MISCELLANEOUS RAILROAD ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007300450002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 15, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 19, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORt
ULAJJIrIUAIIL11V
SECRE
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
East Germany
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE IN, SECTIONS 799
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.
NO. OF ENCLS.
SUPPLEMENT
REPORT NO.
19 July 1955
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1. According to regulations which went into effect on 22 May 1955, railroad rernel
stationed in East Germany must no longer operate on railroad lines in West Berlin.
Special locomotive passes have been introduced for locomotives entering the ems! '
of West Berlin. These passes list the serial number of the locomotive involvet
besides the names of four locomotive engineers, four firemen, and four train
conductors. Such locomotive passes are issued to West Berlin and East Berlin rail-
road personnel. They authorize the railroad personnel concerned to operate trains
from West Berlin as far as the boundaries of RBD Berlin, where these trains will
be taken over by locomotives and personnel stationed in the GDR,1 The new measures
will have the following effect on trains operating from Berlin-Tempelhof to Halle;
three trains of empty .abroad cars are daily dispatched from Tempelhot to Halle.
The first locomotive will take the empty cars to Berlin-Tempelhof. The second
locomotive which will be operated by railroad personnel living in West Berlin and
provided with the special locomotive pass mentioned will take the train of empty
cars as far as the Teltow check point, where a third locomotive will take over as far
as Halle.2
2. In mid-May, the dispatch offices of all RBAs of RBD Berlin were informed that,
effective 1 June 1955, all employees of dispatch offices are forbidden to enter
West Berlin. Dispatch personnel and their dependents are also not allowed to
travel to West Germany.
3. After 22 May, no locomotive employee living in East Germany is authorized to
operate in the Western Sectors of Berlin. Passing through West Berlin by empty
locomotives has also been forbidder. Some railroad personnel who live in West
Berlin have been issued special passes which authorize them to operate trains from
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4. Between 16 and 18 May, a conference was held with the Soviet adviser attached to
the GDR Ministry of TTraffic, Colonel Tarasov (fnu), at the Main Department for
Locomotives and Machinery of the Ministry. The conference was concerned with
the time intervals fixed for the overhaul of locomotives. Previously, it was
standard procedure to overhaul locomotives after they had operated for three,
five, and eight years. This procedure is to be changed. Kramer, GDR Minister of
Traffic, wanted to introduce the method in use for the overhaul of the rolling
avorea the ov locomotives
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5. At the Technisches Zentral-Ant (Central Technical Office) it was
learned that a new ferry ship for operations between `flarnemuende and
Gedser in Denmark was scheduled to be built at the shipyard in Sassxitz.4
6. On 30 April, the Poles returned another group of six locomotives to the 25X1
GDR Railroads. A total of 48 loco*otives are still rented to the Poles.5
7. About 1830 on 11 May, 20 type-52 locomotives and 4 cabooses were observed
parked on a siding of Ruedxitz railroad station06
German railroad personnel.
2. I _ t0 This clumsy procedure is bound to have a detrimental
These data confirm previous info
efficiency and economy of railroad operations.
Comment Colonel Tarasov was previously known as the Soviet
adv ser to the GDR- Ministry of Traffic. Taraso r was previously chief of
the Soviet Traffic Control Headquarters at RBD Berlin
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Comment reviously, railroad ferry traffic between Warxemuende and 25X1
ser was exclusively maintained by Danish ships?
C?mnext? This is the fourth group of locomotives returned by the 25X1
Poles. A total of 72 locomotives were rented to Poland when the German
locomotive columns were deactivated on 1 July 1954. 25X1
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Comnext The locomotives observed belong to deactivated locomotive 25X1
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