1. VISIT OF SOVIET SPECIALISTS TO EAST GERMAN MINISTRY OF RAILROADS 2. EXPERIMENTS WITH AN ADJUSTABLE AXLE ON ROLLING STOCK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006500460005-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 21, 2008
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 26, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2008/03/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006500460005-8
This material contains information aseotint the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
INFORMATION REPORT ant of the espionage Lws. This a II In
and 794. the tr.nemleston or revelation Of of which in
any manner to an unauthorised person Is pro dbttsd
S?-EAR-E-T by law.
NOFORN/NO DISSEM ABROAD/LIMITED/BACKGROUND USE ONLY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
East Germany
SUBJECT 1. Visit of Soviet Specialists to East
German Ministry of Railroads
2. Experiments with an Adjustable Axle
on Rolling Stock
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 26 April 1955
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
A. Visit of Soviet Technical Delegation
1. On 11th December 19549 10 Soviet specialists arrived in Berlin from Moscow
on a visit to the East German Ministry for Railways. This Delegation took
up residence at Berlin-Karlshorst in the accomodation previously at the dispos-
al of the members of the Railway Advisory Committee of the Soviet High
Commission.
2. The Delegation was still in East Germany at the end of January 1955; all
the members appeared to be specialists of one aspect of rail transportation,
and have been carrying out a most meticulous study of the overall position of
he East German railways. One of the specialists has spent a complete month, trav-
311ing daily, except on Sundays, over the various stretches of the East
German railway system. He has travelled the whole time in East German loco-
motives, which on occasions he drove himself, and he interested himself in
the capacity of locomotives on varying stretches of track, and observed the load
being hauled and the inclines and declines of the track. The East German
officials who came into contact with this Russian engineer were deeply impressed
with his wide knowledge of technical matters, and were convinced that during
his month's tour he had acquired an exact picture of the numbers and condition
of East German locomotives, and the capacity of all stations and stretches of
track.
B. E-weraments with rolling stock with adjustable axles
3. Two East German engineers, Grewesmuehl (fnu) and Schulz (fnu), have taken out a
patent, valid in East Germany and the Soviet Union, for rolling stock with
adjustable axles which will enable them to change from the East German normal
gauge to the wide gauge used in the Soviet Union and vice versa. There is in
the Technical Central Office of the Ministry for Railways a model built to a
scale of 1/20th of the actual size, which functions perfectly when changing
S-&-CR_ E_T
NOFORN/NO DISSEM ABROAD/LIMITED/BACKGROUND USE ONLY
(NOTE: Washington distribution indicated by ")r"; Fi.Id distribution by ".#".)
Approved For Release 2008/03/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006500460005-8
 Approved For Release 2008/03/21 : CIA-RDP80-00810A006500460005-8
S-&-O-R-E-T
NOFORN/NO DISSEM ABROAD/LIMIITED/RACKGROUS USE ONLY
changing from normal to wide gauge track. Engineers of the Technical Central
Office have, however, doubts as to whether the mechanism at present in use in
the model would function satisfactorily on full loaded rolling stock.
4. The Russians attached to the Ministry for Railways have expressed interest in
this proposed adjustable axle and as a result the Ministry have now received
orders to construct a number of full-sized railway oars with adjustable
axles for requisite testing before the and of 1955.
S49-C-B-E-T
NOPORN/KO DISSEM ABROAD/LX ITS/BACKGRQU1ID USE ONLY
Approved For Release 2008/03/21 : CIA-RDP80-00810A006500460005-8