RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH EAST GERMAN BORDER STATIONS

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CLASSIFICATION a n~
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
East Gerrn.any
R _ Frei ht Traf -f c through East rr '1'_.i,._1
Eoi- c_r .tations
DATE DISTR. 1C Januar;r 1955
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
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REPORT NO.
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germa 'via
were to be directed at an increased rate via Kuestrin-Kietz and also
via Goerlitz.
2. The following shipments were observed passing through the Cottbus
railroad station between 22 September and 1 October:
Dated*
Date in
Number and
Load
September TyiDe of Cars
22
1 ]3o 50 F
trucks
26
19 F
31 cars
undetermined
tT
28
1 ]3t 38 F
50 trucks
29 -
October
1 ]3,v 50 F
1
1 ]3? 31 F
59 trucks
Leipzig Guben 3
? Frankfurt/Oder Chemnitz
in direction
of Falkenberg
3. The following shipments were observed at Frankfurt/Oder between 8 ar.d
13 October;
GLASSIFTtON
AIR Y7~'!~! I I, ~. ._ ( r
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8 56 B
52 F rails, iron tubes Brest Litovsk
10 54 G coke
1 train 55 trucks
46 B uranium ore Frankfurt/Oder
Zl 56 F and G empty
46 B uranium ore
52 F boxes
12 54 G
13 46 B
54 G
n
uranium ore
iron ore and Brest Litovsk Ziltendorf 4
iron tubes
coke
Frankfurt/Oder Brest Litovsk
4d The following shipments were observed at Frankfurt/Oiler
13 October:
Date in Number and
October Type of Cars
10 30 F 40 trucks
60 G
30 G
60 G
a
Frankfur t/U-der
Ziltendorf
26 G pig iron
12 B cotton
18 B coke
4 B wool
12 F iron
it t1
trucks Fuerstenwalde
14 F machinery Erfurt
10 F crane parts Fberswalde
10 B e -- Wolfen
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Grimma
Ziltendorf
Eisiebben
Ziltendorf
Groeditz
Riesa
Riesa
Wittenberg
Leipzig
Halle
Brest Litovsk
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11 45 G
20 G
26 F
iron ore
coke
iron
6 G cables Rummelsburg Brest Litovsk
8 F iron construc- Erfurt
tions
6 13 buna
13 28 G coke
14 G
36 G
4 B
4F
shipments
between 13 and 20 Cctober:
Date in
October
Number and
Type of Cars
13
16 B
14
30 F
15
60 F
20
45 cars
Merseburg
Load
Eisleben
Wittenberg
Ziltendorf
Schoeneweide
Eislebeu
Wiederitzsch
Erfurt
Erfurt
Halle
Stralsund
Koepenick Brest Litovsk
Zwickau
undetermined Jueterbog Brest
Litovsk
motor vehicles Jueterbog -Y 3
it Fri-nkfurt/ Jueterbog
Oder
1. omment. In July, 132 6-54 tons of coal ke were
irr.pbrted into East aermany.
omment_
coal via Kues
thA . of Polish
After the reconstruction of the Neisse viaduc ,, trains were
in early October via the Goerlitz border station.
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Comment. These shipments were corrected with the motor vehicle
Comment. Raw material deliveries to the ?isenhuettenkomhinat
Ost Foundry Combine East) at Fuerstenberg/Cder which is served by
the Ziltendorf railroad station.
Comeemt. Deliveries
railroad net in the GDR.
These rails are delivered
in the GDR to usual lengths of
am which has been under way since late July 1954.
25,
the improvement of the
2.50 meters
50 and 60 meters.
omment. Deliveries from the uranium ore mining district r
Saxony to the USSR.
Comment.
carried Soviet equipmen
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