UTILIZATION OF FORMER COLUMN LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROAD DISPATCH SYSTEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004800510010-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2007
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: October 26, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Utilization of Former Column Locomotives;
Railroad Dispatch System
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DATE OF
Comment. Information on the reorganization of Soviet transit traffic
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18. SECTIONS 793
AND 794. OF THE U. S. 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.
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26 October, 1954
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
that the former column locomotives would be assigned t!F'!'T' pooh
of locomotives controlled by the .GDR Ministry- of Railroads. In early
July, the deputy chief of the Main Administration for Locomotives con-
ducted negotiations with the Polish railroad administration in Warsaw. 2
2. The former column bromotivcs are to be parked at the following points:
Ruednitz, in the area of RBD Berlin
Kerkwitz, in the area of RBD Cottbus
Ducherow, in the area of RED Greifswald
Magdeburg-Rothensee, in the area of RED Magdeburg
Meyenburg and another undetermined place, in-the area of RBD Schwerin
Eilenburg, in the area of RED Halle. 3
3. Ordexs were given that an SSD official and a uniformed policeman be assigned
to all dispatcher offices established with the Ministry of Railroads,
RED
headquarters, and railroad subdistrict offices. 4
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4. Since about mid-July 1954, preparations h- r, ii rip- +.lip
orrice space required by the introduction ~, r atcher
system. Special security measures were tak - s involved. 4
On 1 May 1954, the dispatcher syst4m.was introduced aath RED Erfurt
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dispatcher system is to be introduced;,,h 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 I' Richtpunktverfahren", designed to improve the efficiency
of freight traffic was introduced in all RBDs on 1 July 1954. 5
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Comment. In connection with the reorganization of Soviet transit
traffic through Poland, the GDR Railroad Administration offered to lend
80 locomotives to the Polish Railroad Administration.
It is believed that the negotiations mentioned were connected with this
transaction.
Comment. Ruednitz which is northeast of Berlin, Kerkwitz which is
located southwest of Guben, and Ducherow which is located northwest
of Pasewalk, had previously been used for the parking of reserve column
locomotives.
Comment. Information on the'introduction of the
service after the Sovi
t pattern, was transmitted previously.
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Comment.\The so-called ttRichtpunktverfahren" concerns the
maarshaling and'bkebivgaikp?of trains at shunting stations and marshaling
yards. It has been designed to simplif these operations. One of the
main features of the new system is a tic 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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