 | 3-01a. Frunze Ul. / Popova Ul. Spektr 71-402 car 3. Northbound. The only new Spektr tram in service on the day of this visit crosses the main tramway intersection having just completed a short run via the Southern Line. (07 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 3-01b. Frunze Ul. / Popova Ul. KTM-5M3 car 1. Northbound. The same scene is played out twelve years earlier during the summer. Note some overwhelming greenery in the background, before most trees along Frunze Street were cut. (21 Jun 1995, Aare Olander) |
 | 3-02a. Frunze Ul. between Popova Ul. and Lenina Ul.,
the Internat Stop. KTM-5M3 car 11 on the left. Northbound. Spektr 71-402 car 3 on the right. Southbound. A rare meeting at the Internat passing point. Since two tram only operation scheme started on the South - North Line, this passing point fell out of regular use. It is mostly utilized in case of delays. (07 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 3-02b. Frunze Ul. between Popova Ul. and Lenina Ul.,
the Internat Stop. KTM-5M3 car 11. Southbound. 30 min. later car 11 comes back to the same spot upon completing a run to the northern industrial park and back. Tire marks amid deep snow suggest that some snow removal is usually done by the bulldozer. (07 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 3-02c. Frunze Ul. between Popova Ul. and Lenina
Ul. KTM-5M3 car 6. Northbound. As of the date of this photo, this car was the newest KTM-5M3 car in the fleet, delivered in 1990. Absence of snow reveals unsightly condition of some streets. (24 Mar 2003, Aare Olander) |
 | 3-03a. Frunze Ul. between Popova Ul. and Lenina
Ul. Spektr 71-402 car 3. Southbound. Most of the Southern Line is laid amid classic older buildings of 'Stalinist' style. Note the tram serving the East - West Line, as it crosses through the main tram interchange in the background. (07 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 3-03b. Frunze Ul. / Lenina Ul. Spektr 71-402 car 3. Northbound. Less than 10 minutes later, car 3 comes back to the same intersection. During this time it manages to run south to the Bol'nichniy Gorodok, and back, including layover time. The South - North Line is not as popular, as the East - West Line, since it covers very short distances within the city itself, and is still primarily used to deliver workers to the industrial park. The three-stop long section within the city usually sees no more than half of seated load of passengers. (07 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 3-03c. Frunze Ul. / Lenina Ul. KTM-5M3 car 4. Southbound. Car 4 was found assigned to the South - North line in the summer of the same year. Note a well-groomed greenery along the tramway right-of-way, a feature previously uncharacteristic of towns of the former Soviet Union. (18 Jul 2007, Gennadiy Ivanov) |
 | 3-03d. Frunze Ul. / Lenina Ul. KTM+KTP-1. Southbound. Tramway train crosses the city's main thoroughfare. Traditionally trams don't operate on Lenina Ul. (The late 1950s, Krasnotur'insk municipality) |
 | 3-03e. Frunze Ul. / Lenina Ul., the Lenina Ul.
Stop. KTM-5M3 car 11. Northbound. A tranquil stop at the intersection with the main thoroughfare of the city. The snow accumulation provided for a winter-only high platform leveled loading. (07 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 3-04. Frunze Ul. / Mikova Ul. KTM+KTP-1. The number 2 could either identify car number, or Line 2. Southbound. When this photo was taken, trams began running via the Southern Line just a year ago. This rare photograph is made during the short 2-year period, when according to the initial route scheme, trams serving this line run to the BAZ Terminal. The route display reads 'Zavod - Boln. Gorodok'. The Northern Line will be opened the following year. (Jun 1958, the State Archives of the Sverdlovsk Region, from Aare Olander collection) |
 | 3-05a. Frunze Ul. / Chkalova Ul., the Chkalova Ul.
Stop. Spektr 71-402 car 3. Southbound. The only curve along the entire Southern Line alignment. Only one more stop to go until the end of the line. (07 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 3-05b. Chkalova Ul. / Frunze Ul., the Chkalova Ul.
Stop. KTM-5M3 car 7. Northbound. Twelve years earlier, a worn out car 7 poses in the same stop as it runs in the opposing direction, toward the industrial park. In a few years this tram will be scrapped, while the fleet number 7 will be given to the new Spektr 71-402 tram. (21 Jun 1995, Aare Olander) |
 | 3-06a. The Bol'nichniy Gorodok [the Hospital Campus]
(Tsentral'naya Gorodskaya Bol'nitsa, TsGB)Terminal. KTM-5M3 car 11. The usual layover time is 3 minutes, during which in winter months doors remain tightly shut. Each new passenger receives individual attention as the door briefly opens and then shuts again. (07 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 3-06b. The Bol'nichniy Gorodok [the Hospital Campus]
(Tsentral'naya Gorodskaya Bol'nitsa, TsGB) Terminal. Spektr 71-402 car 3. The hospital complex is in the background. (07 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 3-07a. The Bol'nichniy Gorodok (Tsentral'naya
Gorodskaya Bol'nitsa, TsGB) Terminal Loop. KTM-5M3 car 11. Northbound. The peripheral atmosphere of this shot is rather artificially enhanced by way of pointing camera away from urban structures, into the valley of the Tur'ya River to the south of the loop. (07 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 3-07b. Chkalova Ul. / Leninskogo Komsomola
Ul. Spektr 71-402 car 3. Northbound. Pulling out of the Bol'nichniy Gorodok Terminal Loop, in front of the hospital complex. (07 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 3-03c. The Bol'nichniy
Gorodok (Hospital) campus. The hospital campus on the Tur'ya River. The tramway loop is located by the left wing of the complex. (The late 1950s, Krasnotur'insk municipality) |
 | 3-07d. Spektr 71-402 car 3. The car is still new, yet the noise is already somewhat excessive. Local undertaking does have a history of rather shabby cosmetic maintenance, which quickly affects newer cars as well. Note the ridership on this late evening run. Nevertheless, trams will be dutifully running until 2 o'clock at night, adhering to shift changes at the BAZ plant. (07 Feb 2007, YM) |
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