Among those, who took part in building the "dead road" there were communists-enthusiasts, who came here by their own wish. There were also Komsomol (young communist organization) members, who came according the passing papers to the North and who occurred to be on the 501st railroad building. One of them was Natalia Danilova. In 1952 after finishing medical courses in the town Voronezh she was sent to Salekhard. She was 20 years old and she did not know that she would come to the 501st railroad building. "The town seemed to me grey, gloomy and wrapped with barbed wire, - as Natalia Danilova remembers. - At taking me to work the secretary of the party's organization of the railroad board calmed me up, having told, that there is nobody to be feared here, and convicts are basically political. However, when I came outside, I was taken aback. The long line of convicts went along the street, followed by convoy and barking dogs. I again felt the horror as in my childhood. When I was six years old, fascists occupied the town Voronezh and we could see lines of Russian military captives. But gradually I took to this. A human being takes to everything". The dream of Natalia- to become a medical worker also did not come true. There was no vacancy of the sanitary instructor. Therefore the girl was taken to the post of the duty on the station Salekhard. And later, when the Komsomol brigade was formed, she was suggested to head the collective of train conductors. Together with the political department of GULAG she visited all stations, acting and being built.

As Natalia Danilova told: "Camps stood in each 5-10 kilometers. Stations near them had beautiful names of animals living there. Eagle, Swan, Wolf and others".

Natalia used to go to zones of imprisonments together with the leadership of the political department. She knew chiefs of the 501st building very well.

Once she almost became the victim of one criminal-convict. It happened on the station Orlinaya (Eagle's). A young convict, who brought firewood, bread and water to the train lost pretty Natalia in the card game. Employees of the political department of GULAG after checkup the zone at 8 o'clock in the evening had to conduct the conference with the camp leadership. They stayed for some minutes and this saved her life.

Natalia Danilova recalls it with horror: "I heard knock at the door. I opened and saw a familiar young man in underwear with a knife in his hand. I started screaming. Employees of the political department rushed to me. They quickly took him away. Then it was cleared up that he lost me in the card game. I was terrified and decided that I should leave as soon as possible. But they calmed me up: "if he had not killed you so you will live long". Natalia Danilova had to work on ice pass across the river between Salekhard and Labytnanghy. There are many legends about this "road of life", which are passed from mouth to mouth.

The legend tells, that this event happened on the day before the 7th of November. It was usual to report about achievements before the October Revolution days, opening the party congress. The year was cold. The river Ob was covered with ice already in October. And in the beginning of November rails and ties were laid on. A brave man was required to test the ice road. There was nobody among free hired employees. The camp chiefs lined up all convicts. "Are there machinists? Two steps forward", - the main chief commanded. Several people came forward. "Who will move the locomotive to another riverbank will be released", - the chief added. One convict agreed. On the bank he prayed and sat to the locomotive. First everything was fine. But in the middle of the river the ice started breaking. The river swallowed up rails and ties and came closer to the locomotive. The machinist looked forward. Thirty meters…twenty… and here is the bank. The machinist fell down on the cold land and started crying. On the same day the document about his release was signed. The leadership of the camp reported over telephone to Stalin about the new working victory on the 501st building.

Natalia Danilova shared her reminiscences: "When I came here to the North, the ice pass already acted. The severe weather was during those years. Frosts 60C degrees below zero were in November. Already in October ice was grown with the help of powerful water-cannons. The rails and ties were laid on. The wooden wagon 86, where Natalia was a conductor, was connected to the locomotive and transported about 40 people to the opposite bank. They went from Salekhard to Nadym, or from Labytnanghy to Moscow. The ice railroad acted 5 winters and after liquidation of the building it lost its activity, stopped existing. It was forgotten like unnecessary page of history of our country.