Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-27 | Page 8 | 10 Years to Restore Russian Rail Lines

H 10 Years to Restore II Russian Rail Lines Hi MOSCOW, April 26. Russian rall- H'j road shopsworking at a maximum of HJ .peace time capacity, will require more H;; than 10 years to restore normal traffic Hj with the present facilities of produc- HjH tion, according to a survey recently HI published in the Economic Life. The H cMef needs are shown to be the im- HI pcrtation of rolling stock and the HI I home development of the transporta- H i tion indunstry. Hit The survey shows that in 1914 tho HI number of locomotives was approxi- Hfij mately 20,000 with 16 percent unfti for use. The present number of loco- Wk motives is about 10,000 with fifty-nine Hj percent out of commission or in need Bj of repairs, and the number of cars H' j 250,000. Lines in operation have also Hj diminished about 20 percent The maximum pre-war prodnuction i In the Russian shops was 1,800 loco- motives and 40,000 cars annually, and H the number that retired each year was H 1,300 locomotives and 30,000 trucks. H The present needs is for 16,000 loco- motives and 450,000 cars.