RAILROAD BRIDE OVER AMU-DARYA RIVER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000400050010-1
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 11, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: July 20, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
ENTIAL
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COUNTRY USSR (Turkmen SSR) REPORT
SUBJECT Railroad Bridge over Amu.-Darya River DATE DISTR. 20 July 1954
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 783 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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On page 1, paragraph lc, the coordinates or 'd be N 39-08, E 63--36.25X1
On page 1, paragraph 2b, the coordinates of Farab should be N 39-08, E 6:3-40.
On page 1, paragraph 3a, Felix should read Feliks.
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DATE DISTR. 18 June )J6e
SUBJECT Railroad Bridge over Amu-Dar' ya River No. OF PAGES 2
DATE OF INFORMATION
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1. Identification:
a. Railroad bridge was called "Chardzhouskiy Most".
b. Bridge bore passenger and freight traffic.
c. Nearest town at point of river crossing was Chardzhou9N 41-17,
B 67-5 ].
d. Crossed Amu-Darya River.
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2. Location:
a. -Bridge led directly into city center of Chardzhou (five kilo-
meters from douth? bank of Amu Dar' ya)
b. Bridge connected Chardzhou and Farab 5 39-14, B 67-2w on each
bank of Amu-Darya.
Traffic:
a. Railroad bridge supported heavy type of Soviet locomotive: S.D.
d diesels
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Sergo Ordzhonikidze), F.D. (Felix Dzerzhinskiy
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(Teplovozy). There were no electric trains along this line.
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no wires paralleling track. Rails were
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b. Line had passenger and freight rolling stock.
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t= tic._ Conditions:
a. During September - October 25X1
1919), weather was very torrid, dry 0? centigrade).
Hydrographic Data:
a. Amu Darya River flowed northeast; current was rapid at ,bridge '
point; width of banks at bridge. was approximately one kilometer.
Status:
a. Bridge was constructed
b. Bridge was not damaged during World War II.
C. his bridge was the on~, one within' -25X1
hundreds of miles on either side of Chardzho In the event 25X1
of its destruction "railroad traffic would be disrupted for at
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least six months
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Technical Data:
a. B
ridge was a simnle wonnortad nanat9rariatalaam f-hrnti&h- tr.nan i-,irna
eavimatea eng or ge
,3. m.
b. Bridge had approximately 15 trestle-type trusses; each truss
section was 80 in. long. Trusses were cries-cross
10 cm, plate iron.
c. Railroad approached bridge on raised embankment. Overhead 25X1
tr isswork extended 100 in. on each side of bridge before reaching
banks of river.
d. Clearance between river surface and bridge was seven meters.
e. Bridge was not movable (such as a swing bridge). Small river
craft navigated river.
f. Height of overhead truss from rails was six meters.
8. Security:
MVD guard shacks were located at both approaches. Train was not
shopped during crossing. MVD were armed with automatic guns..
9. Bridge Loadings:
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were pulled by two diesel locomotives. 211.
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