RAILROAD FREIGHT CARS AVAILABLE IN EAST GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004700310009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SECRET
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY last Germany
SUBJECT Rail Freight Caro Available in East Germany
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 16. SECTIONS 793
AND 794. OF THE U. 3. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL-
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
IS PROHIBITED BY LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
DATE DISTR. 8 October 1954
NO. OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
637959
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
re gh't cars were available st ermany on 31 March 1954:
1e .
S 699
SS1 1,
ale'
my 280
SS 1,328,
Sst 82
Total 4,247
H 1,409
Service cars 1,994
Railroad service cars 2,523
Total
4,517
3,596
369
Total 3,965 1
The total park of freight cars numbered 129,443 units;
1? ..rya On, 1 January 1954, the fe].]iwing numbers of freight cars were
availablet
STATE
ARRY
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DIM Number
3
sal
Say
SSt
1,701
828
281
1,332
4,224
1,012
Service cars 1,994
Railroad service ears 2,295
X
EX
Explanation of type designations:
H-type cars:
SS1-type cars:
SSy-type cars:
SS-type cars:
SSt-typo cars:
H-type cars:
X-type cars:
fl-type cars:
3",683
410
including 55 to be deactivated in 1954
5 N N N N N
4,093 N 233 N N
Two-axle flatcars with iron sideracks, useful length at
least 9 meters, load capacity 15 tons;b designation 64-20-01
Four-axle flatcars, useful length 18 meters, load
capacity 35 tons; numerical typo designation 65-80.01
Four-axle flatcars, useful length 8.8 meters, load
capacity 45 to 50 tons; numerical type designation
65..40-01
Four and multi-axle flatcars, useful length 15 meters,
load capacity 35 tons; numerical type designation
65-01-01
Four and multi-axle well-cars,minimum load capacity
35 tons; numerical type designation 66-60-01
Two-axle bogie cars (pivoted bogies with teeth), load
capacity 15 tons; numerical type designation 68-01-01 -
Two-axle service cars with sidewalls up to 40 cm high,
load capacity 15 tons; numerical type designation 89-01-01
Four-axle service cars, load capacity more than 15 tons;
numerical type designation 89-90-01
.~~ On 1 January 1954, a total 4 freight cars
was recorded. A total of 3,400 damaged cax VW for
deactivation and 1,84.5 new freight gars vat to be added to the
stocks of operational cars in 1954.
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