RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 23, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

CENTRAL, INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO
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COUNTRY East Gwmany
SUBJECT Railroad Construction Frojac i
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I. , n iate Ve =ty 1954,. source 3.~a .. that 8 ;urbsar3s we ro,?se ie cb led to be s up
at the Niu1denstein` per plant for the electrificetion of the Halle--LoIPig line;
Two other turbines foie the power supply of the Ha11o Bitterf cald note whic4. had been
returned by tbe''Soiiots and were being overhauled by the 3ergmaxaa.-Bor3i; 'f'irm;
we're also scheduled to be installed. The power station was pla med to have an
out-out f 25i1TW b 1 October 1954. Twelve boilers were under construction. Additional
bo n ere re icJredulod. 'Ths power plant was seh?d ied to be in fall operation
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2. in late February, soured determined that the second track on
the Haller,,Koethen line iaRs. under construction. Ties an4 rails had.arrived during
the rft t ri. L rouble-tracing was also under way at the Wolfez'Pl .ssau _~tretch.2
t, rai.l.rvad We i "from th:, '_'oi" 1d r" g#or?dl rails i heaAnllnri r$ 'to the Pass
r'-^ ralde' railroad offs cis indicated that, beginning 15 March. the Tantow=-
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blcckeu for four nonths becau; a of asst zction?woT'~;,,the, it'[. ~e
tea Co re roues. via the Crambow..Stetl:in line during that neric9,.ard
that - c t'.3.teta ",It had beoia agreed upod in ooupa"ration. ti/ith the . neighbor ._*
Palish headquarters,, J % Jr
4,.. On 8 14arch$? the connecting e e for ubranden gyh1ch? joy the Paaewal.kkAi -.-
emends' main line' near Prartzlai villa' not yet completed except for the baltost. bare
std ueture of the interlocking s titdt was completed. Rails ? nd si Mal insta hat ions still
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5. In early March, source determined that tho Angermuende-Tantow
line was blocked to freight traffic for a period of four months begirisning on 1 March.
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6. In late February, preparations for the reconstruction of the r?tyke-shift bridge
across the Randow River near Laecknitz had started. A hutment for workers was cos.-
A+.vni 1ted at. the site
The following is a tabulation of the 1955 investment plan of the Greifswald re-,
g-ion.l railroad headquarters:
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 10. Construction projects scheduled to be executed in 1954 are handicapped by lack of
material. Although the Crossbeeren.Juctcrbcg line had been completed double--track,
the terminal stations could not start operation as a result of lack of switchings.9
This also applies to the reconstruction of the ' ugrthwe ring at v}iich only the
t ieselang-wustermark c etch with two curves toward Wustermark freight station and
Vustermark railroad station will bc corutruoted in 1954. Projects p~,:aut-led for 1955
on the Birkenwerder--Wi lang line include ;h: Pohsnneuendorf and Ronnigadorf/Nord
cro4aing with transitions to Velten; the cro3sings in Scchoenwalde and Falkenhagen;
and preparatory work for the Stendal line in the area of t41usterrark which is required
for the construction of the large curve cross in that area. Bridges were also sche-
duled. to be completed on the Wildpark- ichencbrf lino, 10
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11, The Ministry of the Interior plans to establish two large fuel depots, one with a
capacity of draining 60 tank cars at a time on the Koenigswusterhausen Eeeskow line
near the Kablow railroad station, and one near Tasdorf north of Rugc ersdorf with a
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vioueay raci:ved,
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Location and Type
of Work
Ilucherow-Ahlbeck 6
railroad station
Stralsund station
rails
Eaatmarks
6, 000, 000
750,000
Bad Fraienwalde station 1,000,000
reconstruction V
Altrar t station 261,000
croasi
Eberswalde station 300,000
4 mils
Switch units
3t250 21,,
0,750
1,200
Britt station crossing 150,000 200
Sseoicenhagen station 403,000 750
These preliminary projects were not yet approled by the Ministry of Railroads,
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8, Winser (fnu), official In charge of railroad lines who had been tray erred to
the 'Schwerin regional railroad headquarters from the Y nistry of Hx lroLL.da
announced at an internal conference that thiu railroad. maintenance nrograsi could
not be exocuted completely in 1954 for lac : of materials. Rails ar:riv?ed from the
USSR and were now welded together to -a length of 50 meters, while only 10 percent
of the tics expected were supplied. Wo other deliveries were scheduled for March
1954. The rails were to be fitted with special nails which were expegted to be'de-
livered from stern countri.es,7
9. In conjunction with the reconstruction of the bridge across the Oder River near
t euruodnitz, the dismantled Wriazen Neuruednitz stretch. was schedulod to be recon-
strueted,a
C9~_. Information on the reconstruction of the dismantled railroad power
station ' in conjunction with the electrification of the Iinr=s of that area was pre-
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Comment, The two projects are V-;rt of the 1954 construction program. Delivery
of new rails from the USSR seems to rye its execution possible. See also paragraph
C of the present report,
Cox nt, The Scheune-.Stettin border crossing joint is served by the Pasewalk.
ram w and Etn;ermuende-Tantow :.inos. The line via Grambow had been blocked in 1953.
. The other line via Tantow is now under repair.
25X1 4. =Comment. information on the colas truction of a connecting curve near P nziau
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25X1 5. C? .__f'?in . The parmanont bridge is constructed on the Pasewalk-Stettin line.
6, u^otm nt. The information refers to the reconstruction of a double-track line
to the Island of Usedom which had been totally dismantled. The destroyed bridge
over the t'esne River near Karnin would then also have to be reconstructed. See
. The line is between 30 and 40 km long and needs ra
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or more ? an 12 cm even i# reconstructed single-track.
25X1 7. Comment. In the summer of 1953, Winzer was appointed special co ssar for the
procurement of rails and ties. The deliveries of 25X1
rails from the USSR begain in mid-October 1953. Or a total of 50,,000 tons about
42,000 tons had been delivered by late 1953. The large base of the Russian rail which
is 132 mm n kcs it n3cessary that the rails be fitted with special steel nails which
are not supplied by the Russisno and unavailable In East Germany and must be obtained
from the West.
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Comment, The cow letion of this double-track line was previously reported,
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25X110. I [ Cg_mment, Work for the construction of the so-called West Ring Berlin which
would close the gap in the Berlin Outer Freight Ring was further postponed. See
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11. .Com n1 . The construction of those fuel depots which are probably destined
for the KVP was reported for the first time and appears credible, especially as two
lace KVP depots had already been established in the field of ammunition supply.
Kablow is located on the eastern bank of the Kruepal-See Lake east of Berlin. Tasdorf
is located about 2.5 -fan north of Ruedersdorf close to the Fredersdorf-Rredersdorf
single-track branch terminal line which branches from the Berlin-Kuestrin ,aaln line
toward the south,
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