EAST GERMAN RAILROAD INFORMATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
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• Publication Date: September 24, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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TRIO 110CDIDENT COMMA OPPOIAMATIOW A 1IC7IDO THE NATIOVAL DEFEHAP
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CF ITS "41.1 gr. fargosA
CURTER ST LAW. BE MIMS OF TAM FORD IT PROHIBITED.
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delved that effetitheqa.
torediate3.y. no SSy- and RRym-type flatcars be made available. A later
'rescinded this order except for RRym-type cars. Rilym-type
leacca-- viiktfletawn -from *peratiiIrls were,- ta 1e4placed -iarePuthe Ouesterwagen.a;44
leitstellesaaaServe (freighVoir'ciiintrol?offieS6 - 4a?-F--4000~A'
25X12 ? thvlillerliiill' Itiatgional rail-
react r eadquLrters to offiWas in charge of the operation of car s" demanded that
on orders o:' the ?Failroad Ministry.9 all ERyia-type cars be withdrawn from opera-
+Ions, tarcheciced-for operatolVanal end leadinfreibilditiorts9aksii betted out if
damages wern fount o' 7 - '''' '
:3. On 1 Junettathe7tth subdistrict otfine'of the Eetridh CogicSnal ratixostChead-
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requested that all side-tracking possibilities on operational tracks be reported
and taatInformationnS to Whether these operttpnal tracks were occupied by
elther danaged cars or other cars,be submitted.'
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25X1 4r 1 the Eerlin regional railroad headquarters
25X1 erderscl ttfl', all RIbuc?type ;ears withdrawn fr TI1 operationsebe no longer listed
with the "Fiet' with -the,EsairA3f damaged carlsa'
5.-. Since A a./ 1411r53, ?lace's with and without si-deracke=receractVoverhaul and, in
some in tan( es, a new coat of paint at the Eerlin railroad repair shop? They were
ctirefal -chge-ked withiretird'to theiivtAhnidet coriditions; witattceortificates
consisting 'f five copies prepared on each car. On orders of the Ministry of
Railroads,. they Vtrtiritemsa:ehe./Wrinto trains of 50 cars and will be hale
available sy, various railroad stations ? The statiorirsacrbers received orders to
keep the eal.s available at any moment. The switches were locked ? The action had
the designaaion FaUReseleven.4
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6 Empty ears Which were corpletely overhauled were made availaale as Steto
faaaerve in all areas of regional railroad headquarters, They included
flatcars, gondola cars, boxcars and tank cars. Most of the ears kept
available in the area of the Magdeburg regional beadquartershwere box=
cars9 while five trains ca'L:. gondola careveach with 60 cars,nd atout 100
tank cars were kept available in Ballo. Most of the gondola cars involved
had removable front walls, These cars were not listed with the park of
operational care.
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7. In early June 1953, it was decreed that all nym-type cars be withdrawn
fron traffic end- be held available. Cars sidetracked priorto 3 June
included 30 in Erandenburg? 15 in Seddin and 15 in Potedam,I.
8, In. late May 1953, source learned from an informant that cars were assembled
and held available in the Wisrar-Ilagenow-Luete area cf tho 1:chwerin
regional railroad headquarters.2
Foxcars assembled at various places prior to 13 Junejlinclikied 150 in Selz-
wedel, 100 in Stendal, 90 in Schoenhausen, and 40 in Facketusch, They
were overhauled cars which had been winterized and aince 9 June, were guarded
by Soviet soldiers?)
10. On 22 May, the Strasburg and Elumenhagen locorotive col-1=mi, and on 47 May,
the Ducherow and Ruednitz locomotive columns were still kept cold 4
11, In late May, 14 locomotives previously stationed at iiunentagen were in
Loocknitz.4
12, A railroad teletype letter, dated 8 June 1953, indicated that 4 locomotives
sidetracked in Loecknitz and 1 locomtive sidetrackei in PrtednItz 7,10 trana-
ferred for operational employment to Frankfurt/Oder m 8 June.4
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aumption quotas were as uw
4ailr040 Pistria
fealin
Creifswald
Schwerin
Yagdeburg
Halle
Yrfurt .
Dresden
Cottbus
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were as 1l1cwa
Ruhr hard coal
Other hard coal
Brown coal briquettes
effective 3 June 1953, the daily coal con-
20540
920
1,060
29210
30560
2 t950
3,260
1,400
17,900 tons
coal stocks of the &1st German retaroad
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1,300 tons i300 tons 10300 tons
86,400 n 30400 I.' 94,100 "
62,800 " 57,700 " 53'5?600 19
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440 500 tons 149,400 tons 149,000 tons
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prwegytp, These .340 cars were rossilly made availalle for units of
the :Second or Fourth. Gd s Teez Arries Which connleted a field exercise in
this area and were to be shipped amayn
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25X1 The 3d suldistrict office of the Perlin 71,"1ont I rt. hoadquar ter s
previously located in Frnr7sdort could be reached by rail only via the
ast sector end 1495 intePreted with the .econd sul.istrici, office in
Cuenau in an effort to --eke direct 1Pli connection between the 3d Eub-
zastrict office and tho Berlin regional railroad headouarters Possible
qnd to avoid offielai trips reross the rit sector, A sir ilar rleasur van
,lanned for thr 5tt suldistrint office of Eno berlin regjenal railroaa
cadquorters which Vrin r+sltiened at :alsterpark and opooled wittl
the 6th subdistrict office in Faokow and to located there
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Dunlop... the period fror 1 .4nr11 to 1 Fay 1953, the r.,,cw IT transport control
headquarters was established with the Halle regional railroad headquarters,
Its organization was completed on 1 Kay 1953. Its personnel included
Kalizeh (fnu), SED rember who had been office chief at the Leipig-
3ohoenefeld railroad station and vas rade chief of the transport control
headquarters ranking as VP senior lieutenantOungter (fnu), SED netter,
r,!ho had been an emloyee at the audit office of the Valle regional rail-
x-oad headquarters and seved as deputy obtef ranking as VP lieutenant;
nd Isentorn (fnu), who had been erployed at the Oebisfelde railroad stat,
tion of the.Ma-7de'ourp railroad hesdoverte P
es and ranked as V
lieutenentob
Corrent The fiRym-type 'car is a new heevy-duty OrPe flatcar trhich
has beentuilt in East Germany since 1952 end which, because of its load
acity and loading longth!?is able to carry 2 heavy tanks Gri 1F, 3:417 25X1
1953, 1,292 of these cars vere sTailetle, c They
ore under the exclusive control of tie t.,017,, They ter to to be held available
at suitable railroad stations,
Oommeqp. The infemation tends to indicate at as in previous
years, a raa, U'reiert car control office) car reserve mill be established.
It cannot yet be determined vhether it, mill be used for economic or
military purposes,
..3oran.t?. The locomotives kept cold belong to the doactivated lou-
rotive columns No 6 in Strasburg, No 12 at Plur!ienha.sen, No 13 at Dueherow
and No 3 at Rnednitz. Column No 12 was atvcrently transferred fron Biumen-
hemn to Loacknitz, Ineeknits is located about 30 km east of Pluaronhagen
on the same line,
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lecriment??. As compared with the nreceing montl. the daily consumption
quota vas increased bv 200 tons. 25X1
_ LCommentp As cornered with the last reported nal stocks on 28 April
1553.0 the hard coal stocks had Increased by about 10,000 tons on. 7 June
1953, While the trovn coal. briquette stocks decreased by 12,000 tons
On the basis of the new daily consumption quota of 17?900 tons mentioned
In paragraph 13, coal stocks available were adequateffmr48.3 days requirement
It must, however, ho noted that the ram brown coal, coke and coal dust
5tock s were not listed, They averaged 22,0or tons, 000 tons and 500 tons
respectively or a total ot 24,000 tons equivalent f:i0t14 days' requiremots
which must be added, The total result thus would be 9,7 daily requireents
as compared with 9,,8 daily requirements available 1.1. 1.ate April 1953,
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25X1 ,,I ommento Another source also reported that the 3d sul.district
office would be deacti'mted, 1 These reasures 25X1
are predicated upon rolitical rather than operational requirements and
were taken to avoid Trssage across the West sectcrs of Berin,
25X1 8. I___ _IComments_ Infcmation on the establishment of VP transport contro?.
haaaquarters wifll tht. regional railroad headquarters haal airea4y_beenlabmAted
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