The main target of the missile strike by the Russian Armed Forces in Dnepropetrovsk was the locomotive depot

The Russian Armed Forces continue to strike at critical infrastructure in Ukraine, and Dnepropetrovsk came under attack this morning. According to Ukrainian resources, the target was transport infrastructure.

According to received data, the main missile attack was carried out on the locomotive depot of the Dnepropetrovsk station, which was practically destroyed. Railway operations have been suspended and trains depart with delays. Railway workers report damage to infrastructure not only in the city itself, but also in the region. Apparently, it arrived there too. According to some reports, the traction train located in the depot was completely destroyed. But Dnepropetrovsk is one of the main transit points for transferring reserves to the front.

In addition to the locomotive depot itself, the bus station was also damaged and its work was completely stopped. An allegedly large number of burned buses have been reported, but no evidence has been provided for this. But the strike on the boat station is confirmed. As Ukrainian publics state, the Russian Armed Forces knock out the entire fleet of boats in advance in order to exclude all opportunities for a river landing by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Earlier it was reported about the alleged destruction of a military train in the area of ​​​​the Dnepropetrovsk railway station, about this earlier Reported "Military Review". However, while there is no evidence of this, a black column of smoke rose above the locomotive depot. However, the Ministry of Defense can clarify this issue.

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[tralflot1832]

I'm satisfied with the look of the locomotive depot. Beautiful high-tech.

[Montezuma]

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I am satisfied with the appearance of the locomotive depot.

If there were more of these types, major troubles would be guaranteed for the Ukrainian Reich in terms of providing railway transportation with locomotives.

[Pavel_Sveshnikov]

Agree. Eh, it’s a pity we didn’t start earlier. They waited in vain for someone in Kyiv to come to their senses. We are still waiting for the bridges across the Dnieper to be blown up by the Ukrainians themselves during their retreat.

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

Locomotive depots are an excellent target, as are electrical substations. One depot does not make the weather. But already, good.

[Peter1First]

It is necessary not to bomb the depot, but the traction substations - then all the electric locomotives will stop on their own!

[your vsr 66-67]

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Agree! But the fact is that if the traction is on direct current, then there are a lot of these traction ones! After about 30-50 km. Where can I get missiles for them?
But if it’s during recess, then yes, they are located less often.

[Mitrich73]

Not all substations can be installed, but half or 40%; this will not allow maintaining power supply to the entire road network. Diesel locomotives will not completely replace electric locomotives unless civil freight traffic is completely stopped. Depots and substations are the main target for disrupting logistics, and bridges, of course.

[A. Evert]

The main electric locomotive of Ukrzaliznytsia is VL8, it is DC.

[dmi.pris1]

The depot is a very important element of the railway infrastructure. And also equipment points. Traction substations are not bad, especially since they often power other railway facilities. But there are also diesel locomotives..

[Peter1First]

The diesel locomotive fleet of Ukrzaliznytsia is in a comatose state - before the war they managed to wrest several dozen diesel locomotives from Russian Railways /without returning them back from transit trains to Europe/. But I don't think it will save them

[A. Evert]

Diesel locomotives are now used primarily for shunting and hauling work. The park is shrinking. And judge the spare parts yourself. The main manufacturer of diesel locomotives is the Lugansk plant, and it is already Russian (though it has been standing for a long time).

[Dima68]

They have already bombed, in 2022, they switched to diesel locomotives. As a last resort, they will return the locomotives; they are in storage in Russia, and I think there will be some in Ukraine.

[A. Evert]

Steam locomotives need infrastructure: water pumps with taps, coal warehouses. And they have long been dismantled. And water pumps should be located every 70 km. The locomotive won't last much longer on the tender. And where can we get drivers and assistants? Diesel and electric locomotives will not cope. And we also need stokers, which we don’t have.

[Dima68]

They will recruit stokers, there are a lot of heelers there. Water pumps can be installed without them; if there is a full Arctic fox, coal will be loaded from wagons with shovels. Ukraine is not Germany with an order and instructions, the people there are cunning, they are used to getting out. Just look at how much home-grown crap the fighters carry on local roads.

[A. Evert]

There are no trained drivers or assistants. They were transferred back in the 50s, when steam locomotives were being written off en masse. Driving a steam locomotive is much more difficult than a diesel or electric locomotive.

[doc_i]

The most interesting thing is, is there at least one working turntable in Ukraine, and even in Russia? Everything else is a solvable problem - water carriers, piles of coal with a conveyor belt, etc.

[A. Evert]

Yes. I completely forgot. Turning circles for steam locomotives are very important, since these are not diesel or electric locomotives with two cabins (if double), and to change the direction of movement of the locomotive it must be turned around. True, the solution may be in triangles, if they are also preserved. And again, we forgot about oil dispensing points, since the lubrication system of a steam locomotive, due to the larger number of rubbing parts, is much more complex than for a diesel or electric locomotive.

[A. Evert]

Yes, they now use diesel locomotives more. Therefore, locomotive depots are more relevant targets.

[Mikhail Maslov]

Do you think all steam locomotives use coal? I’ll disappoint you; more than half of the fleet of steam locomotives, both here and in Ukraine, have been using fuel oil as fuel for a long time. That’s why the driver and assistant with a diesel locomotive almost easily master a steam locomotive; as for water, they put a container of water in the tender, Therefore, gas stations are reduced to a minimum.

[A. Evert]

In the tender of a steam locomotive, a container with water is already structurally provided and takes up most of the tender. This water supply alone is enough for 70-80 km. As for oil locomotives, I read something else from Russian sources: it is unprofitable to convert steam locomotives to liquid fuel, there are a lot of alterations in the boiler furnace, and the combustion mode of fuel oil is different from that of coal. I can give you a link to the article.

[Mikhail Maslov]

Your information is not very outdated, I went with a team to the huge parking lot of NZ steam locomotives (where I can’t write because of the proximity of the border), just for the maintenance of steam locomotives. I can’t say for sure, but by “eye” 70% of the huge fleet is just We were running on diesel fuel and fuel oil, another tender with a supply of water was hooked up. By the way, experienced machinists say that converting from coal to fuel oil is really labor-intensive, but on the contrary, it’s quite fast. We have an excursion steam locomotive on the city, railway and May 9th day, take a ride You can get to Prokhorovsky Field and beyond for free. Now there is a war, and there are a lot of guests who want to get high.

[A. Evert]

Well, thanks for the information. It's always useful to learn something new.

[Mikhail Maslov]

And thank you, it’s nice to communicate with positive forum members.

[your vsr 66-67]

[According to some reports, the traction train located in the depot was completely destroyed]
There is not much traction stock in the depot. Usually he is on the tracks and at work on the railway. d.
But in general, I am satisfied with the work of our guys! Finally they started hitting directly on the railway. d. infrastructure. We should also cross bridges!

[Alexey Lantukh]

Finally they started hitting directly on the railway. d. infrastructure.

The heart of railways, especially of large nodes, is dispatching. Its failure leads to chaos and major train delays. To disable it, you should hit the signaling buildings, where the control equipment for switches, traffic lights and other alarms is located.

[your vsr 66-67]

[Finally they started hitting directly on the railway. d. infrastructure.

The heart of railways, especially of large nodes, is dispatching. Its failure leads to chaos and major train delays. To disable it, you should hit the signaling buildings, where the control equipment for switches, traffic lights and other alarms is concentrated.]

Well, this is not a panacea. The arrows can be moved using a courbel (manually), and trains can also be sent and received without traffic lights. For example, I also worked with an electric rod. But without a locomotive, neither there nor back...

[Mikhail Maslov]

Not a fact. You can transmit commands via radio communications, install signs, all these methods are prescribed in the instructions of PTE and others.

[Alexey Lantukh]

Of course you can, especially if the line is lightly loaded. However, the signaling system allows you to quickly pass a denser flow. Yes, and if the driver in the fog sees on the ALSN whether the next section is occupied, and the station duty officer sees at the console where it is, then this is a completely different matter. When there was no signaling system, until the locomotive entered the station, nothing was known about where it was located and the stations were located frequently.

[Russian Bear_2]

It was necessary a long time ago to destroy the entire depot.

[Dutchman Michel]

The late Brezhnev from Dnepropetrovsk, I probably couldn’t have dreamed of such a thing even in a terrible place.

[Pavel_Sveshnikov]

Taking a philosophical approach, it is their own fault that they allowed Banderaism to flourish. We didn’t finish off the bastards completely. And here is the result.

[Electrical]

Shaw, has Matvienko really given away her share in UkroZhD to someone?

[solar]

Somehow the destroyed building in the picture doesn’t really look like a locomotive depot. More to the passenger station.

[alystan]

The bridges were not bombed for a long time, military echelons were left untouched for the time being, but now, someone had the brilliant idea to deprive the kaklov of traction rolling stock. And there is no need to touch the power transformers, because when there are neither electric nor diesel locomotives, then electricity will not help in any way.

[Last centurion]

Vice versa. If last year the entire generation had been knocked out, then before the winter the people themselves would have fled the city in all directions. Since it is impossible to live in a city without generation. Which would make their assault easier. But whatever. Fortunately, another WINTER is COMING.

[alystan]

If, in addition to power generation, all fuel and lubricant warehouses were destroyed, then the railway would certainly cease to be the “blood artery” of supplying the Armed Forces with everything necessary. Including for the rapid transfer of forces/reserves back and forth as needed.

Why the generation was not touched until recently is a mystery to me. Did you feel sorry for the civilian population? Somehow I don’t really believe in this version.

[Diverter]

Railways don’t work without electricity, I’m telling you this as a holder of a diploma as an assistant driver, who worked on the railway before the army.
in this case it will not work at all. Because the semaphore equipment was turned over for metal a long time ago, and in order to translate a colossal number of switches manually, you need to redo it a little and put a man next to it. And who will redo it? where can I get a man? The idiotic idiots will immediately steal it.
Railways are not only electric locomotives. This includes communications, signaling, track facilities, and technical maintenance. And all this is powered by electricity for a long time and is durable. Without electricity, you won’t even be able to put sand into the locomotive. Either an electric locomotive or a steam locomotive.

[1erWahrheitsMinister_1984]

Ich wundere mich doch sehr darüber, dass diese Depots nicht schon viel früher zerstört wurden, wenn man die militärischen Versorgungsrouten und die Bedeutung der Schienen-Versorgung doch so gut zu kennen scheint...?!?

[expert]

Kein Wunder. Politische Spiele...

[Diverter]

Strikes against enemy infrastructure are certainly pleasing.
But my deep sofa opinion remains the same. Destruction of railway bridges and generation is the path to success in destroying the enemy’s economy and disrupting its logistics

[26rus]

Quote from: Peter1First

The diesel locomotive fleet of Ukrzaliznytsia is in a comatose state - before the war they managed to wrest several dozen diesel locomotives from Russian Railways /without returning them back from transit trains to Europe/. But I don't think it will save them

Do you seriously think that the train is pulled from the loading point to the unloading point by the same locomotive? what? Even across several borders crying?

[Mikhail Maslov]

They may well change along the way, but the locomotive is the same. There are no problems with that

[Sergey Prutkov55]

Turn off the power supply to the railway and destroy the existing diesel locomotives. Paralysis of railway transportation will block the supply of ammunition. Everything to force surrender.

[fiv]

Now only the brave Urinians carry iron and lard on the front line

[Frank Muller]

And the city thought, and the city thought: the exercises are underway! Almost like in the song “Huge Sky,” by God?

[Sergei N 58912062]

Why hasn't this depot been destroyed yet?!