Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- Increasing in the railway sector of the DPRK is the number of locomotive crew members who have completed their annual transport plans.

More than 60 locomotive crewmen under the Ministry of Railways carried out their yearly transport plans ahead of schedule.

Engine service brigades across the country have directed efforts to strengthening the material and technical foundation of their repair bases and shortening the time for repair of locomotives. They have also organized the work to improve the equipment management capability and operation skills of the crewmen, thus raising the rate of locomotive operations.

At the Pyongyang Railway Bureau, scores of locomotive crewmen carried out their annual transport plans ahead of schedule.

Similar successes have been witnessed at other railway bureaus. -0-