TABULATION OF EAST GERMAN TANK CARS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004501150004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
ITRAL INEELLIGItE AGENCY REPORT
.., .,
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
East Gei-ms-,V
Tabulation of East Gei n
Tank Cars
DATE DISTR. 5 Octohea 1951;
NO.. OF PAGES 2
NO, OF ENCLS-
(USTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
638758
TWIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFPECTINO THE NATIONAA DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE NEARING OF TITLE to. SECTIONS 793
AND 724,08r THE U. It. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSHIEB!OH OR REYEL?
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO ON RECEIPT NY AN UNAUTNORITO P1R5ON
Is 1`00"IMITED MY LAW THE REPRODUCTION Or THIS FORM IS PRONIMITED.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
The re-marking ,- r L xslY UiiiL{ L' sY :i ve'7.-, . i1 -was on cToliTit ',f Z rJ victi: Cui1CZ I
on 31 May 1954.. The new files indicate that the following cars were available in the .uR on 1 June 1954; nnumbers of
Home Stations
haimb?r f
o
Cl$sa us-
Tank Cars
a4 t3 on
RAW Jena
6,000
0
I
IVIII
KWL Niedersacaswerfen
2,30
II b?c?d
III a, b
Railroad Car Factory
1'340
II a
Quedlinburg
III cod
131 6 carboy type. cars
III f (Topfwagen)
aluminum cars
IV a coal dust cars
IV d ox gen cars
KWL Magdeburg 600
Kaaeh.transit Leipzig 900
Railroad Car Factory 166
Sty .ssfurt
Total
11,306
designed for transportation
of gas under Pressure area
1
Mote: A total of 2.5'7'A fora?gn-ct.* vd carz crc includd in tt_Is t .bu t1o i.
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Type and Purpose of
Pears
Zw cars
standard cars
4' . and 6-axle oars
2_-axle tar cars
2-axle acid care
coated anL4 alloyed
and
(legierte) cars
2-axle cars
standard cars enlettered
Ro 700 and R 300
IV btc, 2-axle and multi-ale cars
25X1
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SECRET:
ly controlled my the
Kes a3.~r~.genlel tstelle der eien5b~hn" en ra
{railroad tank car distribution
point) (M&) at 33T'oiastrasse and on Taubenstrasse in Berl5.no On 1
Septenber 1953, the Kesaelwagenleitstelle was made an independent
departnent, ;ccordin; to another source, the following numbers of tank
cars dare available in the GDR:
S-Or?.ta All railroad tank earn n",,. c t
l
,C.~,lass ? L-n tl.o~ lY uber of Cars Available
0 28519
1 'k 0n,
is a 281.45
11 b 750
Ii 28
li 30
Iz~ 930
III b 344
III C 14
III d 87
III e 323
IU.c 223
IV a 310
IV b 149
IV o 141
IV d 14
Total 119838 cars
Class 0 Ya_rs are used for the transportation of gasoline,, while class I8 Ila
through ;,I de Ill a through IIhf, and IV a through IV do, cars are employed
for the trans nortation of "black product. i' and are mostly lent out to
industrial enterprises. The balance of approxirr.al;ely 500 tank cars i etwean
the two tabulations may be accounted or by the continuously changing nkr,xer
of foreign-ovmed cars. The park of G DH railroad tank cars is o .rage , There
is an acute shortage of 'replacement parts, in ;particular for unyozf'rarzes.
Tank care suffer from corrosion due to the poor quality of paiht use? an'
the shortage of sandblast apparatus. The number of cars needing r s came and
rc-ufrlug inspection on the average anoints to 10 percent of h:~ tAal park
of tank cars, ApproximaUeiy 233 tarn cars < z's scheduled for ioria All
tank cars are, assigned to Specific home stetions which are resx orsib~.e for
their maintenwnce. On 23 "July 1953, iC ?isu.as .c h;;a ~erfon was converted
into a railroad repair shop (RAW).
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