INFORMATION ON THE REICHSBAHN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002600040005-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 23, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGErNC,.,,.? REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
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DATE DISTR. ;6 October 1953
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The Fast German M.ifistr r of ra.ilrcads is ne otiatin
for the sale of 36 electric
locomotives which the
,
.soviet Union had removed after 'rorld War II and returned
to Last Germany in 1952. Of the 36 Loco:motives, 25 are type E-94 and
'11 are type E--id's all older models.: As payment thy: f-Leichsbahn wants
copper products, badly needed for the contemplated re-electrification
of the rail lines around Leipzig, Halle and Dresden. Deputy r'inister of
Lail.roads Richard Staimer has issued instructions, howevEllr, , that the
negotia.ors should acquire not copper but boiler tubes and drive-whcdl
tires for steam locomotives.,, The lof,omoti_ve maintenance situation in.'
East Germany is so bad that unless..hese materials can be obtained
serious operational problems will soon affect the lieichsbahn,, The
eichsbahri is asking 270,000 DMS worth of critically needed materials
for each type r-94 locomotive? It hopes through this transaction to
procure a stock, of parts to keep the Last German locomotives operating
for another two years.
2. On 21 and 22 August 1953?representatives of the Iteichsba.hn and of the
Polish State Railways met in Cottbus to discuss t..e movement of Soviet-
interest trains and international freight trains through Poland:, Of
late delays have been occurring more and more frequently, Some of these
are attributed to Polish partisan activity, Disagreements arise among
train crew members on how ?to effect rerouting, Freight tariffs are based
on the shortest route and normal running time, and delays and rerouting
add considerably to hauling, costs,, First Deputy i inister of Railroads
r.rwin Kramer was reportedly one of the representatives at the conference,,
3,, The rail line from Berlin-'.Spandau t-lauptbahnhof to Berlin-Spandau Vefi`
is to begin double-track operation effective1 August 1953.
4? The line from Erfurt to Suhl is sin r~le-t rack,, According to present
plans the line is to be double-tracked before the end of 1953.:
`.i , Fritz Ross, an official in the traffic department of RBD Berlin, h~
been named vice-president of RBD a;r1;n. 50X1-HUM
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