DEACTIVATION OF LOCOMOTIVE COLUMNS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004400860001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 7, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFlCATiON sz7cs~,_
CENTRAL INT~LUf~EiiC REPORT
INFQRMATION ERT cD No.
COUNTRY R68t 0
e~a~' DATE DISTR.
7 September 195+1
SUBJECT Desetiv
atiaa of Locaoetive Coluads ~ r! NO.OF PAGES
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The present r oat confYrms reviou ormatica oa the deaotivatloa
a erman la?.omotive columns o r eYpc.u c; 'ww 1. ;.ne mreeure will
became effective iefinitely on ,C Jena 1954. The `Yranater of Gcrmea lo:onwtivea to
Poland mq burs been ordered by the Soviets.
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1o At a aoafexwnce held at RBD Berlin it vsa stated that all lacm;otlve bri~;adea would
bs deactivated~fiaite>,}r on 30 June 1954.0 ESfeM.ivr:+ 1. Npril; al.l. eeat~mad trains x111
bs handed over to Polish railroad personnel at Iaat German b.~rder atatio990
20 On 30 April 1954, loocmotive columns Nos 9 and ZO stationed in the area of RHD Cottbus
ware equipped with 58 locamotivea, of which 18 xere operationala 16 park:+d at Klsttwitss
and 24 xere under repair or is a stand by status.
3. Source learned that locomotlve columns xere to be deactivated by 30 June 1954. Transit
shipments thi>ugh Poland henceforth x171 be bandied by Polish rei.lrcwd pl3rsonnelY
According to aouroe~ an undetermined number of locomotives will be mda avaiL,ble
by the &aat German railrnade to the Polish railroads admisiatration. ?.ooomotivss and
train personnel of daautivated locomotive columns will be returned to their home
etatims.
4. Sourco learned tha+: the deactisetion of locoaiativa brigades ha:@ boon a%a:?ted o0 10 1144
1954. Seat-bovrrl trains henceforth will bs turned over to Po11.sh pei?sonna~l at bceder
etatlooa, It was a7.so mentioned that the Saet German railroads would naka available to
Poland about 70 locamotivea. Of the locaootive brigades ntatioaed in Stsaesburg and
loelmits~ a total of 18 locamotivoa xexd dispatched to Berlin-Pankow un :~0 and 21
lIgYY ThsN locomotives were, allegedlyy to be forwarded to Poland, Oa 15 Mtiy 1954, the
railroad repair shop at Greitswald laid off 30 mechanics who had done rejiair work on
bri.Qads Incomotivea. The material stored at RAH Graifewald for repair work oa brigade
looomotiv,ehas been dlstributad among the other railroad rspnir inetallaLioasY
5. Srnaoa learned that effective 1 July 1954, Soviet railroad traffic between i?}cankiyrt,/
Oder and Brest Litovsk wan to be handled ~ the Po1ie6 State Ra:ilroadeY ?.n this ooaneo-
tion, Rant Germsip is sahe~ed available to Yoland about 60 type-50
looosotives. The locomotive oo~.~lraakllu~t/Oder x11.1 be deactivated effective 30
Juoa 1951.0 25X1
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