Ryazan-Ural Railway was found. The railroad contributed to the development of Sosnovka. Sosnovka—Bekovo (Vertunovskaya-Bekovo) railway branch was built by industrialists Ustinovs. It was put in operation in 1874. Bekovo branch was the first in Russia, which was built at private expense. Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Communications couldn't decide, to give license for the building or no. The license was received on 22 February 1874, but by that time the branch was already built. In early March the railway communication began. Ustinov put the branch into operation to Tambov-Saratov Railway. The branch was leased by state. Later Tambov—Saratov Railway became state, and Ryazan-Ural Railway was found. State Kozlov-Saratov line was passed to Ryazan-Ural Railway. State bought Bekovo branch for 800 thousand rubles and it was passed to Company of Ryazan-Ural Railway. When Bekovo branch was gone into operation and trade grew, including corn-trade, Bekovo became the largest trading centre in Serdobsk District (Uyezd). After construction of the railway Sosnovka grew quickly. Large part of the population worked at construction and service of railway tracks. After October Revolution semi-automatic block system was brought in at Vertunovskaya station, railway tracks were reconstructed. Since the sugar factory (Sakhzavod) went into operation in 1933–34, density of freight traffic grew. Railwaymen contributed greatly to victory in the Second World War (1945). Railroad engineers Aleksandr Nikitovich Shchavelev and Dmitriy Ivanovich Tarantin, who were born in Sosnovka, fell in pursuance of military missions. There was large goods traffic on railroad, but railwaymen handled a task. After the Second World War density of freight traffic grew. The number of railway tracks was increased at the station, from three to six. All-electric interlocking was introduced (it cancelled work of pointsmen) and radio communication with railroad engineers. Economy The villagers are busy individual farming on household plots, the service of railways and other communications, and, to a small extent, commercial agriculture and trade. There is a branch of LLC "Agricultural Company Euroservice-Bekovo" (ООО "Агрофирма Евросервис-Беково") (cattle, agriculture) in the selo. This enterprise was declared bankrupt in 2010. Streets Official name (Translation) / People's name (Translation) Vokzal'naya (Railway-Station) Zarechnaya (Over-the-River) Komsomol'skaya (Komsomol) Leninskaya (Lenin) / Bol'shaya (Big) Nagornaya (Hilltop) Oktyabr'skaya (October) / Barskaya (Master's) Pervomayskaya (May-Day) / Samodurovka (Wilful-Person) Pochtovaya (Postal) Revolutsionnaya (Revolutionary) / Berezovka (Birch) Sadovaya (Garden) / Latyshovka (Latvians) Sovetskaya (Soviet) Khopyornaya (Khopyor) / Nakhalovka (Impudent) Tsentral'naya usad'ba (Central farmstead) Shkol'naya (School) Notable people Vladimir Labutin was a