RAILROAD CAR FACTORY IN OSTROW (MANPOWER AND PLANT DESCRIPTION)

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• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 26, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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I N FORMATION REPORT I N FORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.B.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Railroad Car Factory in Ostrow
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report on
the railroad car factory at Ostrow (N51-29, E22-51). The report contains
limited information on the labor force, the type of cars produced,
destination of product (domestic or foreign),and a layout sketch with
legend of the factory.
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RAILROAD CAR FACTORY IN OSTRQTi~ POLAND.
(July 1957.)
Name: ZAKLADY NAPRAWCZI TABORU KOLEJOWEGO (Combined factory for
construction and repair of railroad c^i ).
Location: (See sketch at the side.) In the outskirts of thi, mentioned
city. Q1,500 meters southeast of the railroad station. On Wroclawaka
Road.
Subsid : Of the Railroads Ministry.
Director: Engineer Leonari MALECKI,
Parliament for the rovince of Ostrm
Deputy to
Technicians Lragineer ,
the construction department
Engineer SMOK (fnu) ,
engineer
Labor force employed: About 7,000 workers.
Work shifts: Three shifts of 8 hours each.
Pair: Engineers - 3,,000 slotys a month;
Skilled workers - 1,100 zlotys a month;
Unskilled workers - 800 zlotys a month.
Production: (1) Second-class passenger cars of the following description:
- 8 compartments;
- 8 seats in each compartment;
- padded seats stuffed with vegetable fibers which slide forward for
long trips;
- the upholstery consists of a greenish color material known as "Derma,"
produced from a chemical substance (it seems
like a cross between leather and tarpaulin);
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- the backs are padded with vegetable fibers and are adjustable
from a high to a low position;
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- 2 wooden "plange"are placed4right and left as one enters the
compartment;
- an electric heating system is arranged under the seats.
(2) Refrigerator cars of two types:
a) With Diesel engines (See sketch at the side.) Features:
- Li-cylinder Diesel engine (No. 1),
- water tanks (Nos. 2 & 3),
- pipes to circulate the water (No. ii),
- coils (No. 5).
Operation: The engine circulates the water)which is cooled
by
means of ventilators. The cooled water passes through the pipes to the
coils installed in the cars. This continuous circulatory system can
refrigerate 4 railroad cars, two connected in front and two in back of the
refrigerator car.
b) With dry ice (See sketch at the side.) Features:
- a tank for dry ice inside,
- an iron doorway with 2 doors,
- 4 windows,
- 2 alv-46e led :ventilators placed at the ends of the roof,
- painted with white enamel.
Note: This refrigerator car is an independent unit. Its-*..
construction was begun in January 1957, and it was the only model di gaayed?..
at the Poznan Fair, where it caused considerable interest.
(3) Cars for heating coaches, described as follows:
- outwardly the same as the passenger cars,
- inside they havoc
- a coke-burning boiler,
- a water tank of unknown dimensions,
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- a corridor about 50 ems wide, which allows the passage of
the personnel assigned to the passenger cars,
- thermosiphon heating system,
- heating capacity for about 15 coaches.
Other activities: repair of freight cars.
Production figures: 2nd-class passenger cars - 9-10 a month,
Diesel equipped refrigerator cars - 2-3 a month,
Dry-ice refrigerator cars - one finished in April
1957 and another still under construction,
Heating cars - 3-4 a month.
Source of raw materials: Iron from East Germany. Steel fr=E=
and Upper Silesia.
Note: the work was frequently suspended
because of lack of raw materials. During one of suspensions, the
Minister for Railroads, RAPACKI, arrived for a visit to the factory and
ordered the directors to keep producing relying on the ferrous aei~ and
other recovered by remelting at the factory itself.
Destination of production: pct ~hd Refrigerator
and second-class passenger cars destined for Second-class passenger
cars destined for Albania.
Note: In January 1957, 10 second-class passenger cars were sent
to the Albanian Government, and 2 dry-ice refrigerator cars are presently
being constructed for the same country.
Electric power used: The complex has :a.:thernmalveirie power plant
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with two turbines, A~ for the demands of the manufacture.
Rail connections: Three tracks of standard gauge linked to the
railroad station of OstroW An unknown number of tracks inside the factory
needed to move the cars under reparation or construction.
gauge in the re
gion of Ostraiwand/J
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project to lay this gauge in the Poznan region.
Dimensions of area occupied: About 1,300 meters long by close to
800 meters at its widest part.
Description of factory: Note: The consecutive numbers of the list
correspond to those marking the buildings on the sketch of Attachment No. 1.
1) Management and administrative offices. A 3-story masonry building
about 60 meters long, 20 meters wide, and 8 meters LU
2) Mess hall, showers, locker roan. A 4-story masonry building about
and 4/ 4
60 meters long, 30 meters wide,A10 meters
3) Union office, library, infirmary, assembly hall. 1 3-story masonry
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building about 60 meters long, 30 meters wide, and 8 meters It is
arranged as follows: Ground floor - union office and library;
2nd floor - infirmary; and
3rd floor - assembly hall.
Note: the infirmary is well-equipped and has an 25X1
X-ray room and an operating room. Moreover, medical assistance is Vw^^ww-
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including nighttime, and three doctors are on duty during the day and one
at night. It has 20 beds.
4) Materials warehouse. A single-story masonry building about 60 meters
long, 30 meters wide, and 7 meter
masonry building about 40 meters long,
5) Firehouse. A tim-.2-9tor
20 meters wide, and 10 meters_ t. Note: This building was ddetdd in
February 1957.
Its personnel consists of 36 firemen divided in three shifts of 12
men each. Its equipment includes 2 "Star" motor pumpers, not further
identifiOd, 4 electric pumps, and 4 ladder trucks.
6) Garden. Uncultivated tract bout 60 meters long by 20 meters wide.
7) Nickel-plating shop, metal coloring, pattern shop (?J, x-ray
analysis of metals. A 4-stor7 masonry building about 10 meters long, 20
meters wide, and 8 meter
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8) OXn plant. A single-story masonry building about 140 meters
long and 20 meters wide height not indicated. Note: The Plant has
two compressors for'tthe manufacture of oxygen.
Its daily production consists of 120 oxygen cylinders to supply the
demand of the factory.
9) Upholstery department. A single-story masonry building about 60
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meters long, 40 meters wide, and 10 meter
10) Well with electric pump installation. About 80 meters in depth.
ll) Garage. A single-story masonry building about 20 meters long,
10 meters wide, and 5 meters
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12) Automatic weighing machine. Of undetermined German make.
13) Electrical material warehouse. A single-stoij masonry building
about ho meters long, 20 meters wide, and 8 meters
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14) Coal Ampo i. A large concrete shed about hO meters long, 20 meters
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wide, and 3.0 meters r-
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15) The power plant. Features not noted.
16) Technical and planning offices. A singl -soo,ry masonry building
about 15 meters long, 8 meters wide, and 5 meterst
17) Railroad car construction department. A large reinforced concrete
shed about 200 meters long, 100 meters wide, and 20 meter
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18) Railroad car repair department. A large reinforced concrete
shed about 200 meters long, 100 meters wide, and 20 meter
19) Steam boilers. Features not noted.
20) Acetylene gas department. Features not noted.
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21)jber ti j '. It is a large single-story building of undetermined
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22) Dis Mi^ department for cars under repair.. A large concrete
shed about 60 meters long, 30 meters wide, and 10 meters
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23) Sbapsd lumber warehouse. A single story masonry building about
20 meters long, 10 meters wide, and 6 motors
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24) Lumber drying department. A single-storymasonry building
about 20 meters long, 10 meters wide, and 8 meters
25) Casting metals . A large concrete shed about 80 meters
long, 20 meters wide, and 10 meters
long, 8 meters wide, and 5 meters Note: Outside the building are
placed !t electric pumps to distribute the fuel.
27, 28, 29) Workshops for apprentice turners and smiths. Single-
story msonry buildings, each about 20 meters long, 8 meters wide, and 5
meters
30) Painting department. A large reinforced- oncrete shed about
80 meters long, i0 meters wide, and 20 meters Note: This shed was
built in 1956.
31) Smokestacks. Features not noted.
Security measures. On the north and west,.it is enclosed by a wooden
polisadeabout 2 meters high. On the south and east, it is enclosed by a
masonry fence about 2.50 meters high.
Guard measures. The watch is performed by the railroad gaardjt
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26) Fuel ~ieiii#."A single-story masonry building about 10 meters
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RAILROAD CAR FACTORY IN OSTROW.
Legend:
1 - Management and administrative offices
2 - Mess hall, showers, locker room
3 - Union office, library, infirmary, assembly hall
4 - Materials warehouse
5 - Firehouse
6 - Garden
7 - Nickel-plating shop, metal coloring, pattern shop X-ray
analysis of metals.
8 - Oxygen plant
9 - Upholstery department
10 - Well with electric pump installation
11 - Garage
12 - Automatic weighing machine
13 - Electrical material warehouse
14 - Coal warehouse
15 - Thermal power plant
16 - Technical and planning offices
17 - Railroad car construction department
18 - Railroad car repair
19 - Steam boilers
20 - Acetylene gas department
21 - Rough lumber warehouse
22 - Dismantling department for cars under repair
23 - Dressed lumber warehouse
24 - Lumber drying department
25 - Casting metals warehouse
26 - Fuel warehouse
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27,?28, 29 - Workshops for apprentice turners and saiths
30 - Painting department
31 - Smokestacks.
Sketch is not drawn to scale.
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