Snow control on sections and stations (1989)

Movie №39280, 2 parts, Duration: 0:18:42
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On request: Ministry of Railways of the USSR

Annotation:

The film is dedicated to the struggle of railway workers with snow drifts on sections and stations. Advertisement of snow removal equipment.

Reel №1 Snow control on sections and stations

View of the snow-covered environs of the railroad.

View from the train.

A switch on the railroad tracks.

The train travels in a snowstorm.

The switch is covered with snow.

Workers use shovels to clear the tracks and switches of snow.

Orsk department of the South Ural Railway.

Meeting of the department management.

Participants in the meeting are speaking.

A switch on the railroad tracks is in operation.

A worker clears the tracks and switches with a jet of air under pressure.

A worker lubricates the units on the railroad tracks.

Heating system for important units of the railroad.

Preparing the tracks for the winter.

Clearing various mechanisms for controlling railroad traffic from snow during the day and at night.

Meeting on preparation for the winter.

Scheme of assigning switches to enterprises on this section of the railroad.

A blizzard covers the switches with snow.

Trains are traveling.

View of a switch covered with snow.

A worker clears the switch.

A train passes through the cleared switch.

A snow removal train is traveling along the railway.

Workers are given the task of clearing the tracks.

Workers disassemble shovels and clear the tracks.

A special composition that clears the tracks instead of workers.

Snow is removed from the tracks by a conveyor belt into the cars.

Cleared tracks.

Keywords

Railway, Snow drifts, Snow removal equipment

Shooting locations:

Ural

Objects:

Orsk branch of the South Ural Railway.

Reel №2

Panorama of the railway station.

Anemometer.

Printed weather map.

Entering information via teletype.

The dispatcher gives instructions based on the weather forecast.

A management meeting to discuss the weather forecast.

The operator gives an assignment to the train driver.

Trains leave the station.

Dispatcher.

A snow removal train removes snow from the tracks.

Different models of snow removal trains are shown.

Anemometer.

Printed weather map.

Entering information via teletype.

A locomotive is at the station.

Dispatchers monitor the situation on the sections.

Workers clear switches with compressed air.

Workers remove snow.

A snow removal train removes snow.

Management discusses the work required to clear the tracks.

Workers dig out a snow-covered train.

A village house covered with snow.

Carriages covered in snow up to the roof.

A snow removal train is approaching them.

A train clearing snow from the side of a railroad.

Snowdrifts along the railroad.

Snow-covered houses along the road.

Keywords

Railway, Snowdrifts, Snow removal equipment

Shooting locations:

Ural

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