MILITARY INFORMATION ON RAILROAD OPERATIONS

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CIA-RDP82-00457R006800770015-4
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 22, 2016
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March 22, 2011
Sequence Number: 
15
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Publication Date: 
January 11, 1951
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/22 : CIA-RDP82-00457R006800770015-4 1? 7 t Vcr-tet Zone) and U.S.S.R 3NY REPOR TOPIC ~ !li tart' Information on Railroad 'Operations EVALUATI O N DATE OF CONTENT DATE OBTAINED REFERENCES PAGES 2 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) REMARKS Document Noy this document is hereby regraded to C- N"lDENTIAL in accordance with the letter of 16 October 1978 from the Director of Central ne "a`-. OO8 50X1-HUM 1. Two 120-axle trains of heavy-duty cars passed through Frankfurt/ Oder toward Brest Litovsk, one on 16 and one on 17 December 1950. 2. Two military trains passed through Fra fort/Oder on 17 and 13 December l coming from Brest Litovsk. . The train observed on 50X1-HUM 18 December carried_172-mm artillery pieces and motor vehicles, 50X1-HUM he number of trains on the Brest Litovsk-Frankfurt/Oder line in both directions has been doubled to a daily total of 16 to 18 trains, 4. The 11alascewice marshaling yard in the Brest Litovsk area, which is the railhead of Soviet wide-gauge tracks, would allegedly be ready for operation within three or four weeks. The bridge across the Bug River carried a standard-gauge and a wide-gauge track. The personnel of the locomotive columns in Frankfurt/Oder were restricted to quarters. It was r d that deactivated columns would be put back into operation *** 50X1-HUM Co e t. The artillery pieces were presumably of standard. caliber 52 mm,~ Soviet, arrangements have been made for 13 trains and one reserve train to operate via Frankfurt/Oder, a tbound within the framework of Soviet transit traffiri= indications that this number is to be in.creas CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL 11 January 1951 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/22 : CIA-RDP82-00457R006800770015-4 _. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/22 : CIA-RDP82-00457R006800770015-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/22 : CIA-RDP82-00457R006800770015-4