December 29, 1981 Lena station. Solemn meeting on the occasion of the launch of the first passenger high-speed train along the Western section of the Baikal-Amur Mainline. The First Secretary of the Irkutsk Regional Party Committee NV Bannikov speaking; among those present: chief of Glavbamstroy K.V. Mokhortov. NV Bannikov cuts the tape. The train is going through the taiga. Stops at the stations Tayura, Niya, Kunerma. Meetings of builders. The story of V. I. Lakomov - the commander of the shock volunteer detachment, which received the banner at the XVII Congress of the Komsomol. Chronicle: Seeing off the detachment at the Komsomolskaya square of the capital. The team of V.I. Lakomov at work. The story of A. Oganesyan, who was building the village of Zvezdny with his brigade. Streets of the village, houses. The story of the machinist A. Gvozdikov and other builders.