Innovative machinists (1955)

View of a part of a cargo port, trains being loaded.

Panorama of a railway junction and freight trains.

Trains with timber, coal, and boxes of equipment pass by.

A forklift passes by.

Trains with petroleum products on the tracks.

Trains with electric and diesel traction go.

A freight train passes a switch, view of a train.

Wheels of a steam locomotive.

Coal burning in the firebox.

The driver in the locomotive cab.

Scheme of the effect of the kinetic energy or manpower of a train on the speed of a train, scheme of the dependence of speed on the amount of kinetic energy reserve (animation).

Layout of the force of gravity on the force pressing on the rails and the force acting in the direction of travel (animation).

Examples of different effects of the manpower of a train on its speed (animation).

Delivery of steam locomotives to trains.

Interior view of the Vspolye depot with a turntable.

Driver G.I. Grachev heads to the locomotive to supervise its flushing repair.

Grachev inspects the locomotive parts, gives instructions to the mechanics.

The locomotive at the depot during repairs.

Grachev and the mechanics check the condition of the locomotive connecting rod.

Grachev checks the quality of cleaning the surface of the locomotive boiler.

The assistant engineer checks the units and parts of the locomotive.

Checking the cleanliness of the smoke tubes and ball pipes.

The inside of one of the pipes.

The stoker shines X-rays through the pipes from the opposite side.

Grachev checks each pipe.

Checking the accuracy of the coincidence of the axis of the smoke pipe with the axis of the cone.

Checking the tightness of the smoke box.

A device for checking the tightness of the smoke box to the casing.

Inspection and cleaning from carbon deposits of the removed valves and pistons of the steam engine.

Inspection of the sleeves of the valves and cylinders.

Inspection of the inside of the cylinder.

Grachev inspects the parts and units of the driving mechanism.

Inspection of the bottom of the locomotive from the inspection pit.

Grachev checks the automatic braking system.

Grachev leaves the inspection pit.

Checking the operation of the sandbox, sand is poured onto the rail under the locomotive wheel.

Grachev accepts the locomotive from the team of repairmen.

Grache and his assistant climb into the cabin.

Grachev looks out of the cabin.

The locomotive begins to move in reverse towards the depot exit.

The depot duty officer hands the driver a route sheet.

A heavy-duty bulk train on the tracks.

The driver studies the route sheet.

Grachev clarifies the route details with the dispatcher at the neighboring station.

The locomotive crew members study the route diagram.

Route diagram indicating climbs (animation).

Locomotive delivery to the train.

Inspection of wheel pairs and refueling of axle boxes of oil tankers.

The locomotive moves in reverse.

Locomotive wheels, dusting the rails with sand during delivery of the locomotive to the train.

The process of coupling a steam locomotive to a train.

Grachev descends the ladder from the cabin.

Checking the coupling and connection of the air hoses.

Grachev climbs into the cabin.

Checking the operation of the brakes.

The brake shoes are moved.

Steam locomotives on the tracks.

The lubricator at work.

The foreman of the track workers hands Grachev a certificate of inspection of the train.

Grachev climbs into the cabin.

Grachev in the cabin of the locomotive.

The fire is burning in the firebox of the locomotive.

Control devices in the cabin of the locomotive.

The process of preparing for movement.

Checking the operation of the foam suppressor.

The permissive signal of the semaphore lights up.

The whistle is blown.

Steam escapes from the locomotive whistle.

The actions of the driver at the start of the movement, the train moves off, the driver closes the cylinder valve.

The actions of the driver during the movement, opening the regulator, the train goes beyond the point.

The train overcoming the first climb (animation).

Types of railway track, Grachev in the cabin of the locomotive blows the whistle.

The driver's actions to replenish the water supply in the boiler.

Grachev blows the whistle.

View of the railway track.

Oil tanker train on the way.

The stoker throws coal into the firebox.

Grachev drives the train.

View of the railway track, diagram of a sawtooth section of the track (animation).

Grachev looks out of the cabin, inspects the train.

Control instruments in the locomotive cabin.

Grachev in the locomotive cabin, view of the railway track.

The driver's actions when moving on a slope, using the brake release accelerator.

Grachev and his assistant in the locomotive cabin begin preparations for a long climb.

Fire in the locomotive firebox.

The driver's actions to replenish the water used up on the climbs.

Control instrument scales.

View of the train, Grachev looks out of the cabin.

View of the railway track on a complex profile.

Wheels of a locomotive moving at high speed.

View of the Chelkar diesel locomotive depot of the Orenburg Railway, locomotives on the tracks.

Members of the locomotive crews gather at the Honor Board, looking at the portraits posted on it.

A diesel locomotive at the depot at Tuguz station.

Engineer A.E. Leontyev checks the locomotive's chassis.

A freight train on the tracks.

Scheme of the Tuguz-Chelkar route (animation).

The locomotive crew prepares the locomotive for the trip.

Inspection of the locomotive shaft and refrigerator section.

Checking the wheelset.

Checking the units and fuel equipment of the diesel engine.

Checking the condition of the generator, semi-rigid compressor clutch.

Checking the reverser and control panel instruments in the driver's cab.

The assistant driver checks the oil system and the presence of distilled water for cooling the diesel engine.

Delivering the locomotive to the train.

The assistant driver wipes the windshields.

A tree in a gust of wind.

The beginning of a sandstorm in the Aral steppe.

Sand covers the railroad tracks.

The engineer receives the signal to depart.

The engineer's actions during the start.

The heavy freight train starts moving, Leontyev in the locomotive's cabin.

View of the railroad tracks.

Leontyev gives the engine a full load.

The train is approaching the start of the climb.

Leontyev in the locomotive's cabin, control instrument scales.

View of the railroad tracks before the climb.

The assistant engineer monitors the engine's operation during the climb.

Leontyev and his assistant in the locomotive's cabin.

Leontyev opens the window, the wind blows his cap off.

View of part of the climb.

Leontyev in the locomotive's cabin, ammeter scale.

View of the front of the locomotive, speedometer scale.

View of the railroad tracks on a steep climb.

Leontyev's face.

View of the train.

The wheels are turning.

Leontyev watches the train from the cabin.

Leontyev and his assistant drive a train up a steep incline.

The train is en route.

Leontyev in the locomotive cab, view of the track, ammeter scale.

View of the locomotive's wheel sets.

The train approaches a semaphore, ammeter scale.

Leontyev monitors the ammeter readings.

The driver's assistant monitors the operation of the diesel engine.

The assistant reports the water temperature, oil temperature, and other engine parameters to the driver.

View of a single-track railroad track.

Leontyev answers the dispatcher's questions about the progress of the trip by radiotelephone, coordinates passage at the siding with the dispatcher (synchronously).

Leontyev looks out of the cab, watches the train.

Ammeter scale.

Leontyev in the locomotive cab.

View of the track.

Wheels of a moving train.

View of the train, Leontyev looks at the rear cars.

The train passes through a semaphore on the crest of the incline, Leontyev in the locomotive cab.

Wheel pairs of a train on the crest of a rise.

A meeting of railway workers, a participant in the meeting applauds.

Leontyev speaks from the rostrum to his fellow workers (synchronously).

The presidium of the meeting, Leontyev on the rostrum.

The meeting participants listen to Leontyev's speech.

Leontyev answers his comrades' questions about the peculiarities of working on a diesel locomotive (synchronously).

View of a meeting of railway workers.

Trains pass by.

An electric locomotive leads the train.