COAL SITUATION OF THE EAST GERMAN RAILROADS

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 29, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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MATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
East Germany
DATE DISTR.
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
Of THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 19. SECTIONS 7q
AND 754. OF THE U. S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR RIVRL-
ATION 01 ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIFT DT AN DNAUTNOR17,ED 01100016
IS FNOMNT O ET LAM THE N*P*ONVCT1011OF THIS FORM II PROY1iIVID.
31,318
23, 1 16
25,497
27,890
28,669
27.442
the following coal reserves, expressed
in daily requirementsiwere available in the individual RBDs on the
days mentioned:
RBD
Ap
25
ri
l 1955
27
30
2
May
3
19
55
5
Berlin
Greifswald
Schwerin
Magdeburg
Halle
Erfurt
Dresden
Cottbus
3.1
4.4
3.0
2.4
3.2
2.7
3.4
2.8
4.4
4.8
4.3
2.6
4.t
3.2
3.7
3.3
5.8
5.3
5.0
3.7
5.9
3.8
4.2
4.2
7.1
6.1
6.5
5.1
5.0
4.8
4.3
5.2
7.
6.
6.
5.
5.
4.
4.
5.
4
3
8
3
0
8
2
0
7.4
5.9
7.0
5.1
4.3
4.5
4.1
4.5
4.6
5.5
5.
5
5.0
2. the following railroad coal stocks (in
tons) were available on the days mentioned:
Date Coal Consumption by Locomotives
Hard Coal Brown-Coal Briquettes Raw Brown
Coal
x
?1.793
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32, 783
42,873
49,566
57,697
58,136
8,111
8,841
10,303
9,820
9,895
9.417
Shop Coal
Raw Brown Brown-Coal
Coal Briquettes
20,657 22,313
20,298 22,241
19,467 20,914
20,367 21,482
20,627 22,003
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3. Expressed in briquettes units, the following quantities of coaI
(in tons) were consumed by locomotives on the days mentioned (.l
22,534
21,573
19,558
18,720
20,156
21,198
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a. Daily coal consumption, quotas
20 April 22 April 25 April
3.4 2,9
b. Total coal stocks (in tons
27 April
Date Hard Coal Brown-Coal Raw Brown
Briquettes Coal
2 May 5 May
4.5 5.4
Anthracite Coal
sludge Powder
20 April 27,260 31,500 7,200 206 800
27 " 23,140 42,872 8,830 83 733
2 May 9,800 1,320
4 to 28,300 58,900 610
c. Coal stocks expressed in briquette units:
20 April 76,400
27 " 81,700
2 May 105,500
5. According to a coal delivery contract reached with Poland in early April
1955, the Poles are to deliver to the GDR Railroad Administration a total
of 50,000 tons of coal sludge. The coal was to be delivered at a daily
rate of 800 to 1,000 tons and was to be consumed exclusively in RBDs Cottbus
and Magdeburg. 4
In April 1955, Poland was to deliver to the GDR Railro" tion a
Aa rat.- 1s000 tons. Actually
total of 150,000 tons of hard coal at a dadly r
only 400 tons were delivered a day so that ab01M 1 000 lam of hard
coal arrived from Poland during April. Si *-4 constzptton of the GDR
railroads was underestimated intthe 1955 Economic Plan, a supplementary
request for the delivery of an additional 455,000 tons of hard coal had to be
made.
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Comment. On 3 April 1955, railroad coa
requ rements.
that coal stocks increased only slightly
In view of the large volume of traffic u
railroads in spring, railroad coal stock
inadequate.
handl" b
Comment. Information on the utilization of anthracite sludge was 25X1
transmitted previously. The utilization of anthracite sludge in conjunction
with hard coal or brown-coal briquettes must be considered as an emergency
measure. 25X1
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1 storks amounted t 4.5 dam
The paMt, adiilattd 25X1
vie*,.
'! coeidered as
2. Comment. On the basis of briquette units, hard-coal stocks available 25X1
as of 5 May represented 42 percent of total coal stocks.
3. C Bowl consumption by locomotives could be reduced 25X1
conside economic measures.
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