ROLLING STOCK AND LOCOMOTIVE COLUMNS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004600680010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 14, 2007
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: October 25, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2007/08/14 : CIA-RDP80-00810A004600680010-9
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CLASSIFICATION 73i^cR%T
CENTRAL FNTEL IGENgEE AGENCY
INFORMATION''flEPORT
SUBJECT . Rolling Stock and 1,pcomotive doluzi s NO. OF DICES 2
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO
,1. During the period from-Afil through mid-JAW 1954 there as no
shortage of rail freight epaee- in the arcs of RBD HSfle. The"
-'aovemste of Soviet Sits to tbeii au rnt `60pi, thi fsdline
Aa of sng!.-expbrtsy.and thets'sM ertation milt dons resultieg-
'.from'the 103 Ithitsun Rally Iqt` Bdrlin were tMnp afiy Sti111R e t
the railroad system and were i'sflicted in distlli!gjsoeisof nortal ie
r w '
freigbt, traffic.-17
2.: Between 13 May and 17 June 1954e $&R*ilbliott1r4j+n?nj%s? of freight'
cars were dispatched.:to the railxdad stations Ujtat . to fain the
pool.of reserve Freight cars controlled by the Main Ad.:inistration
for Rolling Stocks
Data Numbers and Types
of Cars
60 6
60 3
17 60 3
18 60 0
19 60 B
20 60 B
22 60 B
23 60 B
25 30 SSy ..
20 SSy
60 B
60 0
60 B
50 B
31 60 B
3 June 60 B
60 G
60 33
6G B
r i t. SIFIC .cr:ON S'ra"Rr7T'
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L.._ _ DISTPIBUTIOM
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED ews
w .,
REPO
CD NO.
Chamnits(Karl-Lien Stadt)
Gera
Dresden-Neustadt
Gloewen
Dreeden4euptedt
DresdeaTCq%ta
^---llreedeil -W ustadt
It n
Passow/tJckm
Neustadt-Glewe
Dresden Neuetadt
Luebs
Hagenow
Neustrelits
N
Nordhausen
Hallo
?reder adorf
Saalfeld
25X'
640955
 Note, 3 - boxcar
G - gondola car
SSy - heavy duty flatcar
}. By 15 June 1954, all column locomotives previously parked in the
vicinity of Pasewalk had gone. 3
4. A locomotive brigade organized in ; fusterr..ark and stationed in
Frankfurt/Ocfer was deactivated in mid-June, Four of the
locomotives of this brigade returned to Wustermark, the
remainder remained in Frankfurt/O,'er or were lent out to the
Poles. All the Gerr^an personnel of the locomotive brigade
returned to Wusterr,ark.. 3
Comment. Halle is the RBD which handles the heaviest
volume of traffic in the GDR, The information indicates that
the traffic situation,, apart from temporary difficulties,
was favorable during the reported period.
2=It Comment. The pool of reserve freight cars is scheduled
o consist of a total of 10,000 units including 3,500 boxcars,
4,500 gondola cars, and 2,000 flatcars. This reserve is to be
formed by 31 August 1954.
3. ]Cornaent. The deactivat:.on of German locomotive Columns
operating for the Soviets through Poland is well known. All
locomotive brigades have been deactivated and most of their
equipment and all of their personnel have been returned to
their home stations. Seventy to eighty locomotives lent by
the GDR railroad administration to Fbland .regain in Polish hands.