 | 5-01a. Krasnykh Partizan Ul. / Generala Kuznetsova Ul. RVZ-6M2 367 Line 4, Pervykh Pyatiletok-bound. After the split between two Solombala lines, the line to Pervykh Pyatiletok follows Krasnykh Partizan Ul. As adjacent road ends, trams traverse amid backwoods between developments of new apartment blocks. Two months later, 09.2002, car 367 will be renumbered into 400, after the original 400 became a total loss in a traffic accident with a truck that took place on this very Line 4. (Aleksandr Morozov, July 2002) |
 | 5-01b. Krasnykh Partizan Ul. / Generala Kuznetsova Ul. RVZ-6M2 390 Line 4, Pervykh Pyatiletok-bound on the left. RVZ-6M2 381 Line 4, Krasnaya Kuznitsa-bound on the right. The first passing point on Line 4. A tram/trolleybus crossing with the trolleybus line to Ust-Dvinskaya and Port Ekonomiya is visible in the background. (Yaroslav Luchenetskiy, 13 May 2002) |
 | 5-02. The eastern end of Kransykh Partizan Ul. RVZ-6M2 409 Line 4, Pervykh Pyatiletok-bound. At the end of Kransykh Partizan Ul. trams are leaving the urban expanse of the city. (Aleksandr Morozov, July 2002) |
 | 5-03a. The bridge over the Solombalka Creek. RVZ-6M2 409 Line 4, Pervykh Pyatiletok-bound. Tram enters the uncharted buffer zone preceding the industrial park of the Cellulose Processing Plant. (Aleksandr Morozov, July 2002) |
 | 5-03b. The bridge over the Solombalka Creek. RVZ-6M2 367 Line 4, Krasnaya Kuznitsa -bound. The final version of the bridge that replaced a succession of preceding wooden structures (see historic photos in Gallery 1). This time the bridge was built with a future street and a second track in mind, neither of which materialized. (Aleksandr Morozov, July 2002) |
 | 5-04. In the vicinity of Zarechnaya Ul. RVZ-6M2 381 Line 4, Krasnaya Kuznitsa-bound. The Solombalskiy TsBK, the Cellulose Processing Plant, is in the background. (Yaroslav Luchenetskiy, 13 May 2002) |
 | 5-05. The stop near Sovkhoznaya Ul. RVZ-6M2 383 Line 4, Pervykh Pyatiletok-bound. Tram stops at the by-request-only stop identified by means of a few timber boards thrown next to tracks. Thanks to the above mentioned buffer zone, there is a little rural village near by, surviving amid the surrounding industrial sprawl. (YM, 14 June 2002) |
 | 5-06a. A stretch of track between the Sovkhoznaya Ul. and Mostovaya Ul. Stops. RVZ-6M2 381 Line 4, Krasnaya Kuznitsa-bound. This type of single track rural right-of-way is Arkhangel'sk specialty. The patch of a white substance in the air in front of the car is produced at and flown over from the Cellulose Processing Plant nearby. (YM, 14 June 2002) |
 | 5-06b. A stretch of track between the Sovkhoznaya Ul. and Mostovaya Ul. Stops. RVZ-6M2 367 Line 4, Pervykh Pyatiletok-bound. A classic Arkhangel'sk tramway infrastructure these northern lines will be remembered for. (Aleksandr Morozov, July 2002) |
 | 5-07a. The Mostovaya Ul. Stop and passing point. RVZ-6M2 390 Line 4, Pervykh Pyatiletok-bound to the left. RVZ-6M2 383 Line 4, Krasnaya Kuznitsa-bound to the right. A tranquil scene at the rural passing point, lost in the early morning fog... which originates from the cellulose mill chimneys at the TsBK nearby. The "fog" in the background is made of toxic chemicals. Note, that residential areas in a form of the massive development of new apartment blocks is located just 0.5 km to the right. (YM, 14 June 2002) |
 | 5-07b. The Mostovaya Ul. Stop and passing point. RVZ-6M2 387 Line 4, Krasnaya Kuznitsa-bound to the left. RVZ-6M2 409 Line 4, Pervykh Pyatiletok-bound to the right. Car 387, formerly 356, is the second oldest tram at the time, delivered in 1983. Car renumbering was considered routine business during last years of tram operation in Arkhangelsk. 387 will go through a complete rehab at the end of 2002, a year and half prior to the closure of the system. (Aleksandr Morozov, July 2002) |
 | 5-08a. The railroad overpass, the Mostovaya Ul. approach. RVZ-6M2 367 Line 4, Krasnaya Kuznitsa-bound. Rolling off the viaduct connecting the Pervykh Pyatiletok neighborhood to the rest of the world. (Aleksandr Morozov, July 2002) |
 | 5-08b. The railroad overpass, the Mostovaya Ul. approach. RVZ-6M2 367 Line 4, Krasnaya Kuznitsa-bound. Ancient traffic engineering makes the viaduct an antiquated tramway attraction. (Aleksandr Morozov, July 2002) |
 | 5-08c. The railroad overpass to Pervykh Pyatiletok. RVZ-6M2 387 Line 4, Pervykh Pyatiletok-bound. (Aleksandr Morozov, July 2002) |
 | 5-09a. The railroad overpass, the Kirovskaya Ul. approach. RVZ-6M2 387 Line 4, Pervykh Pyatiletok-bound. (Aleksandr Morozov, July 2002) |
 | 5-09b. The railroad overpass, the Kirovskaya Ul. approach. RVZ-6M2 387 Line 4, Pervykh Pyatiletok-bound. Entering the semi-industrial Pervykh Pyatiletok neighborhood. (Aleksandr Morozov, July 2002) |
 | 5-10. The Kirovskaya Ul. Stop. RVZ-6M2 367 Line 4, Pervykh Pyatiletok-bound. (Aleksandr Morozov, July 2002) |
 | 5-11. The Ilyicha Ul. Stop and passing point, Kirovskaya Ul. / Ilyicha Ul. RVZ-6M2 409 Line 4, Krasnaya Kuznitsa-bound. The last passing point on Line 4. (Aare Olander, 13 May 2002) |
 | 5-12. The Khimikov Ul. Stop. RVZ-6M2 390 Line 4, Pervykh Pyatiletok-bound. This tram is about to turn from Kirova Ul. onto Khimikov Ul. near the site of the former terminal loop of STsBK. The old loop used to be located at the point where Kirova Ul. ends at Kuznechikha River. A short extension via Khimikov Ul. to the new loop was built in the early 1990s. (Oksana Ivanova, 14 June 2002) |
 | 5-13. The Malinovskogo Ul. Terminal, Pervykh Pyatiletok RVZ-6M2 390 Line 4. The latest loop at the end of the line, opened in the early 1990s. (Yaroslav Luchenetskiy, 13 May 2002) |
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