V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v34;en:MT;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

ON THE ORDER OF MOVEMENT OF EMERGENCY TRAINS
ON THE RAILWAYS OF THE R.S.F.S.R.
(DECREE OF THE COUNCIL OF DEFENCE, MARCH 12, 1920)

For the full utilisation of the carrying capacity and economy of fuel in the Republic,
the movement of emergency trains on the network of railways of the R.S.F.S.R.

without loading them up to the maximum norm, as for instance with firewood,
units of troops, etc., is categorically forbidden, under the personal responsibility of the persons for whom such trains are provided, as well as of their commandants.
Assistance to the railways and supervision over the observance of this decree shall be entrusted locally to the transport organs of the All-Russia Extraordinary Commission, and centrally to the People’s Commissariat for Railways.
This decree shall be put into effect by telegraph.

Chairman of the Council
of Workers’ and Peasants’ Defence
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)