ВПР-1200 № 259. It was built in 1986 in Russia at Kaluga machine building factory. The machine has been in railway maintenance works until 2004. The device was refurbished and handed to the museum in 2005.

During many years it has been the main railway maintenance device. The machine was used on railways’ basements repair works and new constructions building works.

Railway leveling and plug-ramming machine ВПР-1200 has welded frame. The machine has two cabins: for driver and operator. It is equipped by: ЯМЗ-238 type engine, which is connected to the both traction trolley’s axels, two compressors, hydraulic system’s pump.

The general mode of operation is: the machine comes to the track sector, which should be leveled. Plug-ramming block are put on the positions of the two first sector’s sleepers. Roll – shape clip pieces are clutched on the rail. The shoulder blade on the plug ramming devices receives the command to strike into ballast layer. At the same time according to the developed program railway’s rack moving (lifting, leveling) happens. When vibrator spade is deepen, the process of vibrating – rammer starts. By doing so the spades are placed in pairs and each in pair works nonsynchronous – unrelated to other spades. After the end of the working cycle, which is 6-12 s long, the machine moves to next working place (next two sleepers) and go on with its work. The machine is equipped by automatic checking and measuring system.

Snowplow № 107. It is built in 1946 in Russia on Tula factory. The project is developed by the central management of the enterprise of mechanical engineering of Ministry of Communication USSR. Till 2003 it was used on the surroundings of Gulbene station. The machine was handed to the museum in 2004. Not refurbished.

The basis of the snowplow design is two-axel van with steel frame. On both ends it has special planes for pushing a snow which are placed under a corner in 45 degrees in relation to an axis of a railway. Under this plane knifes for cutting an ice which could be lowered on about 50 mm below a level of the head a rail. In a mode of transportation they are in 150 mm above this level.

On the corners of the snowplow frame the lateral wings are suspended. In working position they are open and lengthen the snow plane in both sides. That the snow did not fall through the plane, its top part is little bit folded. The position of wings and knifes is adjusted by the pneumatic cylinder with the help of the control panel which is in the internal part of the snowplow.

Crane MK6-1940 with platform. The crane was built in 1950 at machine-building factory named by 1-st of May in Kirow (Russia). The platform was built in 1949 at a car-building factory in Mytischi (also Russia). In original performance the mobile crane was equipped by steam machine and titled as class ПК6 (the steam crane with carrying capacity of six tons). It was in the disposal of Liepaja, later Jelgava and Riga (till 1978) locomotive depots. In 1977 at Aivazovsk mechanical workshops of Pridnieper railway the steam machine of crane replaced with a petrol engine. After that the crane was renamed to МК6 (a motor crane with carrying capacity six tons). It was withdrawn from inventory in 1991.

The first cranes of this type were produced before the Second World War. Mass manufacturing was held in 1940-th – 1950-th. They were widely used for a various kind of loading works. It is possible to use a hook or a gripper for lifting.

The crane was operated by means of the separate lever. Depending on position of the lever simultaneously or separately following operations could be made: movement of the crane in both directions, turn of the frame platform of the crane, rise or descent of a jib, rise or descent of a gripper (hook), opening or closing of a gripper.