JOSEF STALIN STATE LOCOMOTIVE AND RAILROAD CAR PLANT IN POZNAN

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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 6, 2009
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTR'Y'' Poland
SUE. t.CT JoaO Stalin State Locomotive and Railroad
Car Plant in Poznan
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REPORT NO.
THIS IY)C3NEr CONTAI RS INFORNATIOH AFFECTING THE RATIONAL DEFEHSi:
OF THE UNITE- STATES. WITHIN THE RCARIR5 OF TITLE 10, 9ECTION& 798
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The .anstwowa Fabryka Paroupozow 3 Wagonow Josef, Stalin (Josef Stalin
Nationalized Locomotive and Railroad Car Plant) was located on the
main street in Poznan s it 2 km from the railroad station,
The plant had a spur track. 1
2. During World War II, the plant was operated under German management as
an ammunitions plant. Almost all the ammunitions machinery has, in the
mcantime, been dismantled and shipped to the U.S.S.R..
.. The plant consisted of two sections on opposite sides of the main street.
The north section was about 1,000 x 800 meters; the south section was
somewhat larger. The report is concerned with the north section only. 2
Yost of the machinery dated back to the time when the plant was operated
by-the Germans. The plant received its power supply from a power station,
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capacity, located outside the plant.
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e 15--ton freight car model was probibly ss on the old
German typed formerly produced in the planti,since it resembled this
model on the outside.. About 275 x 15 ton freight cars were produced
in the plant monthly. Monthly production of the plant also included
five locomotives, probably of the average type freight loco-ti-e
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coaches and express train We were produced only as mode Ii
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6. The total number of workers employed in the north and. south sectio0s
of the plant was about 5,000 including about 7CO-Pies who worked as
skilled workers and as auxiliary and transportation workers. In the
assembly shop there were about 1,000 workers working in three shafts.
!Coffin t For location sketch of the ;)lantp see Annex 1.
nt The north section is probably the west section
of the plant, and the south section the east section of the plant.
JaMent, For layout sketch of the plant, see Annex 2.
C ent. Other informati reported that the plant
was producing wnmo ves annusuy for the USSR:,
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Iocation sketch of the Jo:>ef Stalin Locomotive and jroad Car
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1. North section of the Josef Stalin Locomotive and Railroad Car Plant::
2. South section of the Josef Stalin Locomotive .nd Railroa,1 Car Plant.
3. Main street with streetcar line. The distance from the railroad
station to the plant was from 1.5 to 2 km.
Spur track to the plant.
5. Lain railroad line.
6. Poznan railroad station.
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;Layout sketch of the -Josef Stalin Locomotive and Railroad Car P
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A. North section of the plant.
1. Pt4 camp surrounded by a barbed-wire fence. The camp consisted of two
farmer brick workshop buildings, each about 50 meters long and 18
meters wide.
2. Shed for the storage of riveting hammers and welding apparatus. The rough
assembly of railroad care and locomotives was done in front of this
shed before being moved into the workshop building; they were moved
by two cranes. The shed is a low stone structure, about 60 meters
long and 15 meters wide.
3. Assembly shop., a strong steel structure with brick walls and glass roof,.
The steel frame was reinforced about every 50 meters by iron pillars,,
The workshop was 250 meters long and 150 meters wide,. A spur track
passed through the entire workshop leading to the varnishing chop.
Side tracks branched from the main spur track; those to the right
were used for the assembly of locomotives, ;hose to the left for the
assembly of railroad cars. The section of the main spur track within
the workshop had four turntables, There were also two travelling cranes
in the workshop running above the assembly stands,, It was a double track
installation with an alleged carrying capacity of 20 tons. In addition,'
the equipment of the workshop included 1 heavy steam hammer, J. medium
heavy press, 1 shears, 2 drilling machines, 2 punches$ 1 planing irach:.ne,
and 5 lathes including 1 spindle lathe. There was also a power unit wi'ich
could operate a total of 20 electrical riveting hammers. The electric
welding installations could be connected with an additional power uni', .
The workshop was only used for the assembly of locomotives and railroad
cars. The parts were supplied from the south section of the plant and
from a branch plant located east of Poznaai. The varnishing shop was
xiistal.led in the lower part of the workshop separated by a pFrtition
wool. In the last months of the observation period the. railroad cars
were being sprayed.
4. Work sheds:. See also Item No 2.
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5. Apprentices' workshop building Wpere apprentices were trained as enginners;
a two-story stone structure with a wing. It was 350 meters long and 25 me'.ers
uride. All machines used in the heavy industry were set up here. This workohcz
had no working relationship with other shops.
6. Plant school building, a three story stone building, about 350 x 20 mc?ters.
The training of the apprentices in theory was done in this school by exce-.lent
specialists. One course lasted for two years. About 350 apprentices participated
In each course. The school was founded in 1947.
7. Spur track.
3. Power station, a stone building, 25 meters square. It was used. only u; a
switching station.
9. Plant entrance.
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