only on secondary lines and sidings)
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Classes 1,2 and 3 oi the A and B types were 2.7 meters long. Classes
4 and 5 of the A and B type were 2.5 meters long.
3. Three types of rails were used on the line as follows:
type
,hda
height
width of base
width of head
1-A
42.98
.,.10 mm
125 mm
70 mm
2-A
38.28
135 mm
114 mm
68 mm
,3-A
32.69,
127 mm
110 mm
60 mm
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Types 1-A and 2-A were used on the main lines for both single and double
track. Type 3-A was used on secondary lines and sidings. There was an
obsolete type known as 4-A (not manufactured since 1917) that was very
light and could be found on .a few sidings. All types of ra.ls were
divided into two sizes; those 12.8 meters long and those 10.67 meters
long. The life of a rail averaged between 30 and 40years on the main and
secondary lines. Rails removed from main and secondary lines were usu-
ally used on sidings, if at all serviceable. Re-rolled rails were not
used. Replacements on double�track main lines usually -rere between six /
and, eight rails annually; on secondary, single-track lanes between two
and. fourrails annually. Rails on sidings were very seldom replaced.
Fuel and Electric Power
4. The most common type of locomotive used on the Kiev-Fastov run was the
"ShCh", which, with tender, weighed between 65 and 75 mts. The average
load hauled on this run (loaded freight train without locomotive and
tender) was about 1500 metric tons. The trip took (cne way) about two
hours at the technical speed of 30 km per hour. Coal consumed for a one
way trip averaged between friar and f4.ve tons. To make the same trip, an
"M" type (passengar) locomotive with tender (60 to 70 mt) plus 800 mt load,
took about 80 minutes and consumed between three and four tons of coal.
Loaded cars were never weighed in the Soviet. The gross weight was de- /
termined on the basis of aa assumed average, per loaded and empty car. I
am unable to give any averages for switching locomotives.
5. Coal locomotives only were used on the Kiev-Fastov line. The freight
locoMotive, type "ShCh", used between 60 and 90 kas of coal per locomotive-
kilometer. The most common passenger locomotive was the "M" type which
used between 50 and 75 kgs of coal per locomotive-kilometer. In 1940
there were around 48 pairs of trains a day on this line (by pairs I mean
48 trains from Kiev to Fastov and 48 from Fastov to Kiev, a total of 96
in both directions. A locomotive leaving Kiev would pull one train to
Fastov and then return to Kiev with another train). Of this total, about
30% were passenger trains. The station at Kiev (which included the
stations Kiev I, Kiev II, Darnitsa and other sub-stations in Kiev) re-
quired about 2000 to 2250 mts of coal daily. About 79% of this coal was
consumed by locomotives (figuring about 100 locomotives daily leaving Kiev
in all directions). The remaining 25% was usea 1:or repair facilities,
stations, etc. I am.unable to furnish consumption figures per unit re-
paired.
MANPOWER
6. The Kiev-Fastov line as such had a total of about 1000 workers of all
types.: Kiev was a major rafaroad center and the main administration -
offices of the South-West Railroad system were located there Including
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all sub-stations the following number of workers were employed:
Department
Average number of workers
Tratk Service (line maintenance, repair
teams, etc.)
Rolling.atotk repair facilities.
1000
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Transport Service (locomotive engineers
and,trews)
2000
Traffic service (switchers, conductors,
brakemen, etc)
5006
Commercial service (loaders, etc)
1000
Communications (telegraph, telephone :etc)
500
'
Administration service
1000
Railroad technical schools (900 to 1200)
1000
Main' Administration of SWIM System
5000
19,500
(1000 workers .directly connected with the Kiev!-Fastov Division included).
A:passenger train on a short run. bad
1-chief conductor
-',3�o r'4-assistant tonductors
_li.locoMetive engineer
1-assistant engineer
170tOker .
f.-or7487 average
(A long distance passenger. train also had one porter assigned to each ,
usUally&12. TheSe.porters were assigned for. the complete.trip and
were mOt_replaced at .intermediate. stations)
A freight train crews made up as follows:
1-engineer
.I,-assistant engineer
1-Stoker
a,2rtOnductors
T 4-brakemen
1-oiler
10
7. The average capital repair job.of:a locomotive required up te 25,000 man
hours,. Amedium repair Job (annual) required up to 5000 man hours.
CapitaLrepair Of a car (passenger or freight) required up to 10,000'
mat hburs.. .The washing of.a locomotive boiler took about 48 man hours.
The7.averagework week. was between 42 and 48 hours per week.
Rolling Stock .
8. The: average life of a locomotive, was estimated atAOta:50 years, freight
ears 10 to 15 years and passenger cars from 20 to 25 years. A.capital re-
pair. Job, was made every five-years-on locomotives and every four years on
cars(freight and passenger). Medium or annual repairs were made on loco-
motives and cars every year. Minor repair (overall inspections) to loco-
motives were made every month._ The following lenth of time was consumed
as an 'average for locomotive and car repairs:
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Capital repair
Locomo Ives 1 to 2 months
C ars'
1 month
Annual repair
10 to 15 days �
5 tb 10 days
Current repairs
1 to 3 days
1 to 3 days
.utia14.*: to furnish any figures on the consumption of materials used
tor Yea:IOUs repairs.
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