NEW RAILROAD LINE IN THE KIROVABAD AREA

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CIA-RDP80-00810A008100010007-7
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January 9, 2008
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October 7, 1955
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008100010007-7 CLASSIFICATION c -o -PN--I-D-L..11-T-1-,,..L CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT INFORMATION REPORT CD NO. COUNTRY U3SR (Azerbaydzhan SSR) SUBJECT New Railroad Line in the Kirovabad Area PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF INFO. DATE DISTR. NO. OF PAGES NO. OF ENCLS. (USTi= BEWW) REFERENCE: SUPPLEMENT REPORT NO. 7 October 1955 8 25X1 THIS OOCYSEMY AMTNpa IMFORMarOM NFICTIRG TMa MATIOMAL OSFSRSS OF ma SMITw .Taus. MUN% TMa MR*MMS OF ATLS IS. SSOTMMS T92 *a T11. OP TMa a. f. OOOa. As AMaMDS0. ITS TMRSMMISIOM OM SRVaL- #TIOM Or 115 SOMTIMTS TO ON UCItPT aT AM UNAUTROWID rams 10PIQIU TUO p LAW m UP*OOlCWOM 01 -Tuts FORM IS FIORISITaD. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION is being forwarded as received. CLASSIFICATION C-O-N-F-I-D E-N-T-I-A-L NAVY -c NSRS DISTRIBUTION AIR FBI Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008100010007-7 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008100010007-7 CLASSIFICATION Cu.:1+'IDE::'2L .L COUNTRY... t]5SR -REPORT TOPIC New Railroad Line in the Kirovobad Area EVALUATION.] PLACE OBTAINED DATE OF CONTENT DA'T'E OBTAINED__. REFERENCES.____.__ DATE PREPARED4 Au us'r 1955 PAGES L. ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) 4 -? sketches on ditto 1. .pork on the construction of the Alabashly (4004 T;~'t6?18'Ts! Kushchinski Most railroad line was started in :,u,, u.st 945 Trains which carried construction material for the constzact;on of the line were enlettered I l i c k N X 6 Construction work was executed by German P',9s dete.ined in Camp No 223 at IClanlar and by Soviet convicts. The German PWs working; on subject railro"d 'Line were interned in the following carps: Numerical Designation Location of Camp I Alabashly 2 Kirkhli 21 near Kizyldzha 22 Kizyldzha 24 Kizyldzha 41 near Bayan 14 Bayan 11 Kushchinski Lost Mumbe:? of Prisoners De}.ai. red. 50C' " 500 500 " 500 800 " 500 600 Total about 4,060U men The approximately 19000 soviet convicts employed on t-e project were detained in two canps~ All construction work was done b; hand. Cne model Demag excavator and some compressors used for the preparation of blasting operetions were the only machinery available, In September 1948, the German PWIs were withdrawn from the construction site and subsequently employed on the construction of the Volga-Don Canal.. 2. The Alabashly - Kushchinski host railroad line was sc.aeduled to be completed by 1950. Originally it had been planned to build the line as far as the ore mines in Dashkesan. The extension would have required the boring of a tunnel through a mountaii-li. After some blastings had been made, work on the construction of this tunnel was suspended Subsequently it was ordered to construct a cable railw.:.v CLASSIFICATION CuNFIDEi.,TIAL DISTRIBUTION 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008100010007-7 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008100010007-7 CONFIDENTIAL - 25X1 from Dashkesan to Kushchinski Most for the hauling of ore.: The main mission of the new railroad line was to carry the iron ore mined in the Dashkesan area from Kushchinski Most to Sumgait near Baku for further processing. 3, The Alabashly = Kushchinski Most railroad line branched off from the Tbilisi - Baku main railroad line near Alabashly, 10 to 15 kr northwest of -"irovobad. The railroad line followed the vally of the Kashka.rachai River which generally flows to the south .2 The line was single-trick and had a gauge of 1524 mm, It extends from Alabashly, respectively Karasha, via Kirkhli, Kizyldsha and Bayan to Kushchinski ?:lost. New American rails were used for the building of the line. Soviet engineers complained that these rails were too light., The rails were nailed on non-creosoted ties of soft rood, The road bed consisted of an earth embankment topped by layers of gravel and ballmt. By September 1948, the road bed had been built as far as Kushchinski Most. The pylons designed to support the overhead line for electric train operations were completed as far as Kizyldzha. The foundations for the pylons had been concreted on the Kizyldzha - Kushchinski Post section, Work on the inst:,llation of the overhead line itself and on the construction of transformer plants had not yet been started. The following railroad stations existed on the lines a. Alabashly. The new line branched off to the south immediately east of the railroad station. From 10 to 12 dwelling houses for railroad personnel were under construction south of the railroad station. The old railroad station had 5 or 6 sidings each about 400 meters long. b0 Karasha., (N 1+2-13, r, 47-11) The newly constructed railroad stop of Karasha is at the eastern branch off point of the new railroad line. There is no locality in the vicinity of this railroad stop. Only a signalman's cabin and two houses were available. An interlocking plant had been built at the point where the new railroad line divided into two tracks, one leading to Alabashly, the other to Karasha. o~ Kirkhli. The village of Kirkhly is located about 2 km south of the railroad station, The area of the railroad station is large enough to permit the construction of sidings, Later is provided by a brook from which it is directed to the station area through pipes. The buildings of the railroad station are built of stone d, Kizy ldz'_ a. The area of this railroad station does not permit the construction of additional tracks,4 e.: Bayan, (Ni 40-31, E. 16-09) The railroad station is located in the middle of the village of Dayan0 f, Kushchinski Most. Extensive blasting operations and earth moving were required for the construction of this railroad station which was not completed in September 1948? Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008100010007-7 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008100010007-7 3- 5. The iron ore shipped by cable railway from Dashkesan to Kushchinski Most was scheduled to be transloaded to rail through an ore dumping plant., Work on the construction of the cable railway had not been started by the end of the reported period. The distance between Kushchinski Most and the iron ore mine at Verkhni Kashkesan was estimated at S km as the crow flies. 6, The bridges on the Alabashly d Kushchinski Most rz.ileoad line cross gorges,, highwaye, and brooks. They are steel or reinforced concrete structures and their length vgries between 5 and 30 meters:. They generally have a clearing; of about 5 meters, No construction of signal installations, engine sheds., or railroad repair shops was observed during the reported period., Comment The Soviet letters are abbreviations for "Main Administration for Railroad Construction Projects of the NKVD"? 25X1 ---Conwuent. For sketch cf the new railroad line, see trnnex 1,. Comment, For schematic sketch of the Kir_khl`. railrolaid sta`4ion, see Annex 2. JComment. For schematic sketch of the Kizyldvha railroad station, see Annex 3;, Comment, For schematic sketch of the Kuschchin ::- Priest railroad. station, see Annex 4, 25X1 6~ LComment, For location of bridges, see Annex 1 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008100010007-7 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008100010007-7 Annex Schematic Sketch of the Alabashly Kushchi.rski Most Railroad Station, to 1'bJJiSJ `~ /05 g% o Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008100010007-7 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008100010007-7 .J (it'-it to .3cci /0 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008100010007-7 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008100010007-7 C-O-N-F-i-D-E-N-T-T-A-L -.6- Last of Kim ldzha Railroad S t a t i o n . Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008100010007-7 Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008100010007-7 -7- Layout of 1.ushchinsky Most Railroad Station,. c>r try .;C --7 ! 0 L.,._: _ -j 1f Approved For Release 2008/01/09: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008100010007-7