RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH EAST GERMAN BORDER STATIONS

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CIA-RDP80-00810A007000240008-3
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RIPPUB
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S
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9
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December 21, 2016
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September 12, 2008
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8
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Publication Date: 
June 20, 1955
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2008/09/12 : CIA-RDP80-00810A007000240008-3 CLASSWIM 1 CENTRAL INTELLI# E ANNOY INFORMATION R T COUNTRY East Germany SUBJECT Raft Freight Traffic through East German Border Stations A*MED DATE OF INFO. THIS DOCDNNNT CONTAINS INFOINATION AFFICTINS Till NATIONAL DIFRNSR F Till UNITED STATES. WITHIN TNN ?IAIHNS OF TERN 10. SSCTIONS 79S ANI 794. OF Till I. S. COIN. At A00III. ITS TRANIWISSION ON RRTRL? ATIAN OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR ST AN INADTNeNInnN FRRSON I$ FbNINT~D IT LAN TNR RIl D l Of Tills IADIN Nj IO$lIT1D. J REPORT CD NO. DATE DISTR. 20 June 1955 NO. OF PAGES 9 NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 1. The following shipments were observed at Frankfurt/Oder between 30 March and 11 April 1955: u 25X1 B - boxcar F - flatcar G - gondola car T - tank car Date in Number and March Type of Cars Load 30 48 G ore Frankfurt 'Oder Ziltendorf 1 14 G coke Frankfurt 1Oder Eisleben 10 G pig iron Frankfurt/Oder Thale 10 T empty Frankfurt Oder Grosskorbethe 2 48 F machinery and Magdeburg Brest-Litovsk machinery parts 14 F machinery and machinery parts 10 F crane parts Eberswalde Brest-Litovsk 8 F machinery parts Dessau China 31 92 G ore Frankfurt Oder Ziltendorf 1 border 10 T empty Frankfurt/Oder Merseburg 2 border 4 F .sheet metal Approved For Release 2008/09/12 : CIA-RDP80-00810A007000240008-3 Approved For Release 2008/09/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007000240008-3 Date in Number and Load From To March Type of Cars 31 SECRETI 2 - 4 F sheet metal Frankfurt/Oder Leipzig border 8 B tWerfOr~ ~~ metal narrow-gauge Dessau refrigerator cars 10 B Zellwolle Wolfen (rayon) 36 F machinery and Magdeburg machinery parts 24 F 'i~t'oetl~l ! Leipzig 2 April 60 G coke Frankfurt10der Border 24 G 14 F iron 8 F 8 F 6 F it 1+ 4 B 40 F chemicals machinery and machinery parts Magdeburg 3 100 G rootta~a3. 11r~1s ore Leipzig Frankfurt/Oder 14 G pig iron border 14 G 24 G 12 B cotton SECM Approved For Release 2008/09/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007000240008-3 Brest-Litovsk 3 Ziltendorf 1 Eisleben latsaei~s Hale Chemnitz Bitterfeld Brest-Litovsk Thale Hennigsdorf Brandenburg Riesa Berlin 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/09/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007000240008-3 SECR1 I 25X1 Date in April Number and Type of Cars Load 3 38 F machinery and machinery parts Magdeburg Brest-Litovsk 24 F iron constructions Leipzig 10 T paraldehyde Merseburg 2 8 B printing paper Dreiwerden 10 B matresses Glauchau 01 10 B textiles Plauen it 10 B Zellwolle (rayon) Wolfen to 4 45 G Frankfurt/Oder border Ziltendorf 1 18 G coke Eisleben 10 F iron Leipzig 12 F " Dresden 12 F it Grimma Erfurt 6 B non4errora metal Berlin 12 P machinery Erfurt Brest-Litovsk 12 F wine barrels Thale 10 B Zellwolle (rayon) Vlolfen 26 F iron constructions Leipzig 5 76 G ore Frankfurt/Oder border Ziltendorf 1 18 G pig iron Brandenburg 12 G if Tha le 12 G Hennigsdorf 12 F heavy machinery Penig Brest-Litovsk 24 F machinery Magdeburg 8 F Approved For Release 2008/09/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007000240008-3 Approved For Release 2008/09/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007000240008-3 Date in Number and Load April Type of Cars 6F *Wh 65 G 30 G 10 F 6F 16F 12 F 12 F 50 F 30 F 30 G 18 G 10 F 14 F 12 F 24 F '60 G 90 G machinery and machinery parts iron wine barrels machinery and machinery parts iron constructions cables cotton noeerrmi meth machinery and machinery parts Frankfurt/Oder border Magdeburg Leipzig Berlin- Koepenick Frankfurt/Oder border fee Leipzig machinery and machinery parts Kuestrin.'border Frankfurt/Oder border China Ziltendorf 1 Unterwellenborr Rostock Stralsund Wismar '^Tiederitzsch Brest-Litovsk Ziltendorf 1 Eisleben Piesteritz Dresden Ziltendorfl Approved For Release 2008/09/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007000240008-3 Approved For Release 2008/09/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007000240008-3 SECRET Date in Number and Load April Type of Cars 8 30 G manganese ore Frankfurt/Oder Unterwellenborn border 10 B peanuts Frankfurt' Oder D.S.U 10 F sheet metal " Stralsund 6 F it it Rostock 14 F iron it Wiederitzsch 12 F it " Leipzig 8 F " Chemnitz 12 F Dessau 8 F r r r+ )~A// 9 60 G coke 90 G ore Frankfurt'Oder border 20 G it " Unterwellenborg 24 G coke it Eisleben 18 F iron of Leipzig 8 F of Halle 8 F Grimma 12 F Erfurt 12 F Dessau 12 G pig iron " Groeditz 12 G Tangerhuette 10 F machinery and Dessau China machinery parts 6 F 28 F Magdeburg 6B paper rolls spa-19-? Leipzig Approved For Release 2008/09/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007000240008-3 Approved For Release 2008/09/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007000240008-3 inn= 25X1 Date in Number and Load April Type of Cars 9 6 B formic acid Bitterfeld Brest-Litovsk 4 B furniture Liebenwerda it 10 120 G ore Frankfurt /Oddr Ziltendorf 1 border 18 G pig iffon 14 G coal 12 F iron 12 F it 40 F machinery and Magdeburg machinery parts 30 F iron Leipzig constructions 18 F Ichtershausen 12 F machinery Erfurt 11 70 G ore Frankfurt Oder border 12 G pig iron 30 F machinery and Magdeburg machinery parts 20 F Leipzig 8 F machinery Halle 12 G barrels Merseburg 6 F machinery Aue shipments 7 and 13 April: CAB - converted boxcar RRym - heavy-duty flatcar Rie sa Brandenburg Piesteritz Wiederitzsch Leipzig Halle Brest-Litovsk Hennigsdorf between 25X1 SECRET 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/09/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007000240008-3 Approved For Release 2008/09/12 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007000240008-3 SECRET Date In Number and Load April Type of Cars 7 22 F exceeding Brest- Satzkorn standard Litovsk measurements 11 49 cars undetermined Frankfurt" Brandenburg Oder 12 11 F, 22 RRym empty Haldenaleben Frankfurtl0der 13 1 C1B, 50 F undetermined Koenigs- wusterhausen 2 C 'B, 20 F Frankfurt" Satzkorn Oder a train of 40 ')oxcars with ammunition and 15 crashcars was dispatched from Wulkow to Brest-Litovsk on 14 April. 8 shipments from Brest-Litovsk 12 and 21 April: W - well wagon Date in Composition April. of Trains Dispatched to 12 2 B, 20 RRym Satzkorn 17 3 C'B, 22 F Altruppin 21 1 train W Meinsdorf with 780 tons 5. About every other day, one train of empty ta.c,k cars for crude-oil shipments has been dispatched from Frar:kfurt/Oder to Brest-Litovsk. Crude- oil shipments from the USSR have so far arrived for Krumpa, ",`erseburg and the RBD ?LTagdeburg. 10 6. Until 20 April, few grain shipments from the USSR arrived at Frr:ikfurt'Cder.11 7. On 18 April, 44 empty shuttle cars were dispatched from Krumpa to Bftst-Litovsk.11 8. The following shipments to Brest-Litovsk were observed p