EAST GERMAN RAILROAD INFORMATION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002200220018-4
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 6, 2002
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: September 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY at Germany
SUBJECT East German Railroad Information
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1. On S July 1953, source observed that there was no ch,qige in th- status of the
locomotive columns parked at Ducherow and Ruednitz.
2. In late March, soarce observed le new canvas-covered locomotives parked ft caul
F/0 freight station. 1
3. BetwIen'28 June and 2 July, source observed that the Soviets had establish e2 a
terporary entraining point near Ruednitz. 2 About 40 locomotive*, were st-n on
a siding. 1
4. In *Any June, the East German Railroads Ministry requested from the Council of
Ministers that it be furnished with an additional 180,000 tons of hard coal and
97,000 tons of brown coal briquettes to increase coal stocks envisaged for the
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on 8 July:
Ruhr ce,r1 ?
? 1,300 tons
Other-type hard coal : 87,101 tons
Brown coal briquettes: 44,400 tons
the following coal reserves were 3V133able
Total 132,8C0 tons
6. After 4 July, the following daily coal consumption quotas were in effect:
Railroad District Daily Coal Consumption Quota
(in tons)
Berlin
Greifswald
Schwerin
Magdeburg
Halle
Erfurt
Dresden
Cottbus
Total
2,510
900
1,130
2,100
3,580
2,920
3,270
1,390
17,800
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On 29 June, I the following information on the equipmenteof con-
verted boxcars (troop cars):
In summer, converted boxcars will be equipped with benches, windo*e, lames
and coal scuttles. Open doors are secured by wooden bars. Eaeh cat ia pro-
vided with one scuttle filled with briquettes which have to be eaten to the
kitnhen car for cooking purposes.
In winter, benches will be replaced by bunks and stoves will be ptevided
to eaeh car. Coal required by the kitchen car will be carried alote in a
epeeial gondola car.
The eeuipperg of boxcars requires very little time. A detail of ole forenmei
two skilled carpenters and two auxiliary carpenters besides one hanOyman
have been assigned a daily equipping quota of three or four cars Oe
0 June, all the railroad carpenters of the Berlin-Ost railroad station had
to be assembled for the oonversion of boxcars into troop oars. Tilber was
rade available in adequate supplies, The work was proceeding according to
sebedule. The finished cars had to be sent to Wriezen railroad station. Other
eallroad stations provided with eearpenter shop facilities were epiarently
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8. Source obtained the following inforration
Ceemaz Rallroaee ministry to the State Planning Cormiesiend
on the turning over of the railroad repair shop (RAW) ir 1.12-szau c the
of the Transportation and Agricultural Machine Construction: '
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G- The maehirerv and equipment of the Dessau railroad repair chop wil'.. be teaue-
ferred to the railroad repair shop in Magdeburg, the assembly ball3 of whicel
will be reeonetructed:
b. The turbo-eeeerator department of the installation will be moved t) the
railroad repair shop in Delitzsch;
The motor rail car repair department will be transferred to the r&ilroad re-
pair shop in Wittenbeege.
The measures reported ineolve an expenditure of 4,87C,OCO Eastma ks,tz ha26X1
be appreved by the Council of Ministers. i
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Source ohteined the follewine information'
on the storage of bridge building equipment:
Tne eeestence In Megdebure, of a large depot of bridge-building equipment, i e.
eeetahricated steel bride nnits which can be screwed together, faciliteted the
eoeonstrletlon of large bridges after 1945. Twenty-five such bridges teetered by
eeees Tepresenting a toea7_ length of approximately 29000 meters, inelleing 3E9
meters ui nonble-track structures, are now in operation in East Germely Stocks
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