RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION AND ASSOCIATED CRANE KEP/THAI NGUYEN RAIL LINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NORTH VIETNAM

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 14, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION AND ASSOCIATED CRANE
KEP/THAI NGUYEN RAIL LINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
NORTH VIETNAM
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AND ASSOCIATED
EQUIPMENT ALONG A NEW ADDITION TO THE KAP/THAI NGUYEN RAIL LINE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION.
2. BACKGROUND:
RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY HAS BEEN OBSERVED BETWEEN THAI
NGUYEN AND KEP. THIS RAIL LINE IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND CONNECTS
WITH THE HA NOI/PING-HSIANG RAIL LINE 1.8 NM NORTHEAST OF KEP AT 2125N
10618E. STANDARD-GAUGE TRACK WAS FIRST OBSERVED ON THE KEP/THAI NGUYEN
RAIL LINE IN APRIL 1966 FROM ITS TURNOUT FROM THE HA NOI/PING-HSIANG LINE
AT 2125N 10618E WEST FOR 0.5 NM.
IN JULY 1966 STANDARD-GAUGE TRACK WAS OBSERVED FROM ITS PREVIOUSLY
REPORTED TERMINUS AT 2125N 10618E (UTM XJ345700) TO A BRIDGE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AT 2125N 10616E (UTM XJ316702), A TOTAL DISTANCE OF 2.2
NM. STANDARD-GAUGE GONDOLA CARS, RAIL CARS, AND AN ENGINE WERE NOTED
IN A THREE-TRACK RAIL YARD AT THE RAILHEAD. THIS IDENTIFICATION OF
STANDARD-GAUGE RAIL CARS IN NORTH VIETNAM INDICATES THAT DUAL-GAUGE
TRACK ON THE HA NOI/PING-HSIANG RAIL LINE PROBABLY EXTENDS NORTHEAST
TO CHINA, BUT THIS HAS NOT YET BEEN PHOTOGRAPHICALLY CONFIRMED.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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DUAL-GAUGE TRACK HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON THE HA NOI/PING-HSIANG RAIL
LINE AS FAR NORTH AS THANH MOI AT 2137N 1o633E, AND AS FAR SOUTH AS
THE KEP RAILROAD YARD AT 2124N lo617E.
3. MISSION READOUT:
CANTILEVER CRANE APPROXIMATELY 110 FEET IN LENGTH LOCATED ON A SHORT
RAIL SPUR AT 2127N 10614E (UTM XJ283726) IMMEDIATELY SOUTHEAST OF A
NEWLY CONSTRUCTED RAIL BRIDGE OVER THE SONG THUONG (RIVER). THE RAIL
BRIDGE IS A SERVICEABLE FOUR-SPAN TYPE AND IS LOCATED AT UTM XJ281726.
THE RAILHEAD IS NOW LOCATED AT 2127N 10613E (UTM XJ263735), 3.4
NM NORTHWEST OF THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED RAIL TERMINUS AT 2125N 10616E
(UTM XJ316702). STACKS OF RAILS ARE NOTED NEAR THE RAILHEAD.
A RAILROAD OVERPASS IS ALSO OBSERVED OVER AN UNNUMBERED ROAD AT
UTM XJ265735.
4. REMARKS:
THE PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE GRAPHIC OF A RAIL-MOUNTED CANTILEVER CRANE
IS OF A SIMILAR TYPE SEEN IN HO-KOU, KAN-SU PROVINCE, CHINA IN 1959.
THE BRIDGE IS OVER THE YELLOW RIVER ON THE LAN-CHOU-CHING-HAI RAILROAD
LINE AND IS 240 METERS LONG.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION AND ASSOCIATED CRANE
KEP/THAI NGUYEN RAIL LINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
NORTH VIETNAM
THAI NGUYEN 21 JULY 1966
RAIL LINE
KEP
SERVICEABLE
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