 | 1-01. KTM-1 car 3. One of the first 2-axle trams. (1951, Volchansk municipality, from YM collection) |
 | 1-02a. MTV-82 car 4. The first deliveries of 2-axle cars were reinforced by consecutive arrival of these modern bogie cars, a surprising privilege for the town of this size. (late 1950s, Volchansk municipality, from YM collection) |
 | 1-02b. MTV-82 car 4. The interior of the car. (late 1950s, Volchansk municipality, from YM collection) |
 | 1-03a. Vostochnaya Ul., the southern Volchanka
Terminal, at the Depot. MTV-82 car 5. The Volchansk network is simple enough not to require route numbering, thus the route display is usually used for car fleet numbers. At the time when this photo was taken, this car had a few choices: it could either head from here to the north, to Lesnaya Volchanka, or via the second line to the south to Razrez 5, or further down to the south via the Volchansk - Karpinsk interurban line that existed between 06.1953 and 22.04.1965. (late 1950s, original photo: Volchansk municipality, from YM collection) |
 | 1-03b. Vostochnaya Ul., the southern Volchanka
Terminal, at the Depot. Spektr 71-402. The fleet numberless and route numberless service car, awaits the scheduled departure time for a trip via the only surviving line to Lesnaya Volchanka. It is assumed that the actual fleet number of this car is 10. At the time of this photo, trams were scheduled to leave the Volchanka Terminal hourly between 7:05 and 23:05. There was only one tram in use in service on any given day. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-04. The Volchanka Loop. The southern tip of the loop around the Depot. While track leading to the righ truns back toward the Depot, the former interurban line to Karpinsk used to branch off to the left and continued on south via the Volchansk - Karpinsk intercity road. Upon the lines' closure on 22.04.1965, the short section of it was still used as a part of the Razrez 5 line. The latter subsequently closed 10.1994. Ten years later, while all track are gone, the wirework is still visible. (11 Jul 2004, Maksim Fedoseev) |
 | 1-05. Passing through the yard of the Depot. Spektr 71-402. Northbound. Upon looping around at the southern Volchanka Terminal, this regular service tram overtakes the only snowplough on the property, semi-permanently out of commission. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-06. Passing through the yard of the Depot. KTM-8M car to the left. Spektr 71-402 car to the right. Northbound. Service car passes the depot structures and the semi-permanently parked KTM-8M car, nicknamed 'Rossel' after region's governor who presented the car to the city for tramway's 50th birthday, in 2001. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-07a. Sovetskaya Ul. / Korolenko Ul. Spektr 71-402. Northbound. Completing the southern Volchanka Terminal loop. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-08a. Sovetskaya Ul. / Rabochaya Ul. Spektr 71-402. Northbound. Upon completing the loop, the tram embarks onto Lesnaya Volchanka-bound journey. The first 1.7 km of the line and the first four stops are located within the southern part of Volchansk township, the village of Volchanka, grandly built during the heyday of socialist planned industrial development as an accessory to the huge coal mining open cut facility. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-07b. Sovetskaya Ul. / Korolenko Ul. Spektr 71-402. Southbound. A lonely passenger is let off more or less within the vicinity of the officially designated tram stop. Discretionary stops on individual demand are common, as in this small town everyone knows everybody, including the tram operator. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-07c. Sovetskaya Ul. / Korolenko Ul. Spektr 71-402. Southbound. Entering the southern Volchanka Terminal loop. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-08b. Sovetskaya Ul. / Rabochaya Ul. KTM-5M3 car 3, followed by KTM-5M3 car 9. Northbound. The famous and well remembered (on local level) 1995 outing of foreign tramfans. Here on the photo a chartered tram poses for a 'must' photo session with local goats. A regular service tram is in the background. (20 Jun 1995, Wilfred Wolf, from Aare Olander collection) |
 | 1-09. Sovetskaya Ul., the Proletarskaya Ul.
Stop. Spektr 71-402. Northbound. A tranquil street becomes alive upon the arrival of the tram. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-10a. Sovetskaya Ul. / Oktyabrskaya Ul. Spektr 71-402. Northbound. The tram drifts via the path left by the snow-removing tractor. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-10b. Sovetskaya Ul. / Shkolniy Per. KTM-5M3, unidentified car. Northbound. Some heavy duty snow removal work, with the tram inching-by behind it. This car is apparently used to deliver workers and supplies to the battle site. The tram service does get snowed out for short periods in winter months. The enterprise prides itself for not ever having to miss service for more than a week in a row. (1990s, Volchansk municipality, from YM collection) |
 | 1-11. Sovetskaya Ul. / Shkolniy Per. Spektr 71-402. Northbound. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-12a. Sovetskaya Ul. / Karpinskogo Ul. /
Shakhterskaya Ul. / Uralskogo Komsomola Ul. Spektr 71-402. Southbound. Passing the two permanent fixtures of Volchanka's main square, the burned down Ugolschikov [Coal Miners] Palace of Culture to the left, and the grand building entirely devoted to the main (and suggestively the only) eatery in town, opened for highly recommended $1 dinners between 11:00 and 14:00 only, concurrently serving students from the school near by. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-12b. Sovetskaya Ul. / Karpinskogo Ul. /
Shakhterskaya Ul. / Uralskogo Komsomola Ul. Spektr 71-402. Northbound. Even though there is the 2nd Palace of Culture still in use in the northern settlement, the Ugolschikov Palace of Culture is vowed to be rebuilt. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-12c. Sovetskaya Ul. / Karpinskogo Ul. /
Shakhterskaya Ul. / Uralskogo Komsomola Ul. KTM-1. Northbound. The Ugolschikov Palace of Culture some forty years earlier. Note the track switch in the forefront of the photo belonging to the passing point that existed here during the early days of tram operation. (1966, Volchansk municipality) |
 | 1-12d. Karpinskogo Ul. / Sovetskaya Ul. /
Shakhterskaya Ul. / Uralskogo Komsomola Ul. Spektr 71-402. Southbound. The tranquil scene with a lonely tram and as many as two cars in front of the City Hall. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-12e. Karpinskogo Ul. / Sovetskaya Ul. /
Shakhterskaya Ul. / Uralskogo Komsomola Ul. KTM+KTP-1. Southbound. 55 years earlier, the same tranquil scene in the first year of tram operation through downtown Volchanka. Consists of motor + trailer of this type were the only trains ever in use in the city. (1952, Volchansk municipality, from YM collection) |
 | 1-12f. Karpinskogo Ul. / Sovetskaya Ul. /
Shakhterskaya Ul. / Uralskogo Komsomola Ul. KTM-5M3 car 9. Southbound. Arguably the last known photo of car 9. The message on the side proclaims the 55th anniversary of the Victory in the World War II. (2001, the Zavodskie Vesti newspaper, Volchansk, from YM collection) |
 | 1-13a. Karpinskogo Ul., the Uralskogo Komsomola Ul.
Stop. Spektr 71-402. Northbound. As the tram turns onto the lively main Karpinskogo Ul., it poses for the busiest tram stop on the system. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-13b. Karpinskogo Ul., the Uralskogo Komsomola Ul.
Stop. Spektr 71-402. Northbound. The tram competes with the kiddy sled as it scoops up all other life from the street upon leaving the main square stop. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-13c. Karpinskogo Ul., the Uralskogo Komsomola Ul.
Stop. KTM-5M3 car 8. Southbound. Even though there is a popular complaint that the town is experiencing a decline since the collapse of the planned economy, the pace of life did not seem to be more energetic in the heyday of the Soviet Union. Car 8 will burn down at the depot around 2003. (27 Mar 1989, Aare Olander) |
 | 1-13d. Karpinskogo Ul., the Uralskogo Komsomola Ul.
Stop. KTM-5M3 car 60, ex-Nizhniy Tagil (UVZ). Southbound. To echo the fate of car 8 shown above, car 60 chose to burn down at the depot 3 years later, in 2006. This photo is displayed here despite concerns over its quality, since this is the only known image of this car. (Jun 1999, the Karpinskiy Rabochiy newspaper, Karpinsk, from YM collection) |
 | 1-13e. Karpinskogo Ul., the Uralskogo Komsomola Ul.
Stop. KTM-8M, fleet numberless car dubbed 'Rossel'. Southbound. A rare photograph capturing 'Rossel' in actual service. Even though it was delivered new in 2001, it suffered a fatal rupture of horizontal base beam in the bogie in 2004. (24 Mar 2003, Aare Olander) |
 | 1-14a. Karpinskogo Ul. / Mayakovskogo Ul. Spektr 71-402. Northbound. A snowy scene in front of the school. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-14b. Karpinskogo Ul. / Mayakovskogo Ul. Spektr 71-402. Northbound. Tram enterprise's tractor, used for snow-ploughing duties, is giving way as the tram continues via the town's main thoroughfare. Ever since the only snowplough went handicapped, a regular tractor is used for snow removal via the entire line. No comments on damage done to tracks. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-14c. Karpinskogo Ul. / Mayakovskogo Ul. MTV-82, unidentified car. Southbound. The already worn out tram cruises down the future main street. (06.1965(?), State Archives of the Sverdlovsk Region, from Aare Olander collection) |
 | 1-15a. Karpinskogo Ul. / Parkovaya Ul. Spektr 71-402. Northbound. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-15b. Karpinskogo Ul. / Parkovaya Ul. Spektr 71-402. Southbound. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
 | 1-16. Karpinskogo Ul., near the Matrosova Ul.
Stop. Spektr 71-402. Northbound. The tram is leaving the last stop in Volchanka. Many local passengers use the tram to travel from the main square visible in the background, to this point only. Also in the background, the TU's tractor gets back to snow-ploughing duties. The Volchanka town park is on the right. (08 Feb 2007, YM) |
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