RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH EAST GERMAN BORDER STATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006200170007-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2009
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 8, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Eatt Germany DATE DI
STR.
8 April 1955
SUBJECT Rail Freight Traffic through East German Border. NO. OF PAGES
0 7
Stations
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PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
INFO.
REPORT NO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFICTINI THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 16, SECTIONS 793
AND 754. OF THE U. S. CODE. Al AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION 0R REVEL-
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RICIIPT RT AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
IS PRONI SITED RV LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
1. The fol'o"ing shipments were observed at Frankfurt Oder between
5 rId 17 January 19`5:
B - boxcar
F - flatcar
C ?- gondola c-,r
T - tank car
Date in Plumber and Load From or To
Jar,ua.rv Te of Cars
56 B ^nd F boxes and iron
parts
54 G and F boxes it
56 G coke from Brest-Litovsk
56 C end B undetermined to " 1
461 B uranium ore
56 G empty
54 G and F boxes II
R
56 B and P boxes and iron
5 46 B uranium ore to Brest-Litovsk 1
8 56 F including 20 with from Brest-Litovsk
sheet metal and
wire the remainder
empty
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i)a.te in Dumber and Load
January of Cars
,16 B
56 C ^nd F coke -mnd iron ore
46 B
56 G
undetermined
uranium ore
coke and iron ore
1C 1l]
56 F
56 F
G
11/12
5 T and
~0 B
55 F
54 G
/1'
1 ".r,-,in
56GandF
boxes
iron ore
empty
undetermined
empty
70 new two-a.xle
ZIS trucks
45 T undetermined
4 B uranium ore
55 F rails and iron tubes
56 B undetermined
56 C empty
56 C
and F iron parts
56 F iron plates and
iron tubes
56 B and F including- 10 F with
iron tubes the
remainder empty
56) B and F boxes
to Brest-Litovsk
from Brest-T,i tovsk
to Ziltendorf
to Brest-Litovsk
from Brest-Litovsk
to Zi_lteridorf
from Brest-Litovsk
to Ziltendorf
from Brest-Litovsk
to Brest-Litovsk
from Brest-Titovsk 4
to Altenburf,
from ?Brest-Litovsk
to Ziltendorf
to Brest-Li tavnlc
to Brest-Litovsk
from Brest-Litovsk
to Brest-Litovsk
from Brest-Litovsk
to Ziltendorf )
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Date i.n Tun` or and Load
Januar,,r Tyre of Cars _-^
?4 `f em-t\,
11 B end F
1? 1 trein 60 two-axle
armored personnel
carriers
56 B end F boxes to Brest-Litovsk
`i":e fol oz ins shipments were observed c t {Pr~; nkfurt /Oder between
1' nnr' 74 January:
Date in ',:umber and Load
January Type of Cars
13 30 F empty Frankfurt/Oder Frankfurt~Oder
border marshaling yard
20 G
20 G
14 G
6 F
6 F
8 F
6 C
20 G
20 G
6 B
Br-r,ndenhurg
iron
"
;ir deritzsch
Rostock
mach i_nery and
i;Tagdeburg
Brr st-Litovsk
machinery Darts
cables
Berlin-Rummel.sburg
coke
Frankfurt Oder
1As1 eben
border
'1ittenberg
Boehl en
~Onf *s{l~ met 1
Berlin
6 25X1
from Brest-Litovsk 5
is'eben
dittenberg
Boehlen
Fuerstenwalde Eherswalde)
)
6
Cottbus )
Frankfurt/Oder Ziltendorf
2
border
It Croeditz
Thale
2 F 2 Soviaat tanks
3 F 3 KVP tanks
28 G iron ore
12 F pig iron
12 F
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January Type of Cars
18 C
14 C
6 B
8 T
30 F
empty Frankfurt/Oder
border
fuel Boehie:;,
textiles Plauen
em-nty Frank-Curt/Oder
border
empty
iron ore
iron
rayon (Zellarolla Bitterfeld
optical Jena
instruments
m-^chinery Chemnitz
ore Fra-kfurt "Oder
border
coal
machinery and Chemnitz
machinery parts
50 Soviet trucks Frankfurt "Oder
border
aircraft engines
empty
Brest-Litovsk)
Frankfurt tOder
marshaling- yard
Ziltendorg 2
Rostock
Halle
Leipzig
Dresden
Brest-Litovsk
Zi?tendorf 2
Boeh'en
':islehen
Thale
Berl'n
Sch: enebeck
Brest-Litovsk
Brest-Litovsk
Rie s 4
Strrusber(r 7
Frankfurt 10der
mLrshaling yard
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Date in
January
''umber and
Tv-re of Cars
Load
Fro
m
22
2 F
machinery
Des
sau
01-~na
14 F
iron constructions
Le
ipzig
18 F
machinery and
machinery parts
Ta,
eburg
8 [3
Zell wolle
Vo.I
fen
F
maci-~ inert'
Z "i
ckau
74
8 F
10 G
rig iron
Erf
Fra
bor
urt
n1furt
der
!Oder
rocditz
Riesa
Ziltendorf
6 B
I/r Bob 1
Berlin
26 B
Indian corn
Kue
strin-boxes
am" 'MANX
10 F
scrap (tanks)
",a;d
eburg
Brest-Litovsk 8
10 F
iron
Leip
zig
constructions
12 F
Soviet trucks
Fran
bord
kfurt 1Oder
er
3ernburg
4
Al ten^'rebow 9
On 8 Je,,urrv,? a train of 52 flatcars with 58 new three-axle trucks was
observed en route from Frankfurt/Oder to Potsdam-01ildnark.4
4? a tr in of 1 converted boxcar, 26 boxcars
and 14 crash cars was disnatnr,ad frnn PnAnrhir to Brest-Litovsk on
1P Jenua.rv
5. The follo=-inr shi'-~ments "rom Brest Litovsk
On 18 January, 25 flatcars to Riesa
and ~17 A -,-s and 1 converted boxcar to Bernb
On 19 Januar 1 flatcars and 1 convey ec boxcar
to Konen UNCODED
, a train of 62 flatca s with new trucks
and 1 converted boxcar with escort personnel. was dispatched from Frankfurt'
Oder-border to Stendal on 16 January. The trucks had dual tires in the rear,
most of them ere of ZIS 151 type.4
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were dispatched from Aue to Brest-Litovsk via Fr":nkfurt /Oder:
One train consisting of 46 cars each on 4, 9 and 11 Tanu;:r
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Comment. Raw material deliveries to the Eisenhuettenkombinat 25X1
^s', Foundry Combine East) at Fuerstenberg/Oder.
Comment. Deliveries by East German hydrogenation plants to the
Sand empty cars returned from there.
Comment. Truck shipments from the USSR in connection with the
motor vehicle exchange program
Comment_ This shipment was observer
Fherswalde r-ilroad station on the same dav.
Comment. Intra-zonal shipment.
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Ioomment. This shipment was probably consigned to the equipment 25X1
depot of the Twenty-Fourth Air Army in 5trausberg.
(Comment. This shipment probably involved deactivated tr::ks of 25X1
units of the Third Shock Army.
Comment. Ammunition shipments from the USSR to the Soviet depots 25X1
a tengra.bow and Kapen. The composition of the train to Kapen listed
in paragrapl^ 5 was probably incorrectly identified and consisted of 35
to 38 boxcars with ammunition and 13 thr 14 empty flatcars as crash cars.
The shipment from Toepchin probably consisted of ammunition or empty
shells ... hich were returned to the USSR. Since early 195
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