1. PARKING SITES FOR FORMER GERMAN COLUMN LOCOMOTIVES 2. POSSIBLE REACTIVATION OF GERMAN LOCOMOTIVE BRIGADES

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 2007
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: January 12, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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THIS IS UNEVALUi'TED INFOR+M?AT+ON
l*raarly'!o,e!t!lwe i. 54,"deactivated column locomotives
the following railroad stations:
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t re4fswald
? S~i'3n
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wrA f r ,
CAttbue
,.agdeburg
were parked at
?aa.lroad Station
Rueinitz
Ducherow
Stt&sbura '
.ilenburg
Kerkwitz
I.teyanburg
Lleveix locomotives of the Magdeburg group will continue to be paarked a?i
Strasburg until co Lion rr4~ri1~ltit`e at;~ 1
2. On 4 November, 30 locomotives' and 5 ,:abooves were observed park;-3d near
Ruednitz. On 3 povember, 10 locomotives were parked on a siding of
Ducherow railroad station. Another 10 column locomotives might have been
parked there but they could not be seen. .1
5. On 5 November 1954, three officials of the GDR Ministry
of Railroads visited the Frankfurt/Oder headquarters controlling brigais
locomotives and made inquiries about loconoLlive brLgade pareo.:nol which
had been returned to their home stations after the deactivation :,f
locomotive brigades. These officic].s mentioned that j was
intended soon to reorganize 30 German locomotive brigades. 2
4. Since the summer of 1954, Soviet personnel has operated Soviet transit
trai.rc th.:rou{4h Poland. Many 4not acts have, altagedly, , been commi tt(.d
during that time. Plans art-, thq;?efore under
consideration to ha-.,L- va:n;wi kgtilto-d yiefsonne a a*aJZ handle Soviet
trains between Frankfurt /Od er * andare at Litovsk.
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L Gc,n~ rzM~t t . c;ontirms the previously reported parking sites for the
former co1,-urin locomotives which have . been assigned to the so-called
"operatins? e serve" at the disposal of the Ministry of E&4,1roads and
the RBDs.
former column locomotives were assigned as follows:
Numbe_ of Locomotives RBD
197 Berlin
21 Gre if swald
.4 Schwerin
63 Halle
42 Cottbus
'36
-.Magdeburg
From this pool of locomotives, 20 units were transferred to Soviet locomotive
orlumn No 42, and 72 were rented to the Poles.
2. I Comment. This information is received or the first time. Thirty
locomotives would represent the equipment of only one deactivated locomotive
column. Or. 1 July 1954, 5 locomotive columns each consisting of 25 to 30
brigades were operational, 4 of them in Frankfurt/Oder, I in Cottbus, while
the equipment of 7 locomotive columns was arked as a reserve at various
railroad stations.
TIe reactivation of 30 locomotive brigades would make possible the handling
of 5 to 6 trains per day assuming that the average time required for a
full trip between the GDR qnd the USSR is 5 ,qr 6 days. The present volume
of Soviet. transit traffic through Poland is much higher. It is possible,
however, that the new German locomotive brigades are to be used for
mili uaay shipmea-its for which special secrecy regulations apply, possibly
also for uranium ore shipments. No information has been received on
sabotage acts against Soviet trains in Poland. The only fact known is that trips
made by Scviet trains operating through Poland have taken longer since the
deactivation of the German locomotive columns.
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1. Parking Sites for Former German Column NO. OF PAGES 2 25X1
Locomotives
2. Possible Reactivation of German Locomotive
the following railroad stations:
Berlin
Greifswald
Schwerin
Halle
Cottbus
Magdeburg
locomotives
Ruednitz
Ducherow
Strasburg
Eilenburg
Kerkwitz
Meyenburg
of the Magdeburg group will continue to be parked at
Strasburg until completion of parking facilities at Meyenburg. 1
2. On 4 November, 30 locomotives and 5 cabooses were observed parked near 25X1
Ruednitz. On ,3 November, 10 locomotives were parked on a siding of
i during that time. Plans are therefore under
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n of
it was
Since the summer of 1954, Soviet personnel has operated Soviet transit
trains through Poland. Marcy sabotage acts have, allegddl~, been committed
officials of the GDR Ministry
adquarters controlling brigade
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1. Comment. Confirms the previously reported parking sites for the
former column locomotives which have been assigned to the so-called
"operating reserve" at the disposal of the and
the RBDs. The
s.. o wormer co umn locomotives were ass i e as follows:
Number of Locomotives RBD
197 Berlin
21 Greifswald
14 Schwerin
63 Halle
42 Cottbus
36 Magdeburg
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From this pool of locomotives, 20 units were transferred to Soviet locomotive
column No 42, and 72 were,rented to the Poles.
Comment. This information is received for the first time, Thirty
ocomotives would represent the equipment of only one deactivated locomotive
column. On 1 July 1954, 5 locomotive columns each consisting of 25 to 30
brigades were operational, 4 of them in Frankfurt/Oder, 1 in Cottbus, while
the equipment of 7 locomotive columns was parked as a reserve at various
The reactivation of 30 locomotive bres would'make possible the handling
of 5 to 6 trains per day assuming that the average time required for a
full trip between the GDR and the USSR is 5 or 6 days. The gesent volume
of Soviet transit traffic through Poland is much higher. It is possible,
however, that the new German locomotive brigades are to be used for
military shipments for which special secrecy regulations apply, possibly
also for uranium ore shipments. No information has been received on
sabotage acts against Soviet trains in Poland. The'only fact known is that trips
made by Soviet trains operating through Poland have taken longer since the
deactivation of the German locomotive columns.
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