SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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CLASSIFQATIOi~ SET
COUNTRY East Germany
TOPIC
EVALUATI
[L?TE OF CONTE
.'ATE OBTAINED-
REFERENCES
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REMARKS
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D''in OBTAINED
--DATE PREPARED
REPORT
ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
[This is UNEVALUATED Information[
Date in Number
October of CB
10 54
11 51
12 54
14 54
54
Dis2atching Station
IIaldensleben
Bernau
Fuerstenberg
Jueterbog
Bernau
CLASSIFICATION S''C.W P
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CB - converted boxcar
B - boxcar
F - flatcar
'RRym - heavy-duty flatcar
The following is an incomplete list of eastbound empty shuttle-trains
which vent via KKues;trin-Kietz between 3 and 9 October 1954:
Date in Number
October of CB
3 55
4 54
5 53
54
6 54
7 54
8 54
9 54
Dispatching Station
Magdeburg
?Teustrelitz
Eberswalde
Neustrelitz
Zberswalde
Neustrelitz
Eberswalde
Neustrelitz
?. Eastbound shuttle-trains with soldiers which went via Kuestrin-Xietz
between 10 and 25 October included:
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October
16 54
17 54
18 54
20 51
54
22 54
23 54
54
25 54
Jueterbo,j;
Meissen
EberswaldG
Jueterbog
Bernau
Jueterbog
Mej.seen
Fuerstenbe?g
Frankfurt/Ode
Kuestrin-Kietz and went toward Frankfurt/Odor wlat veen 4 and 25 Octobers
Date in Number
October of CB
54
54
54
~4
51
53
54
i 56
12 54
14 55
54
15 54
16 ?55
18
56
54
1.5
54
21
54
22
54
23
54
24
54
25
54
On and after 20 October, the Kuestr_in.--:Dietz railroad. sta'_on one, , rdc-rea
to rredispatch all available empty flatcars tc 1 r }.nkfurt/o er. 2
On 22 October, a troop) train of 5 B, 13 F, S Big=rya with soldier: acid
artillery pieces went from Wildpark ;o .Utengra.hor-. 5
6. Troop trains b^ ;wo-an 26 o&d ? O ,,tuber
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Date in Number From To
October of Cars
26 30 F Koenigswtxsterhausen Frankfurt/Oder
empty
27 55 Kuestrin Wustermaark
empty
55 Jueterbog Kuestrin
with soldiers
55 Guben Jueterbog
with soldiers
28 55 Jueterbog Wustermark
empty
29 55 V istermark J ieterbog
empty
7. The following troop trains with soldiers pacsad through the Nuellrose
railroad station between 23 and 30 October:
Date in ' . Number of From to
October Boxcars
23 53 Frankfurt/Oiler toward Cottbus
50 direction of Lleberose Frankfurt/Oder
24
30
8. Troop trains
54
53
55
54
Date in Number of
October Cars
Frankfurt/Oder
Frankfurt/Oder
Fre.nkfurt/Oder
Frankfurt/Oder
21 1 CB, 47 B, Zehdenick
10 F
22 undetermined; Iiillersleben
1,000 tons
It Cottbus
Zwickau
toward Cottbus
We imar
hetreen 21 and 29 October included:
23 undetermined: Daligow F .erstenberg
500 tons
24 44 cars Templa.n . Satzkorn
26 20 care Ds,ll.go r uers tenbergg
29 60 CB Kuestrin W'ustermark
empty
undetermined; Vc 1: en Firers tenberg;
700 tons
shuttle-trains with soldiers
between ..l an 0 October:
Date in Number From
October of CB
21 54 Himrnelpf ort
24
54 Jueterbog
54 Eberswalde
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K'ue strin
Frankf'art/Oder
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54 Weimar Fy?ankfurf/Oder
25 54 Cottbus Frankfurt/Odor
54 TV it
8 54 ubsrswalde it
29 54 it Ic estrin
54 ~rfur? Frankfurt/Oder
54
30 54 Juieterbog Kuestrin
30 54 Eberswalde .
November
1 54 Kttest_ in. Erfurt
2 54 ti YiFE! imar
10. Troop trains with soldiers from WUaensd.?yrf
on 31 October included a train of 4 CB, 6 Fv,
to Dresden, and another t a: n of
5 CB, F,
which went; to Halle.
carrying soldiers which probably operated prior to early- Fo er,,iber? 1954?
Reported
Assumed
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Eastbound
Eastbound.
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Wes
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tbound
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tbound
trips
Trips
Tre
s
1
2
2
1
i
2
1
2
1
2
3
3
3
1
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
3
1
1
2
2
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3
L
2
2 3
1 - 2
35 24
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The tabulationxsho*a,that totals of 59 eastbound trains with about
81,420 dischargees and 71 westbound trains with about 9'7,980 recruits
were moved until. early November 1954. The totals of personnel were
computed on the basis of the assumption that each suttle-train carried
an average off. ], 38Q,-men. on 46 cars
Corement. The troop train probably parried a component of he
34th Arty Div.
Comment. The troop train probably belonged to the return movement
of the Cth Gds Meoz Div.
5.
exchange movement.
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