LOCOMOTIVE COLUMNS FOR SOVIET TRANSIT TRAFFIC THROUGH POLAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004600400010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2007
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 28, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
Looamotivs Col=sus for Soviet Trafisit
tbrcog Poland
NO. OJSTW OF Wai .
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
640780
1. In raid-Maj 1954, the Frank`'urt/0c'er offices and installations sensing Soviet
transit traffic through Poland were inspected b: several high-ranking railroad
officials and two Soviets who wore civilian clothes. 1'embers of U -e commission
stated that it as planned to replace the German locomotive brigades kV
Pblish railroad personnel. l
2. On 27 t1q', only one locomotive narked at Ruednits railroad station.2 25X1
3. bit 4 lay 1454, 80 looonotives were selected from the park of colnnn
looorotives. These locomotives were to be used in connection with the FW
ttLitaun Rallt in Berlin. Subsequontly,72 of these locorotives were to be
rented to Poland for the handling of Soviet transit traffic through that
country. The rersaining eight locomotives were to serve as a reserve pool. 1
4. the status of locomotive columns was
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ttuoerical Designation of Type Parked
of Colmm and Station 50 and 52
:1o 6 Strassbuag 29
-
22
4 -
No 7 Beeskov 26
-
18
4 3
'1o ll Ruedsits
Ducherow -
30
10
12 -
No 12 Loecknits -
30
15
9 3
7 ?n 13 Duobe row -
29
12
5 3
No 2, 4, 5, 8
Frankfurt/Oder -
120
-
Number of Locomotives.
Operational on Inspection under
Line R.Aair
3
3
8
3
9
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en 21. %lnr?il 19'4 15 locomotives par7ced as a reserve
for lees otive columns at Yerkwitz, 9 ;a' southwest of Guben. 4
rent,. These data confirm previous information, according to whic'n
Sotif.ot transit traffic tFrough :eland will be i?eorganijod effective l J.!1;r
1054., This traffic will i enceforth be bundled by the a13.sh ,.unto Railroads.
It arrears, hhowever4ti.?-: the Gerr'an railroad administration will have to
ake Cer-an locomotives available to the ivles. It is behoved that the
reorrar,'zation of Soviet transit traffic t.hrourb Poland as been carried
out In recognition of the sovereignty granted to the CDR and of inturnati.or.ai
roce-'.ires, according to tir} icl. every country is resconsible for trarrtt
traffi.c through its territory. The new settlement does not rule oat the
possibility that the >oviets will again utilize Garman locor!otive columns at a
re uatn.
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Co rent. ie '. orvi,i e ix_on^s to deactivated lemma otive co
otive coltuans ;-)s 3, u, 11, 12, and 13 nave been
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'eactivatod and their loennoti-ve eq }pent has been parked at the railroad
;,cations neationed.
loec,rot'.ve coltrins Fos 2, 4, 5, and 3 are stationed at tl:e 'ran. fttr ./Cder
rars% alinr yard; , ost of these I cor.otives have been operational .
' at included in the tab'.?tation were locomotive columns No 10 in Cottbur,
1 fee has about 30 orerational locomotives, and f?o 11., the equirvent of
a?.10 is r-arked at Kerkwitz.
31 i'ae?cP_ 1254, there was a total of .374 co tarn neon.
20 leenrotives of type 01 (express train locomotives assigned
to Soviet locor.otive colur_n ?!0 4.2)
(. locornoti'res of' type 5C
267 locomotives of type 52
1 ioco!.otive of type `:9.
e locomotives, 295 locomotives were serviceable on 1 April latter rurbar? included 138 employed for transit E.iseione, 105 narked
as reserve and i2 ept at railroad maintenance installations (?w).
rent. These 3ocomotives belong to deactivated loconotive colts n ;o