Sigachev Ivan Semyonovich with his wife and daughter. At the beginning of July 1941 in the regional newspaper one could read an article about the shocking act of Ivan Semyonovich Sigachev during the repair of a steam locomotive: “The grates of the firebox have failed - the entire back row. This work requires at least 5 hours, but this train could not stand for so long ... Such was the thought of the depot worker Ivan Semyonovich Sigachev ..He climbed into the firebox on the board, shook off the burning coal aside and put the heavy glowing grate in place. The whole operation took 40 minutes. Feat is the name of such an act. "