RAILROAD STATIONS AND ACTIVITIES IN NORTH KOREA

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• Publication Date: October 26, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
CQWT TTAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT Railroad Stations and Activities,
in North Korea
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PLACE ACQUIRED
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense 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
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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De ginp' o Railroad St
On 22 June 1953 the Sinp'o (N 4?.102, E 128-13) (117-3231) Railroad Station was at
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DV.. 9317. The station office and an air raid shelter were at the toot oI,a
nearby mountains The office was a wooden house with a zinc roof, 6 meters long,
5 meters wide, and 2.5 meters high. Two telephones were in the office. The
fir raid.shelter was 10 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 1.5 meters high. Loco-
motives were hidden in a . -334327. The station
mat tunnel between IMP-333322 and.
ter was a senior lieutenant, and he was assisted by'a. master sergjebut,, The.
.station employed 25 persons. The station handled four or five trains each day,,
nese, trains carried military supplies and provisions, and one North,Korean army
soldier was assigned to each train.. .Approximately 15 guards, armed witha to-
,ratic rifles and PPSh's, were in. a dugout at DV'-335322? The railrOad. lines were
patrolled by m mtenance crews, and three military police checked.the. employees
and transportation operations. During the day, the employees stayed. ; in- .the.
station office, ah3 at night they moved to as ,compound at DV-325316 where they
took part in operating the trains. On 25 Z4r 1953 three boxcars of rice arrived
from 1Qgnchuria snd'Wt being able to unload at this station, they proceeded to
thenex-t station. The next station could hot handle the shipment, so the train
started back and. was destroyed by United Nations planes.
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The Sep' o Railroad' Station.
2, On 22 June 1953 a railroad station was at CV-991172 near Sep'o (N 38-54, E 127-49)
(CV-9917). The former station was destroyed during an air raid, and a new
wooden building, with a zinc roof, was constructed on the same site.. The new
building was .5 meters long, 3 meters wide, and.2 meters high. The station master
was a lieutenant, and the assistant station master was a master sergeant.
Twelve persons were employed at the station office. Locomotives were hidden in
two tunnels,,one at CV-988167, approximately 300 meters south of the office, and
the other was 100 meters west of the office. Four or five trains passed through
the station each day, and the tunnels were guarded by 20 North Korean soldiers
'armed with automatic rifles and PPSh's. A water point was at DV-957176in T'oejo
(E 38-54, E.127-46) (CVm95l7).
P 4 vongyang to Si.nmak
3. On 1 May 1953 three trains, each with 20 to 25 freight cars, were being operated
between P?yongyang;And Sinmak (N 3825, E 126.14) (BT-5855). The trains were
loaded with military -applies while travelling from Pyongyang to Sinmak. The
trains were all operated at night between 2000 and 0500 hours. During'tlieday,
the trains were hidden in a tunnel at YC-425939.
Ant=& Manchuria to Plyongyang
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In early June 1953, two trains arrived at Sinuiju from Antung each days. On
cloudy or rainy days, more trains were operated. Two trains left Sinuiju each
day for Pyongyang. All military supplies were unloaded at the Taedonggang
Station (N 38599 E 125-45) (YD-3818). The first train arrived at the.Taedong-
gang.Station at approximately 0200 hours in the morning, and the other train
arrived about an hout? or two later. Unloading teams consisted of 30 men who
unloaded a train in approximately 2 hours.
5. On 1 June 1953, a',12-car train arrived at the Taedonggang Station at 0330 hours
in, the morning from Sin:uiju. Four of the cars were loaded with lumber, two with
kaoliang in hemp bags, one with soy beans, and five with white gasoline, canned
meats, ammunition, food, and clothing. These supplies were transferred to 85
Soviet ZS trucks and were to be shipped to Chinnamp'o. The trucks were driven
by Chinese Communist and North Korean army troops. The drivers were dressed
in civilian clothes and wore no.insignias.
6. in early June 1953, between 50 and 100 trucks were parked at the Taedonggang
.Station to transport incoming supplies to the following places; if a truck was
unable to reach its destination before dawn, it was hidden in a shelter:
a. Supplies for the front lines were transported by way of Sariwon.
V. Kangdong (N 39..099 E 126-05) (BUJ4837).
c. Army units in the P4yongyang area.
d. Chinnamp'o.
7. In early June 19539. the railroad bridge between YD-383185 and YD-377191 was not
.in operation. A new bridge, 100 meters down the river, was used by the trains,
and another bridge, 150 meters down the river, was used in an emergency.
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P' yongyang to Wonsan
8.. In early June 1953, most of the supplies. for the Wonsan area were loaded on trains or
trucks at the Taedonggang Station, and occasionally at the Sop'o Railroad
Station (1Q 39-05, E.125- l+).(TD-3629). The vehicles were only operated at night,
or on. cloudy days.
In early June 1953 two trains left the Taedonggang Station for Yangdok (R 39-13,
E.126.38) (BU-96.31 each day; one left at sunset, and the other left 2 hours
later.. The trains consisted of approximately eight cars, and arrived at Yangdok
at 0100 hours and 0300 hours. Incoming trains from.Sinuiju arrived at approxi-
mately the same hours.
10. On 15 May 1953, a.7-car train arrived at the Taedonggang Station from the Wonsan
area with two carloads of salted fish, one carload of fish in straw bags, two
carloads of lumber, and two carloads of empty drums.
Pyongyang to Sariwon
.11. In early June 1953,one train was operated between the Taedonggang.Station and
Sar.iwon each night.. The trip took from three to five hours. The train carried
the following supplies ta.Sariwon; food, ammunition, clothing, and weapons.
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