RAIL OPERATIONS IMPROVE; NEW RAILROAD SYSTEM CREATED

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• Publication Date: December 15, 1951
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORTI
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Economic - Rail transportation
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1951
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13 Jun - 4 Sep 1951
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RAIL OPERATIONS IMPROVE;
NEW RAII ROAD SYSTEM CREATED
INCREASE NUMBER OF ABOVE-NORM-WEIGET TRAINS -- Riga, Sovetskaya Latviya, 5 Aug 51
In the first 6 months of 1951, 2,679 above-norm-weight trains carrying
482,000 tons of freight above norm were shipped on the Latvian Railroad System.
An additional 233 steam locomotives would have been required to haul this addi-
tional freight.
Petrozavodek, Leninskoye Znamya, 5 Aug 51
Railroad enginemeo of the Kirov System drove 3,156 above-norm-weight trains
in the first 6 months of 19 1. They carried 586,000 tons of freight above norm.
Nearly 100 "pyatlsotniks` enginemer striving for av.;rage daily locomotive runs
of 500 kilometers or more consistently exceeded the norms of the condensed
schedule for to".omotive turnaround time.
Tallin, Sovetskaya Estonlya, 5 Aug 51
In 1946, the Estonian Railroad System shipped 1,815 above-norm-weight
trains carrying 134,500 of freight above norm. In the first 6 months of 1951,
the system shipped 1,752 above-norm-weight trains, thus doubling the weight
carried in 1946.
Alma-Ata, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, 5 Aug 51
In dune alone, more than 640 above-norm-weight trains carrying 650,000
tons of freight above norm were shipped on the Karaganda Railroad System.
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Moscow, Gudok, 4 Sep 51
In August, the locomotive crews of In Depot, Far East Railroad System, ran
more than 200 above-norm-weight trains, carrying about 150,000 tons of freight
above norm.
Good results were also obtained by the locomotive crews of Obluch'ye Depot,
Far East Railroad System. They hauled about 120,000 tons of freight above norm.
AE3SEABAD RAILROAD SYSTEM TRAFFIC UP -- Ashkhabad, Turkmenskaya Iskra, 5 Aug 51
Freight and passenger traffic on the Ashkhabad Railroad System has increased
7 percent over 1950. During summer 1951, daily fast train service from Moscow
to Stalinabad via Ashkhabad was started; the fast trains run four times weekly.
These trains are made up of newly designed all-metal cars.
CAR TURNAROUND TIME SPEEDED UP -- Moscow, Izvestiya, 13 Jun 51
During the first quarter 1951 the South Donets Railroad System speeded
up car turnaround time by 5.5 hours against the norm; car layover during freight
operations was reduced by 2 hours.
Two '--i million rubles above plan were saved as a result of increasing the
train bv_eds, maintaining schedules, reducing the cost of hauling, and increased
labor productivity on the part of the railroad workers.
COMPLETE TRAIN DISPATCHING PLAN 100 PERCENT -- Kiev, Pravda Ukrainy, 10 Aug 51
So far in 1951, the Stalin Railroad System has completed the plan for dis-
patching and processing trains 100 Dercent according to schedule. The processing
of traine according to norms increased 314.2 percent in comparison with last
year. Improved operations permitted a 27.9-percent decrease in the number of
railroad cars operating and improved the general plan of hauling 11.6 percent
above last year.
In the 7 months of this year the system hauled several thousand carloads
above plan.
During the first half of this year 50 million rubles above plan were saved
and of these 6 million were given to the fund for the great construction projects.
MINSK RAILROAD SYSTEM CREATED -- Moscow, Gudok, 2 Aug 51
Effective 15 P.ugus* 1951, by order of the Ministry of Transportation, the
administration of the Brest-Litovsk Railroad System is to be transferred to Minsk,
and the Minsk Division of the Western Railroad System is to be transferred to the
,Brest-Litovsk System. At the same time, the Brest-Litovsk System is to be
renamed the Minsk Railroad System.
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