UTILIZATION OF FORMER COLUMN LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROAD DISPATCH SYSTEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004800510009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 26, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUPPLEMENT
REPORT NO.
ThIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
J1. On 6 July 1954, the ohi& of hm .if ~Icjmjriiatration for Locomotives
that the forger column locorm)-Uves wc+ulci ba assigned to theVr
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v , of locomotives controlled by the R W.nis?try of Railroads. 1. Ina early
July, the deputy chief of the Main Aeminis gyration for Locomotive-- con-
ducted negotiations wiis a the Polish railroad administration in Wars w , 2
2. The former col- am omotives are to be parked at the following poin's:
Ruedr tz, in the area of RBI Earl r,
Kerkwitz, in the area of RED Cottb s
Ducheroww, in tha area of .3D Greifewald
Magdeburg.-Rothotnsee, in the erect of RED Ma?-dekrarg
Heyerabuxg and another undet:srmined place, in the area of RBD Schwerin
Eileriburg, in the area of RBD Halls.
3. Qrd +wwere given that an S3D efficiai bnd a, uniformed policeman be aesi fared
to all dispatcher offices .-atablished with the ! inist ,c ?~
RBI) headquartea;?a, and raili: cad subdistrict offices. of Raala oadv~
4. Since about mid-July 1954, yreparrtions have been made to provide the
office space required by the introduction of the dispatcher
system, Special security measures were taken for all the offices involved, 4
5. On I May 1954, the dispatcher system was introduced in' RBD Erfurt,, The
dispatcher system is to be introduced in RBD Magdeburg on 1 October 1954.
For lack of trained personnel the new system cannot be introduced
simultaneously in all RBDs. 4
6. The so-called ttRichtpunkt1derfahren", designed to improve the efficiency
of freight traffic was introduced in all RBDs on 1 July 1954. 5
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Utilization of Former Oolumfl Locomotives;
Railroad Dispatch System
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~ernta In connection with the reorganization of Soviet transit
traffic through Poland, the GDR Railroad .ministration offered to lend
80 locomotives to the Polish Railroad . inistration.
It is believed that the negotiations mentioned were connected with this
transaction.
Co tv Ruednitz which is northeast of Berlin. Kerkwitz which is
located southwest of Cuben, and Duoherow which is located northwest
of Paset alk, had previously been used for the parking of reserve column
locomotives
C a Info tion on the introduction of the dianataher
service after the Soviet pattern, was tram tted previously.
G to The so-called "Richtpunktverfa Cen' concerns the
mars a ing and drape a1 of trains at shtnting stations and marshaling
yardso It has been designed ei pm lifT these operations One of the
main features of the now system is a i o change; in the previous
procedure of labeling trains with waybills which fix the route of
the cars from the place of departure to destination.
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