PAFAWAG ROLLING STOCK FACTORY IN WROCLAW (PRODUCTION, MANPOWER, PRODUCTION DIFFICULTIES)

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Publication Date: February 10, 1958
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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORO
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SUBJECT Pafawag Rolling Stock Factory in Wroclaw DATE DISTR. 10 FE6 1958
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1. The Pafawag Rolling Stock Factory, the prewar Linke-Hofmann Werke, is located
at No. 12 Pstrowskiego Street in Wroclaw (Breslau) adjacent to the M-5 Electric
Motor Plant. It is subordinate to the Administration of Repair and Construction
of Railroad Equipment (Zarzad Remontu. i Budowy Sprzetu Kolejowego) in Poznan.
The factory underwent reconstruction in 1945 because of war damage to some of
its buildings, and production was resumed in 1947. The existing buildings
were renovated during the reconstruction and are in use today; no new build-
ings were then or have since been constructed. The factory employs approxi-
mately 8,000, all of whom are Poles, in two shifts. Soviet experts visit the
factory from time to time to exchange ideas on production methods.
2. Among t .e compartments of t".~e factory are the PR-.l, PR-2, and PR..7 departments.
The PR-1 department manufactures passenger coaches, pullman cars and electric
motors, while the PR-2 department manufactures tenders for locomotives and
the PR-7 manufactures coal cars (Weglarki). The following details on pro- -
duction are reported:
a. Coal cars of 25-ton capacities are produced at the rate of 500 to 600
a month. However, in 1956 the output was allegedly not more than 20
to 30 cars a month. Also in 1956, the factory began producing coal
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cars for export
b. Passenger coaches are manufactured for first, second, and third class
coaches and for pullman and dining cars. Approximately .10 units are
manufactured a month and are for domestic consumption.
c. Tenders of 25-ton capacities for locomotives are produced at the rate
of three or four units a month and are for domestic consumption.
d. Tenders of l0-ton capacities for locomotives for narrow-gauge rail-
roads are exported to the USSR at the rate of four or five a month.
electrical equipment at -e factory., including the motors, is im-
e. Electric trains are produced at the rate of one train a month, which
consists of one locomotive and three coaches. In 1953, the factory
began the production of electric locomotives, and all 25X1
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In 1956, the factory reportedly began production o electric
locomotives based on an outmoded German prototype and manufactured three
such locomotives that year.
f. From February 1956 to November 1956, a total of 2,500 boxcars of
25-ton capacities were produced at the factory in fulfillment of an
g. From 1951 to 1954, eight-wheeled railroad tankcars were produced at the
factory.
h. In 1953 and 1954, tank turrets were produced at the factory.
The factory receives all types of profile cutters, in round, flat, square, "U",
"V", and "T" shapes, from the Batory Iron Foundry in Chorzow and the Lenin
Foundry in Nowa Huta. The finished components for the construction of coal cars ax,
supplied by the Cegielski Locomotive and Machine Works (Zaklady Cegelskiego)
in Poznan, while those for the construction of passenger coaches, pullman and
dining cars are supplied by the Ostrowiec Iron Foundry in Ostrowiec near Warsaw.
The wheels, mounted to axles, are supplied by the "Fablok" plant in Chorzow.
4. Production at the factory is primarily impeded by the tardy arrival of raw
materials and finished components from the above factories. Deliveries are
often months behind schedulee. A second obstacle to efficient production is the
use of outmoded machinery. During the occupation, the Russians confiscated the
machinery originally installed at the factory. Efforts since then to obtain modern
machinery have been unsuccessful, although in 1956, the factory imported a few
modern lathes from Czechoslovakia. A third factor hampering production
is the widespread apathy of the workers, which is particularly prevalent at the 25X1
finishing shop for passenger coaches and pullman cars. There has been much
discussion at the workers>meetings and a complaint has been made by the railroad
management regarding the passenger coaches, which require serious repairwork
only six months after their delivery. F n thermore, since the workers at the
factory are not exempt from military service, efficient and trained personnel
are periodically called up for either compulsory military service or reserve
training.
5. The following persons are employed at the Pafawag Rolling Stock Factory in
Wroclaw:
a. Michalak fnu
a mechanical engineer and the chief constructor at the
b. Nadratowski (I?nu), a mechanical engineer and the production manager at the 25X1
factory
c. Wiktor Obolewicz, chief technologist since 1954 and a mechanical engineer 25X1
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d. Slusarek (fnu), general manager of the factory)
e. Wierze.7ewski (fnu
a mechanical engineer and technical manager at the factory
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LEGEND
1. Pstrowskiego Street
2. Office building of the M-5 plant
3. Entry gate for employees and vehicles
4. Fire brigade station
5. Bath
6. Laboratory
7. Repair shop for cranes and hoisting equipment
8. Hardening shop
9. Nickel and chromium plating shop (Niklownia i Chromownia)
10. W.l.S shop (manual processing)
11. Toolmaking shop
12. Mechanical w/shop (sic)
13. Machinery repair shop
14. Foundry
15. Thermal processing shop
16. Coach production shop
17. Measurement division
18. Open shed for storage of raw materials
19. Sheet cutting shop and forge
20. Tender production shop
21. Pullman and passenger car production shop
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22. Carpentry shop
23. Acetylene production shop
24. Main stores
25. Coal car production shop
26. Parking lot and automobile repair shop
27. Garages and automobile repair shop
28. Dining hall, dispensary, and recreation room
29. Nursery (Zlobek) for the workers' children
30. Two-story office building
31. Personnel and Welfare Office
32. Parking lot for motorcycles and bicycles of the workers.
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