TABULATION OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 3, 2003
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 12, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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East Germany
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Tabulation of Steam Locomotives
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This Dkoument contains information affecting the Me
tionpl'befense of the United States, within the mean-
ing"of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
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ALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
PRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Total stock of locomotives available in East Germany:
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 State-owned
Locomotives
of which coal
dust-fired
locomotives
Column
Locomotives
Foreign-owned
Locomotives
Narrow-gauge
Locomotives
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Park of Cperational Locomotives
Mider Repair
Service- In Railroad In Railroad
Maintenance Repair Shop
Shop
Scheduled
for Rail-
road Repair
Shop
3,031 305 913 630
36 10 13 20
305
21 1
38 14
3 8
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Damaged Grand Remarks
Logomotives Total
4,879 590
79
371
33 882
14.4 25 39 6
214.
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5,469
79
371 including:
01 type: 18 locomotives
50 type: 86 locomotives
52 type:267 locomotives
915
218 including:
600-mm gauge: 17
750-mm gauge:150
900-mm gauge: 5
1,000-pm gauge: 46
locomotives
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2. Of the state-owned locomotives, 35 were parked as a reserve f or the
Directorate General, Railroads, Perlin, and 7 for the regional railroad
headquarters. 9-
3. Of the column locomotives, 179 were operational and 12$ were being
kept cold as a reserve. 3
4. Fifty-one foreign-owned locomotives were deactivated in November 1952. 4
5. One newly built locomotive of type 99 was delivered by the Lowa firm
in Babelsberg to the Dresden regional railroad district. 5
6. A total of 139 locomotives of various types was hired out to industrial
enterprises for factory requirements.6
1.I,- -..~ornt. --- __ ------- As compared
with the last tabulation of October, the number of state-owned locomotives
remained constant; 8 locomotives from the park of damaged locomotives
were transferred to the park of operational locomotives; the number of
serviceable locomotives increased by 1.2 number of coal-
dust fired locomotives increased by one. e The total 25X1
number of column locomotives remained constant , but number of
servicable locomotives increased by 10 units. The total of foreign-owned
locomotived decreased by 51 units which were deactivated. See also
paragraph 4 of the present report. The total number of narrow-gauge
locomotives increased one 750 min gauge locomotive. 25X1
2. 1 [Comment. The locomotive reserves of the Directorate General, Railroads,
er n, an and the regional railroad headquarters decreased by 22 and 13
units respectively, probably in connection with operational difficulties.
Comment. The number of operational column locomotives rose by 40
un, s, wide that of locomotives kept in reserve dropped by 30. The
difference in these figures is because of the increase of the park of
serviceable locomotives by 10 units.
4. Comment. These locomotives were probably cannibalized for spare
parts and then scrapped an order to reduce the park
of damaged locomotives.
5.
Comment. The.type 99 locomotive is a narrow-gauge locomotive with
of 'j0 mm. To date, only narrow-gauge locomotives have been built
for the East German railroads in East German railroad car factories.
G. ommentt. In October, a total of 131 locomotives was hired out to
zn s ria1. enterprises.
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