Railroad connection at Hani station (1982)

Panorama of the ceremonial meeting at Khani station on the occasion of the joining of the western and eastern sections of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) on May 13, 1982, view of the laying train (top).

One of the construction managers delivers a ceremonial speech, holding a symbolic key.

Representatives of the builders of the KazakhBAMstroy trust and their family members stand under a banner.

Leading workers in production and winners of the socialist competition during the ceremonial ceremony.

One of the leading builders speaks, panorama of part of the ceremonial meeting.

Leading workers applaud.

View of the joining section of track and the laying train standing on it.

A banner with a greeting on the rails.

View of part of the ceremonial meeting (top).

The laying train starts moving.

One of the foremen gives signals to the driver.

Movement of laying trains from two sides.

Simultaneous delivery of sections of the railway bed from the laying trains.

Workers - winners of the socialist competition - attach rails to sleepers.

The first working train, decorated with a portrait of Lenin and the state flags of the union republics of the USSR, passes along the newly laid rails.