World Tram & Trolleybus Systems :: Russia

OSINNIKI TRAM NETWORK

Part 4
The Depot & Historic materials

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• Map with photo locations

4-01a. Tramway junction near the Lenina Ul. Stop.
LM-93 car 58. Line 3, Yuzhnaya-bound.
Car 58 slows down as it passes through a track work area at the city's only tramway junction. Routine maintenance is performed on the switch.
(09.09.2004, YM)

4-01b. Tramway junction near the Lenina Ul. Stop.
LM-93 car 58. Line 3, Yuzhnaya-bound.
The same car does not get as lucky when it passes through the same switch upon a return trip, as the front bogie derails.
(09.09.2004, YM)

4-01c. Tramway junction near the Lenina Ul. Stop.
LM-93 car 58; RVZ-6M2 car 37.
As jacking a car up at the switch is somewhat complicated due to a lack of a firm surface, the older RVZ-6M2 tram is set to pull 58 backwards to a solid ground.
(09.09.2004, YM)

4-01d. Tramway junction near the Lenina Ul. Stop.
LM-93 car 58; RVZ-6M2 car 37.
The accident takes place at the city's busiest intersection. Tramway personnel manages occasional traffic through vigorous gesticulation as the consist of cars gradually proceeds backwards. The dispatch outpost building is on the left.
(09.09.2004, YM)

4-01e. Tramway junction near the Lenina Ul. Stop.
LM-93 car 58; RVZ-6M2 car 37.
A rare site of a consist of LM-93+RVZ-6M2 cars 58+37, or, judging by the direction of travel, 37+58. Upon being towed backwards, the front bogie of 58 is literally plowing the earth around the tracks.
(09.09.2004, YM)

4-01f. Tramway junction near the Lenina Ul. Stop.
LM-93 car 58; RVZ-6M2 car 37.
As 58 is pulled far enough, it gets jacked up and lifted back onto tracks, with emergency repairs simultaneously started on the switch.
(09.09.2004, YM)

4-01g. Tramway junction near the Lenina Ul. Stop.
LM-93 car 58.
The front bogie of 58 gets lifted with the jack to be put back on tracks.
(09.09.2004, YM)

4-01h. Tramway junction near the Lenina Ul. Stop.
LM-93 car 58. Line 2, Shakhta "Osinnikovskaya"-bound.
The same tram is pictured 8 years earlier near the same intersection.
(02.06.1996, Aare Olander)

4-02. The Depot.
RVZ-6M2 car 29.
The tramway memorial at the Depot in 2002.
(27.05.2002, Vladimir Podkorytov)

4-03. The Depot.
By 2004 a snow plough has replaced 29 on took over the same pedestal.
(09.09.2004, YM)

4-04. The city of Novokuznetsk, an unidentified location.
MTV-82 car 20 (future Osinniki 16).
Osinniki car 16 of MTV-82 type was thought to be delivered secondhand from the neighboring Novokuznetsk in 1965, where, in turn, it was the only tram of this type, operating there since 1953 under fleet number 29.
(1960s, Novokuznetsk Electric Transport Museum, YM collection)

4-05. The Depot.
RVZ-6M cars 12, 15 and 4 (left to right); KTM-2 car 17 (the far right).
There were only 2 KTM+KTP-2 trains built by the Ust-Katav factory, numbered 17+117 and 18+118. They are operated between 1965-1972. These were the only trains ever in use in the history of the network.
(21.05.1992, Aare Olander)

4-06. The Depot.
RVZ-6M car 20.
Car 20 was delivered in 1969. According to the sign in the windshield the Stadion (Stadium) Terminal was also known by a more general name Sotsgorod, which rather identifies the neighborhood in the southern part of the city.
(early 1980s, archive of MKP "Osinnikovskiy Tramway", YM collection)

4-07. The Depot.
RVZ-6M cars 9 and 14 (left to right).
Cars 9 and 14 were delivered in 1972 and 1973 respectively. Car 9 could also be seen in 2004 as a work car on the following photo: 9.
(early 1980s, archive of MKP "Osinnikovskiy Tramway", YM collection)

4-08. The Depot.
RVZ-6M2 car 2.
Passing through the car wash.
(02.06.1996, Shtephan Spengler, Aare Olander collection)

4-09. The Depot.
RVZ-6M2 car 28.
This is officially the oldest tram on the system as per the date of this photo. In 2004 this car was still on the books, but did not operate in service. There was a plan to convert it into a museum. The same tram is pictured in service on the following photo: 28.
(09.09.2004, YM)

4-10. The Depot.
RVZ-6M2 car 33.
Tram 33 is converted into a diner for personnel.
(09.09.2004, YM)

4-11. The Depot.
KTM-5M3 workcar 44; RVZ-6M workcar 9, and retired RVZ-6M2 car 17 (left to right).
Car 44 is equipped with a diesel generator. Car 9 could be seen as a regular passenger car on the following photo: 9. Car 17 could be seen in regular service on photo 17-a and 17-b.
(09.09.2004, YM)

4-12. The Depot.
KTM-5M3 snowplough.
This vortical (whirl) snow plough is based on the standard KTM-5M3 car. In 2004 it was conserved at the depot.
(09.09.2004, YM)

4-13. The Depot.
A long assembly of cars at the depot: cars 13 and 14 of RVZ-6M type followed by then-brand-new KTM-5M3 cars without fleet numbers and car 48 to the left. There were 10 cars of KTM-5M3 type, numbered 43-52 delivered in 1988 and 1991. Trams made by the Ust-Katav factory received multiple technical complaints and were not welcomed in Osinniki. Five cars 43, 46-49(?) were sent to Novokuznetsk, where they were renumbered 167-170. Three more cars 50-52(?) ended up in Prokopyevsk, where they received numbers 162, 191, 192.
(21.05.1992, Aare Olander)

4-14. The city of Novokuznetsk, the Depot.
KTM-5M3 car 49.
As per the date of this photo this car did not get the local Novokuznetsk fleet number, and was still not used in regular passenger service.
(01.06.1996, Aare Olander)

4-15. The city of Prokopyevsk, Institutskaya Ul. / Gagarina Ul.
KTM-8 car 354.
In 1993 Osinniki received 2 cars of KTM-8 type, numbered 53 and 54. These trams were ill-fated from the beginning, as officially having had the same base parameters as KTM-5M3s, they couldn't fit into some curves on the system to the point of a base frame deformation. Both cars were sent to Prokopyevsk, where they were renumbered 353 and 354.
(10.09.2004, YM)

4-16. The Depot.
GS-5 snowplough 194; LM-93 car 59 (left to right).
In 2002 car 59 was abandoned as it suffered the serious fire damage. The same car was photographed in service in 1996, and could also be seen on photo: 59 .
(27.05.2002, Vladimir Podkorytov)

4-17. The Depot.
LM-93 car 62.
This tram awaits its turn to enter service. Similar color scheme was once used by McDonald's restaurants on french fries packaging.
(09.09.2004, YM)

4-18. The Railroad Yard.
LM-99 car 66.
The first LM-99 car is just delivered from St. Petersburg via the railroad.
(2000, archive of MKP "Osinnikovskiy Tramway", YM collection)

4-19. The Depot.
LM-99 car 66.
Car 66 peeps out of the hangar at the depot. On the date of this photo this tram was not used in service.
(09.09.2004, YM)

4-20. The official opening of the tramway with the following exemplary participants: carpenter Mr. N. Polovinin, structural adjuster Mr. E. Zommer, track maintainer Mr. M. Franko. Photo from the newspaper.
(01,11.1960, archive of MKP "Osinnikovskiy Tramway", YM collection)

4-21. An article in the "??? Ugol" newspaper regarding the opening of the tramway a day before.
(02,11.1960, archive of MKP "Osinnikovskiy Tramway", YM collection)

4-22. An article in an unknown newspaper about the opening of the tramway a day before.
(02,11.1960, archive of MKP "Osinnikovskiy Tramway", YM collection)

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	4-01a. Tramway junction near the Lenina Ul. Stop. LM-93 car 58. Line 3, Yuzhnaya-bound. Car 58 slows down as it passes through a track work area at the city's only tramway junction. Routine maintenance is performed on the switch. (09.09.2004, YM)
	4-01b. Tramway junction near the Lenina Ul. Stop. LM-93 car 58. Line 3, Yuzhnaya-bound. The same car does not get as lucky when it passes through the same switch upon a return trip, as the front bogie derails. (09.09.2004, YM)
	4-01c. Tramway junction near the Lenina Ul. Stop. LM-93 car 58; RVZ-6M2 car 37. As jacking a car up at the switch is somewhat complicated due to a lack of a firm surface, the older RVZ-6M2 tram is set to pull 58 backwards to a solid ground. (09.09.2004, YM)
	4-01d. Tramway junction near the Lenina Ul. Stop. LM-93 car 58; RVZ-6M2 car 37. The accident takes place at the city's busiest intersection. Tramway personnel manages occasional traffic through vigorous gesticulation as the consist of cars gradually proceeds backwards. The dispatch outpost building is on the left. (09.09.2004, YM)
	4-01e. Tramway junction near the Lenina Ul. Stop. LM-93 car 58; RVZ-6M2 car 37. A rare site of a consist of LM-93+RVZ-6M2 cars 58+37, or, judging by the direction of travel, 37+58. Upon being towed backwards, the front bogie of 58 is literally plowing the earth around the tracks. (09.09.2004, YM)
	4-01f. Tramway junction near the Lenina Ul. Stop. LM-93 car 58; RVZ-6M2 car 37. As 58 is pulled far enough, it gets jacked up and lifted back onto tracks, with emergency repairs simultaneously started on the switch. (09.09.2004, YM)
	4-01g. Tramway junction near the Lenina Ul. Stop. LM-93 car 58. The front bogie of 58 gets lifted with the jack to be put back on tracks. (09.09.2004, YM)
	4-01h. Tramway junction near the Lenina Ul. Stop. LM-93 car 58. Line 2, Shakhta "Osinnikovskaya"-bound. The same tram is pictured 8 years earlier near the same intersection. (02.06.1996, Aare Olander)
	4-02. The Depot. RVZ-6M2 car 29. The tramway memorial at the Depot in 2002. (27.05.2002, Vladimir Podkorytov)
	4-03. The Depot. By 2004 a snow plough has replaced 29 on took over the same pedestal. (09.09.2004, YM)
	4-04. The city of Novokuznetsk, an unidentified location. MTV-82 car 20 (future Osinniki 16). Osinniki car 16 of MTV-82 type was thought to be delivered secondhand from the neighboring Novokuznetsk in 1965, where, in turn, it was the only tram of this type, operating there since 1953 under fleet number 29. (1960s, Novokuznetsk Electric Transport Museum, YM collection)
	4-05. The Depot. RVZ-6M cars 12, 15 and 4 (left to right); KTM-2 car 17 (the far right). There were only 2 KTM+KTP-2 trains built by the Ust-Katav factory, numbered 17+117 and 18+118. They are operated between 1965-1972. These were the only trains ever in use in the history of the network. (21.05.1992, Aare Olander)
	4-06. The Depot. RVZ-6M car 20. Car 20 was delivered in 1969. According to the sign in the windshield the Stadion (Stadium) Terminal was also known by a more general name Sotsgorod, which rather identifies the neighborhood in the southern part of the city. (early 1980s, archive of MKP "Osinnikovskiy Tramway", YM collection)
	4-07. The Depot. RVZ-6M cars 9 and 14 (left to right). Cars 9 and 14 were delivered in 1972 and 1973 respectively. Car 9 could also be seen in 2004 as a work car on the following photo: 9. (early 1980s, archive of MKP "Osinnikovskiy Tramway", YM collection)
	4-08. The Depot. RVZ-6M2 car 2. Passing through the car wash. (02.06.1996, Shtephan Spengler, Aare Olander collection)
	4-09. The Depot. RVZ-6M2 car 28. This is officially the oldest tram on the system as per the date of this photo. In 2004 this car was still on the books, but did not operate in service. There was a plan to convert it into a museum. The same tram is pictured in service on the following photo: 28. (09.09.2004, YM)
	4-10. The Depot. RVZ-6M2 car 33. Tram 33 is converted into a diner for personnel. (09.09.2004, YM)
	4-11. The Depot. KTM-5M3 workcar 44; RVZ-6M workcar 9, and retired RVZ-6M2 car 17 (left to right). Car 44 is equipped with a diesel generator. Car 9 could be seen as a regular passenger car on the following photo: 9. Car 17 could be seen in regular service on photo 17-a and 17-b. (09.09.2004, YM)
	4-12. The Depot. KTM-5M3 snowplough. This vortical (whirl) snow plough is based on the standard KTM-5M3 car. In 2004 it was conserved at the depot. (09.09.2004, YM)
	4-13. The Depot. A long assembly of cars at the depot: cars 13 and 14 of RVZ-6M type followed by then-brand-new KTM-5M3 cars without fleet numbers and car 48 to the left. There were 10 cars of KTM-5M3 type, numbered 43-52 delivered in 1988 and 1991. Trams made by the Ust-Katav factory received multiple technical complaints and were not welcomed in Osinniki. Five cars 43, 46-49(?) were sent to Novokuznetsk, where they were renumbered 167-170. Three more cars 50-52(?) ended up in Prokopyevsk, where they received numbers 162, 191, 192. (21.05.1992, Aare Olander)
	4-14. The city of Novokuznetsk, the Depot. KTM-5M3 car 49. As per the date of this photo this car did not get the local Novokuznetsk fleet number, and was still not used in regular passenger service. (01.06.1996, Aare Olander)
	4-15. The city of Prokopyevsk, Institutskaya Ul. / Gagarina Ul. KTM-8 car 354. In 1993 Osinniki received 2 cars of KTM-8 type, numbered 53 and 54. These trams were ill-fated from the beginning, as officially having had the same base parameters as KTM-5M3s, they couldn't fit into some curves on the system to the point of a base frame deformation. Both cars were sent to Prokopyevsk, where they were renumbered 353 and 354. (10.09.2004, YM)
	4-16. The Depot. GS-5 snowplough 194; LM-93 car 59 (left to right). In 2002 car 59 was abandoned as it suffered the serious fire damage. The same car was photographed in service in 1996, and could also be seen on photo: 59 . (27.05.2002, Vladimir Podkorytov)
	4-17. The Depot. LM-93 car 62. This tram awaits its turn to enter service. Similar color scheme was once used by McDonald's restaurants on french fries packaging. (09.09.2004, YM)
	4-18. The Railroad Yard. LM-99 car 66. The first LM-99 car is just delivered from St. Petersburg via the railroad. (2000, archive of MKP "Osinnikovskiy Tramway", YM collection)
	4-19. The Depot. LM-99 car 66. Car 66 peeps out of the hangar at the depot. On the date of this photo this tram was not used in service. (09.09.2004, YM)
	4-20. The official opening of the tramway with the following exemplary participants: carpenter Mr. N. Polovinin, structural adjuster Mr. E. Zommer, track maintainer Mr. M. Franko. Photo from the newspaper. (01,11.1960, archive of MKP "Osinnikovskiy Tramway", YM collection)
	4-21. An article in the "??? Ugol" newspaper regarding the opening of the tramway a day before. (02,11.1960, archive of MKP "Osinnikovskiy Tramway", YM collection)
	4-22. An article in an unknown newspaper about the opening of the tramway a day before. (02,11.1960, archive of MKP "Osinnikovskiy Tramway", YM collection)