. Railway mechanical engineer . .cr at Krasnoyarsk Mechanical Equipment on the Tomsk Railway An Americans Impressions of the and Shops of the Trans-Siberian System BY JAMES GRANT Late Captain, Russian Railway Service Corps THE Tomsk railway is that part of the Trans-Siberiansystem, between Irkutsk and Novo-Nickoliavsk. Themain line is all double tracked,.a distance of 1,734versts. As one verst is 3,500 ft., this is, in English units,approximately 1,156 miles. There are very few branches,the most important being the branch from Tiaga to Tomsk,about 80 versts long. There is a li
. Railway mechanical engineer . .cr at Krasnoyarsk Mechanical Equipment on the Tomsk Railway An Americans Impressions of the and Shops of the Trans-Siberian System BY JAMES GRANT Late Captain, Russian Railway Service Corps THE Tomsk railway is that part of the Trans-Siberiansystem, between Irkutsk and Novo-Nickoliavsk. Themain line is all double tracked,.a distance of 1,734versts. As one verst is 3,500 ft., this is, in English units,approximately 1,156 miles. There are very few branches,the most important being the branch from Tiaga to Tomsk,about 80 versts long. There is a line in course of construc- port facilities. The road connects with the Za-Baikal atIrkutsk and the Omsk Railway at Novo-Nickoliavsk. The section through which the Tomsk railway runs is per-haps the most fertile and productive region in all scenery along the road is very pretty, consisting of fineagricultural districts, coal mining concessions and dense for-ests. The road crosses great rivers and runs directly through. Map of the Tomsk Railway Showing Distances in Versts Between Principal Stations tion from Achinsk to the city of Minisinsk. By glancing atthe map of the railroad it will be observed that Achinsk,which is a small town, is about 170 versts west of Krasnoyarsk,while Minisinsk is an important city about 250 versts southof the railroad, on the Yenisee River. This latter city wasalways a Bolshevik stronghold, an army of 15,000 beingstationed there all the time that the Kolchak forces controlledSiberia. The Kolchaks were never able to oust them fromMinisinsk because the town was too far away from all trans- the wealthy Yenisee province. This province was alwaysknown as one of the most independent in all the old Roman-offs broad domains. Considering the past years of revolu-tion, the roadbed is in excellent condition; it is all ballastedandhas 72 lb. rails. The section work at the time theAmerican forces were in Siberia was done mostly by women,nearly all men o
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