NOTES OF RAILROAD ACTIVITIES

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COUNTRY East Germany
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE IN, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U. S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL-
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
IS PROHIBITED BY LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
a. Co..J. .2tio_1 of coal
,_ro o coal
Drown coal '.xricluette
now n'c;rn coal
__'o-?z coal dust
700,323 tons
910,662 tons
385,271 tons
39,647 tons
2,154,901 tons
Total (i._ briquette 1, :..i
DATE DISTR. 17 May 1955
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NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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consunDtion of lubricants:
1,327,429 kg 2
c. I.vera; daily ec._ ptiar of electric power
On 31 December 54, he railroad net of the GDR consisted of 15090-3 !8.3 .gym.
e. January 1955, aveoa'_'o of 20,530 freight
ati eraCe time required fow round trips was
;cola; _e of traffic in J a - 1955 (fi.G,res in millions):
Total 'reivht Total
_.__._?fic Passenger. General S-balm
n1,166
of passe_` rs
carried
CENTRAL INTELLiui=i ."1 AGENCY
INFORMATION R RO
"or the of
by the Berl-in >50, 436 k\'Th..
cars were daily dispatched.
3.3 days. 44
i ..clud iii';
Traffic Traffic
55044 35,222
S-E-C-F1-E-T
DISTRIBUTION
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In connection with the replacement of rails on the Ludwigslu:st-Wittenberge
railroad line, the Lueblow-Rastow line section was reconditioned. The ties
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was determined that the ties were not spaced properly. The ties had to
be re-laid at an additional cost of 60,000 to 80,000 DME. Within a period
ofa week, 5 rail breakages occurred on the reconditioned line section. 5
The following information was obtained on 10 March 1955:
a. A speed limit of 50 11m was still in force for the newly laid second
track between Halle and 1 agdeburg. The rails of this track could not 6
be fastenod properly because of a shortage of screws and. rail spikes.
On 1 February, the Soviet type dispatcher system went into effect in the
area of RBA 7, Frankfurt/Oder. The new system necessitated only a slight
increase of personnel. 9
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b. lelectric train 25X1
operations are to be resumed on the Magdeburg-Leipzig railroad line
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office (Oberbauleitung 1 zis target date will not be kept because
material required for the construction of the overhead line is not
available.
c. All difficulties -arising out Q9 # d -of. Ift :bolts have
been overcome and railroad tr ite was oe xg the repot ;ed
5. On 0I,:arch, 15 to 17 type-52 locomotives and 4 cabooses were observed
parl~
.9d at Ifiaednitz railroad station. Some maintenance work was being
ch, a total o'f' about 200 anpty two-axle flatcars
observed at three sidings of the new railroad station
e number of empty freight cars we " at almost 11
an major railroad stations, especially on the Be].
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a small number of boxcars and four-axle flatcars was
about 50 cars each were seen parked at Fangschleuse,
zid-February. Lost of the cars seen were flatcars w
railroad line. Some of the cars parked there had not
a. The spans of the railroad bridge over the Oder River near Zaeckerick-
Neuruednitz have been placed in position. Work on the reconstruction
of the railroad bridge over the arm of the Oder River southeast of
Wriezen will be started after the beginning of spring weather. In
late February, temporary quartering buildings for construction workers
were being erectad. 12
b. The arrival of construction materials at Hohenwutzen indicates that
bridge construction work will be resumed as soon as weather conditions
permit. 13
Berhenbrueck and Briesen on 6 Larch and at Bernau on 8 March.
The following observations were made on 21 March:
0. Since 22 February, the Horka-Kohlftoft
operated double-track. 14
boa be"
On 20 February, it was observed that the try; Of the rain VlOgUW.
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over the Neisse River near Goerlitz were blocked by tree trunks. Moreover
wooden buffer stops had been erected at the western and of the viaduct
which was guarded by Soviet seen tries. The loadi .g ramp of the Goerlitz
railroad station, which has been reconstructed, was not in use. 15
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Cor_ment. Ac.cordin to in ormation
following; qua:ltities of coal e.pressed in
by steam locomotives:
0ctoi ur 1954
',ove w or 1954
Docer_:itor 1 54
671,2'J0 tons
709,649 tons
_63,713 bons
briquette units were
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Comme it. Di Au ?ust 195/, the following amounts of lubricants were
.: feral oil
Sup er'_leated stead oil
Saturated steam oil
Cor:y,3ssor oil
Comment.
357,407 kg
50,j05 kg
10,103 kg
0,125 kg
x;42 , 725 kg
the GDR railroad net had the
o_.. owing length in November 1953:
Hain-,_ railroad limes 7,234.18 km 11 1 :cco..ar;r railroad lines ,205.90 km
Total of sta.~n dard- au e railroad liztes 141520.08 km
I arrow- ~ au-;e railroad lines 1,352.36 km
2 .,9 3 days.
Commeixt, In? December 1954, average of 33,335 freight cars were
dispatched -r day and the avera2:e time required for round trips was
-Wittenber$e railroad line was transmitted previously.
Comment. Inforiation ai_ the replacement of rails on the Lud ri^slust -
line sectior_.
Corisneftr This L- ormatic a refers to the double-task a!,KSe
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LL Comment. Information on 1.1e revision of RDD boundaries was transmitted
previously. F6r last red crt,
Co]:nne.1t. The introduction f th dispatcher s stem of the Soviet
I atter_- has beesl under war for months.
of t re . is istr'/r of Railroads.
Co_urer_,t-. These locor-motives ')elos g to deactivated locomotive column
To 3. These locomotives which are parked at Ruednitz are at the d sposal
Coiu.el.t. It is believed that the cars obs 'rued belonged to the so-caller:
"ouoyative Gueterwarenreserve" (reserve pool of freight cars).
er River
The
reconstruction of the railroad "cri- ge over the so-called aer iver"
i:.n_iediately east of W iezen. has b come necessary in co1nieetion with the
reco ?.stracti o-- of the dismantled sixgle-track railroad line exteadilig to the
brill, e over the Oder River at Zaeckeri k-Neuruedn tZ.
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13, Comment. It is believed tI:at this inforratio refers to the
highway bridge rear Hohenwutze.-, vdi .eb -wi:zalua:sd the 1955 road
constructioF proeram Tiume was a railroad
bride at Hohenwutzen but it is bekliev , probable that this bridge
will be reconstructed.
si?.gle-track.
Comrlet . I The double-track railroad
rl ^"e over the i eisse River ~eai Rorka has also basx reeozst ,ate .
The Foyer stiverda-Hoxka railroad line is still
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