RAILROAD ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006300490010-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Sequence Number: 10
• Content Type: REPORT

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bc, in order remedy these shortcomings., the GDR ruilroac ad,-ni.ni s?'.ws.tion demands
0-) Improvement ofvthe efficiency of all top-]evt a-ailraad .:ides and of the
personnel assigned to theme
(2j Intruduction, in 1955, of the'dispatcher systen on major railroad lines., This
objective involves the completion of dispatcher installations planned to be
built in 1955 by 1 August 1955 at the latest;?progressive. implementation of
the decreed changes of RBD and RA (Reichsbahriam.t) boundaries within the
first quarter of 1955; organization of training courses for new cair .s of
dispatchers on the basis of a training program to be drawn up by 20 January
1955
(3) With a view to improving the management of railroad enterprises, raising the
sense of responsibility among leading employees and siripliff-ing administrative
procedures, a new organizational set-up will be designed for the 1inistry of
Traffic, which is also charged with the administration of shipping and motor
traffic,, This reorganization of the administration2must lead to at least a
1o5 percent reduction of administrative personnel:
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(4) In order to be able to remedy the shortcomings cited by the 21st
Plenary Session of the SEU Central Committee and to safeguard the
profitability of traffic operations, the Socialist method of accounting
is to be generally used,, The introduction of this method involves
considerable changes in planning., financing and accounting procedures
It is considered advisable that a delegation be sent to the US,-',R in
order to study the Soviet experiences made in the fie'd cf econoric
accounting.
(5) In cooperation with progressively-minded wor",ers, foremen and engineers,
reasonable work norms are to be laid down in 195'~o This work rust lead to
an tncrnase of labor productivity on the basis of present wages. Plans
ar~~ to be r. .de calling for an increased utilization of freight trains.
Operations with empty freight trains are to he reduced to a minirnam0
Average utilization of freight cars is to be raisr'd over the 1954 level:,
by at least 5 percent.
(6) The maintenance system for locomotiv"s must be revi.sed0 ?:aintenance rust
be arranged according to the perforns.nce of the individual Incomotives,
and new norms for periodic hhecks of locomotives are to ht- worked outG
(7) The consumption norms for metals, lumber, coal, etc, are to be checked and
reduced,, The consumption of materials required for the repair of rolling
stock and railroad Installations must be lowered,,
(8) In order to ssve coal used for locomotives, the norms already in use
within HV ?'aschinenwirtschaft (Main Administration for Locomotives and
Machinery) are to be introduced in 19550 Deta'led coal consumption norms
will be laid down on the basis of calculations made by Ingenieur Tweritin
(fnu)a Similar efforts will have to be made in the field of electric power
and light. The standardization of the consumption of power by the Berlin
S-Bahn (interurban railroad system) is particularly urgent,
(9) The traffic system still has a great amount of "inner reserves" which have
not yet been fully utilized., such reserv^s are available in idle capacity
of railroad repair and maintenance shops, shipyards., railroad stations, ,tc.
In order to tit''? izo this idle capacity,, any unnecessary loss of working
hours unnecessary waiting unn-cossary overtim3, unprofitable technical
pro