Construction of railways in Kazakhstan (1924-1935)

An excavator bucket pours soil into gondola cars.

People lay rails on sleepers.

Men dig a trench.

A camel next to a railroad track.

Men on horses next to a locomotive.

Gondola cars go along the rails.

Workers dig a trench.

An excavator pours soil into gondola cars.

An excavator bucket with soil.

The cars go along the rails.

Wheels of a locomotive.

Rails and sleepers.

A locomotive rushes.

Workers dig a trench.

Soil spills out of the cars.

A man throws soil with a bast shoe.

Workers work with picks and shovels, digging a trench.

A caravan of camels loaded with sleepers.

Horses pull rails.

Wheels of a locomotive.

Carts harnessed to horses.

Construction of the Chuysky Bridge.

A pile is driven in.

A locomotive.

Men throwing soil with laptas.

Men emptying soil from carts.

Unloading sleepers from cars.

Trolleys on an embankment.

Explosions in the steppe.

Stones rolling down the embankment.

Flag on the mast.

Sleepers lying on the ground.

Trolleys moving along the rails.

Excavator digging soil.

Camel next to the railroad tracks.

Wagons with logs.

Riders on horses galloping next to a moving wagon.

Sleepers rails.

Workers lay a rail on the sleepers.

A locomotive moves slowly.

Installing rivets.

Unloading sleepers from a gondola car.

The wheels move along the rails from below.

A rivet is driven in with a hammer.

Metal structure with rivets.

Fastening rail joints.

Driving in railroad spikes and rivets.

A steam hammer drives a pile.

A train goes across a bridge, horses harnessed to carts with sleighs.

A trolley is pushed along the rails.

Workers lay the rails on the sleepers.

The wheels go along the rails from below.

Unloading sleepers from a gondola car.

Stone supports of the Irtysh Bridge.

Metal structure of the Irtysh Bridge.

View from above and from below of the Irtysh Bridge.

Caption: "The Turkestan-Siberia Highway..." Smoke from a locomotive chimney.

A railroad worker with a flag.

View of the rails from a moving car.

Sleepers lie in the steppe.

Railroad track.

Explosion of rock.

Riders pull wagons with rails on ropes.

Laying rails.

General view of the construction site.

An excavator bucket dumps soil, a steam locomotive follows nearby.

A steam hammer drives a pile.

The metal structure of the Irtysh Bridge.

Rivets are driven in with a hammer.

Workers lift the structure with a jack.

Fastening the rail joints.

Driving in railroad spikes and rivets.

Wheels travel along the rails from below.

Steeplejacks assemble the metal structure.

Caption: "The richest deposits of rare metals are hidden in the depths of Pribalkhash." Explosions in the mountains.

Railroad gondola cars loaded with sleepers.

Laying sleepers in the steppe.