the first branch of the railroad of the schlisselburg polyana passed just a few kilometers from the frontine in some sections, the german positions were only four to six kilometers from the railway track. hitler's team seemed to try at any cost to stop the movement of trains along the pobeda road, the germans daily fired at it from guns , often bombed it from the air, causing a total of about 1200 various damages. soon we had to build a second branch, which was located a little further from the front line, but before that, in march 1943, two terrible tragedies occurred due to german shells hit, two of our echelons with ammunition were completely destroyed. of the six hundred railwaymen of the special forty- eighth locomotive column driving trains along the victory road, was he killed or injured? that's why the machinists called the new path the corridor of death. german bombs and shells almost every day put out of action part of the railway track and each time the repair crews restored it literally in a matter of hours. often at the cost of their own lives, despite fierce shelling, thanks

the first webka of the schlisselburg polyana railway passed just a few kilometers from the front line in some sections, the german positions were only 4-6 km from the railway track. hitler's teams would not try at any cost to stop the movement of trains along the pobeda road; the germans fired at it daily because of the guns, often bombed it from the air, causing a total of about 1200 various damages. soon i had to build a second branch, which was a little further. here are the lines front, but before that in march 1943 there were two terrible tragedies. due to the hit of german shells, two of our echelons of ammunition were completely destroyed. out of 600 railway workers of a special 48 locomotive column driving trains along the victory road was every third person killed or wounded? therefore, the machinists called the new path the corridor of death. german bombs and shells almost every day put out of action part of the railway track, and each time the repair crews restored it literally in a matter of hours. often at the cost of one's own life despite thanks to the courage and self-