Construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline

July 1-22, 1976. USSR. Irkutsk Region. A train with rail sections traveling along the laid tracks during the construction of the western section of the Baikal-Amur Mainline. In fulfillment of the decisions of the 25th Congress of the CPSU, the BAM builders pledged to lay thirty-two kilometers of tracks above the plan by the end of the year and to reach the Nebel siding at the 135th kilometer of the route ahead of schedule. The exact date of the photo has not been established. Edgar Bryukhanenko, Valery Khudyakov/TASS