PYSKOWICE MARSHALLING YARD

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 28, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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1.v The Pyskowice (~Peskretscham) railroad station located 12 kilometers north of
Gliwice (Gleiwita)~is the second largest.ms;rshalling station, after the one at
Gliwice, in Upper Silesia. The capacity G~f the P~skowiee marshalling yard amounts
to ~+, 200 wagons .daily' (approxirn~,tely. 7Q IPreight trains) .
2. In 1~~8 to 19+0-the .yard was .extended by the Taying of a agroup of approximately
eight txacks of 51+0
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me
ers eaeh. The capacity of this group is;nnt included in
th
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es given in paragraph 1. Further details on this group are not known
Pyskowice,Maxshalling Yard
in Autumn. 1953 the transloading station Tarnot~rice (Tarnowit
z was
~e~ng .c4nsi~.erably deve~,oped. '
`Phe following are the details .on the marshalling yard (see sketch}.
Installations
a. Station building ~.
b. Freight dispatch
c. Operational Works (Betriebswerk)
- Personnels including locomotive personnel, numbers 250 men.
- No, of locomotives t approximately 20, Iaostly of type GTC.
The engine shed with electricaiiy operated turn-
. table can accomodate approximately 20 locomotives.
- Repair warkshopo at present carries out quick repairs to freight cars,
. Locomotive repair work is .passed to Gliwice for
execution.
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do Gael stacks (Kohlenbansen)e Storage capacity not known
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ho _ .Paved=?.end .ramp (Kopframpe)
ie Sh used fq~ ~~prage of eciuipment-for military freight .trains
~co~verSign o#~ i?reight cars for military purposes)o
jo Train dispatche
Tracks
Main track 1, 2, 4 and 50
Splitting-up-lines 3, 4 and four tracks next to the interlocking-machine "P'g~"q
Tracks '~,,8, '9, 10,.11, 12,.13 anc~ 14 {length 54O meters) belong to the
~.ncoming. group (with loads)
Tracks 118, 119, 121,.122 and 123 (length 540 .meters) belong to the incoming
.group (empty)a
~'rac~s"99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104 and 105 belong to the outgoing- group
(C9pole direction)
18 tracks {54SJ meters each) far ex~oss-overfrQm up to down .line are .located
betw~en.~putgoing group (t,racks 99 - 105) and the double inclines I
aiad ~I.a
Track 15 is .for locomotives,
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99. and: ::118 are by-pass. tracks .(Umfahrgleise)
Interlo~g ma~hnes.a
Thr~ ~7Tayc ~~.gnatecl "Pat" is the control interlocking machine ($efehlsstellwerk-
statiizn 7~~ock)a The points are mechanically operateda This interlocking-
machine serves a11.in a,nd,aut-going traffic to Bytom .Gliwice,. and Opoleo
"Pcr`i an~..~"P b" interi?ckin machines meehanicall o crated
~. g ( y p .points) serve IN
and f)UT trips of the incoming group (empty) tracks 118 - 123, as well as the
points .for shuntixag, ,operatipns fresm double incline E-as.t,
"Pkb" interlocking maehine,(mechanica]1,~~. operated points) is .used for ~~coming
trains,pn tracks 118 - 123; and .controls engine trips from engine-sh~`ds in
easterly directions
."Ptit" interlocking machine (mechanical; operated_po3nts) serves th:e Out
s'igrtals from .track 1, ~+ .and 7, also he TN signals from ..the .ar~ction of Opolee
Tt.also operates-.the points to the ramps .for the unloading track and forfre~,gllt
dispatcho
"P~."' i~aterlocking machine (electricail~ operated points) serves the points far
marshalling trains .over dou,~le inclineas.I and II into the tracks for cross-aver
from up to. down-line,
"Pgr" interlocking machine (electriGa,~.~y operated points) operates th,~ points
for the transfer of trains from the ~,~oss-over tracks from up to down, line into
t~.e:outgoing group, tracks 99 - 1050
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"P~t" i~nterl:a~kng ,machine :{mechanically. operated .points) regulates -the clepart-
ure ts~ trsi~.s from the outgoinggroup in a westerlydireetie~n, and incoming
trains on track 118,
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