RAILROAD YARDS AND SHOPS VYAZMA, USSR

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• Publication Date: August 6, 1957
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
RAILROAD YARDS AND SHOPS
VYAZMA, USSR
HTA-M28-57
6 AUGUST 1957
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RAILROAD YARDS AND SHOPS
VYAZMA, USSR
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Vyazma is located approximately 100 miles east-northeast of
Smolensk and 140 miles west-southwest of Moscow. It is the junction of
the Brest-Moscow railroad and the north-south line from Leningrad to
points in central and southern European USSR.
The Vyazma railroad .yards and shops suffered heavy damage during
World War II. A comparison of photography with that of 25X1 D
World War 11 reveals the following changes in addition to repair of war
damage. The roundhouse in which locomotives were formerly serviced
and repaired has been replaced by three sheds and one shop building.
Near the north end of the rail yards is a new fenced warehouse area con-
taining seven large buildings. Nearby, a transshipping site has apparently
been abandoned. In the southern part of the yards a new passenger station
and service building has been rebuilt on the site of the old one, and a new
freight shed has replaced several small sheds. Just north of the main hold-
ing and receiving yard is a former turning loop, now used for car storage.
An area with rail. sidings located east of the main holding and receiving yard,
has been fenced since World War II. Nearby is an abandoned turning Wye and
rail line, the southeast portion of which is now being used as a road.
Components of the railroad yards and shops at Vyazma are annotated on
the photograph and described in the accompanying key.
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KEY TO ANNOTATIONS
1. Machine shop and service building, 360'x 50'. Rebuilt on former site.
2. Car shed, 210'x 80'. Rebuilt on former site.
3. Freight shed, 485'x 35'. New; replaces several small sheds.
4. Passenger service building, 115'x 60'. New since World War II.
Elevated pedestrian walkway 160' long attached to this building gives
access to the passenger tracks.
5. Passenger station: 150'x 85' center section; two 75'x 140' wings.
New since World War II. Built on site of former station.
South classification yard, approximately 3000' long, 15-20 tracks. No
basic change in size or trackage since World War II.
7. Turntable, 90' diameter. No change since World War II.
8. Repair and service area. Completely new facility replacing roundhouse
and shops.
9. Locomotive repair and service sheds: one 195'x 95', and two 240'x 90'.
New since World War II. Each shed has three through tracks.
11. Main holding and receiving yard, 3700'x 350', 10-15 tracks. No basic
change in size or trackage since World War II.
12. Open coal storage area, 2000'x 440'. Approximately same size as in
World War II. Number of tracks not discernible.
13. Former turning loop. Now used for car storage.
14. Fenced open storage area, approximately 2400'x 500'. Contains three
storage sheds: one 150'x 30', one 130'x 30', and one 50'x 30'. Also
contains twenty possible storage sheds, each 30'x 30'. Area originally
served by rail, now served only by road. No change in size since World
War H.
16. Fenced area with rail sidings for possible storage of military rolling
stock. Area fenced since World War II.
17. Abandoned turning wye and rail line. SE portion now being used as road.
18. Holding and receiving yard. Consists of 4-6 tracks, with two tracks
serving a loading platform 700' long and 60' wide. Same amount of track-
age as in World War II.
19. Former railroad transshipping site. Not rail served as in World War II.
Apparently abandoned.
20. New warehouse area. Seven buildings: two 210'x 75', one 280'x 85',
three 160'x 85', and one 140'x 75'. Area fenced and rail served. Con-
structed since World War II.
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REQUIREMENT: Prepared in answer to RR/HTA/E/I`t14/57 requesting
changes since World War 11 in the Vyazma Railroad Yards and Shops.
COORDINATES: 55?l3-N - 34'191E
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