2-8-4 passenger trains. Later, when the line was upgraded with heavier rails, they were transferred to the Moscow-Kursk-Kharkov-Sinelnikovo line. When more class IS locomotives began to roll out from the Voroshilovgrad production lines, they were used on the upgraded Moscow-Smolensk-Minsk, Moscow to Valuiki and Mitchurinsk to Rostov-on-Don mainlines. Only one such locomotive was preserved, no. IS21-578, plinthed outside the main railway station in Kiev in Ukraine. Locomotives of a 2-8-4 wheel arrangement were used mainly for hauling fast express freight trains on heavy freight service. They often replaced older 2-8-2 Mikados where more power was required. In turn, they were often
Minim, Martap Minim, Martap Minim (or Minim II, or Menim) is a village in the commune of , in the department of Vina, in the Adamawa Region, Cameroon. The village contains Cameroon's main source of bauxite. In 1967, Minim contained 90 inhabitants, mostly from the Kaka ethnic group. In the 2005 census, the settlement contained 432 people. Along with Ngaoundal, Minim is part of a large project to mine the bauxite of the Adamawa Plateau. Covering an area of 1000 km, the deposit represents an important component of the Adamawa plateau and the gentle slopes which surround it make it easy to