PARKING OF DEACTIVATED COLUMN LOCOMOTIVES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005200600009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 7, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

authority when the colle on points of parking column locomotives
were selected. RBD Schwerin for example wished to park the.column
locomotives assigned to it at Meyenburg and Teterow. This was not
approved by the Railroad MinisiUNCODED-ver, which gave orders that
the locomotives were to be parked at Strasburg which.is outside
the area of RBD Schwerin. Mey-enburg and Teterow were assigned to
RBD Magdeburg as parking sites for deactivated locomotives although
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Parkin; of ' Deactivated Col nn Le c otives
.PLACE
ACQUIRED'
DATE OF
INFO.
THIS DOCUME-NY GONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18. SECTIONS 793
A*D 794. OF THEE 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.
by RBD Berlin'but the ultimate control.of these -locomotives rests
with the GDR Ministry of ail-roads. The 'Lnistry also used its'
DATE DISTR. 7 December 195+
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1.. Records for the deactivated column locomotives are still carried
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BD Magdeburg had originally planned to have these locomotives .
thin its area. The r.Jeetion of this plan was motivated
fact that the Magdeburg RED was within the so-called
Date in. Place Number and Type of locomotives
September
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2
3
near Ruednitz about 30 type-52 locomotives
It Strasburg It 20 It 50 "
It Ducherow ? " 5 It 50. It
Number of
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CLASSIFICATION 8WRET
n-Sperrzone" (restricted zone). The exact meaning of 'this
2. The following numbers of locomotives were observed parked at the
points mentioned:
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Zoi e I ee id the w erri r` J , Zoas 11' a at potion
and Ze" ITl the eostors p ". o the G. .t delineation
of t.** sereurit7 setws be* t d a . It is belie ed
that the a alish t of the Jiff ': aee ity zones is
e tad with pre i f fe li i . The ewo(tral control
of the de e`ti! ted eeivwn loosw-oUves permits e e l a that
theme to iv. ?1d be avail e, without dam, to the Soviets
in the e&sRe of an tern y.
2, a ,t. The twee reilr d stations mentioned were also
prtviously :d for the parking of the reserve locomotives in
loevkoti* Colima.
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