MISCELLANEOUS RAILROAD INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004200220003-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 19, 2005
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 22, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY East Germany
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Miscellaneous Railroad Information
TH15 DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. S. C., 31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
HIBITED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
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20 reserve locomotives parked at Ruedi.tz. I
17 reserve locomotives at Ducherow. On 24 March,[-
here was no change in the status of the locomotive column parked
at Ruednitz.
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during the days mentioned:
the following railroad coal stocks were available
Date in _ Co
al for Loc S
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s
March Hard C
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in Ton
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Coal Shop Coal
in Briquette UnitsT
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11 67,5
00
55
,70
0 26,900
13 65,7
00
51
,30
0 26,400
15 66,7
00
53
,30
0 26,200
17 65,40
0
50
,90
2
0 26,100
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During March, only 80,000 tons of hard coal had been delivered by 17 March. Coal
requirements not covered by hard coal deliveries were to be met by raw bwn coal.
However, officials at the East German Ministry of Railroads entertained the hope
that brown coal briquettes would also be delivered. Nevertheless, preparations
were made to convert locomotives to the firing of hard and raw brown coal mixed 25X1
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2 a contract for the delivery of a total of 2.5 million tons of hard coal
naQ e oncluded with Poland R. The first - t'` tb" 0011a,
had already arrived. Until forth this coal
to the railroad administration.
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brigades for several years. 5 25X1
a major railroad disaster
a be on the Seale River. A total of 30 freight cars are %.id
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the locomotive igades stationed at Frall'i an-
other 10 are scheduled to be deactivat Some of the personnel a ea too
these locomotive brigades had been transferred to other duty stations by 20
February 1954. Most of the personnel transferreen assigned to locomotive
25X1 2. Commen . Expressed in briquette units, coal stocks available for consumption
25k1 ocomotives on 17 March represented 149,000 tons.
According to the present daily coal consumption quota o , tons, these
coal stocks represent 6.4 days' requirements as ' eats
available on 16 March.
25X1 3. Comment. These data throw significant
light on the difficult coal situation in East Germany. A quantity of 2.5 million
tons of hard coal would meet railroad coal requirements for about half a year.
However, it must be taken into consideration that sizable quantities of this im-
ported hard coal must be made available to the East German industry, shipping
and for household consumption.
25X1 4 Comment. KVP supply shipments are known to be dispatched to the Berlin-
gerviehhof railroad station.
2 5X 5.OC January 1954, locomotives of operation 1. locomotive
2 5X1 column in Frankfurt/Oder were parked as reserve locomotives.
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2 5X1 Ives were operational on 30 January. The present
port indicates that two additional locomotives locomotive brigades) are to
placed on a reserve status. From this fact it may be concluded that 4
do not intend to carry out major transportation operations in the nftet
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pomment. Konin a n d Lukow are located on the Brest Litovsk - F er
25X1 7.1lCommnent. a total of 1,308 railroad cars were
25X1. available to t o Berlin elevated train system on 1 Miarch 191;2-1
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