YUGOSLAV RAILROAD ORGANIZATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000200360006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 1998
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 30, 1946
• Content Type: IR

 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R000200360006-8
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3. Repair Facilities: A factory for the construction of railroad cars is
loeatod 1n B . T.,ocor:lotiv? repair shops are .located in M,,,
Zagreb, Sisak and Skopije. Besides the steam-drIveel locomo bos Er,ezno),
SlaveL iap there are three forcer Italian electric locomotives and three
former Italian diesel locomotives, At the present time the electric
locomotives are being converted to diesel operation,, A short time ago
40 small locomotives for use in local stations v'ere brought from Germany.,
Repair and reconversion of rolling stock is proceeding successfully.
.. Railway Construction and .ire ai.r: Ill railroad lilacs in Slovoni a are
c.i.on ng a e present tin ;
The most important reconstruction work
is being carried out on the railroad line near 3orovraica. Plans had
already been made before World car II to construct a detour line around
the viaduct of Borovniaa for safety reasons, After the baubing of the
Borovnica viaduct in 194 4,, the Germans built a new detour around it,
The Yugoslavs are now building a new line making a larger detour and
achieving a more gradual grade than the former 27 per cent slope.
The detour begins at the railway station in Preserje and runs for eight
kris on a roadbed six - seven meters high, Construction is difficult
because of the soft ground, and engineers estiiate the detour will be
completed by November 1A7a Many #'osriians are employed on this constriction.
job - some being paid up to 6,000 dinars monthly .. zthile local. Slovenes
were forced into labor brigades to wort without pay on the recently
completed Brcko-Banovici railroad line in Bosnia. Another project, still
in the planning stage, is that of electrifying
Postumia to Zidani Most. It is expected that the the ra-Uroad line frorn
necessary electricity will
be obtained partly from Gorenjsko pourer plants and partly from Dravograd,,
Labor S'ay S II Following are the pay scales of railroad employees:
Unskilled worker 3,500 - 1800 dinars monthly
Qualified worker tFnknown
Train Workers Unknown
Beginning office employees 1700 - 2000 dinars
Employees in. 19th pay group 1800 dinars
Employees in 9th group 2200 - 2600 dinars
Employees in 8th pay group 2600 > 2900 dinars
There are no family allowances as the wife is supposed to work also*
Persons being trained in railroad schools receive 150 dinars monthly in
addition to food, billeting and uniforms.
6. Attitude of Workers: Railroad workers in. Zone B are al-,lost all Slovenes
ajers o, an appear to be extremely dissatisfied. As they almost all used by the Gercans to run the railroads they bectme `a accustomed
to an efficiency which no longer exists in the Yugoslav railroad system,
The personnel employed at the railroad station at Divaccia are especially
hostile to the Tito regime and to the present methods employed in the
Yugoslav railroads,
Approved For Release, 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R000200360006-8