HANDLING OF SOVIET TRANSIT TRAFFIC ON THE FRANKFURT/ODER-BREST LITOVSK RAILROAD

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2003
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• Publication Date: February 13, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTEL ENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
=WRY Germamy 2O1io-oziod) and Folna.
SUBJECT Handling of Soviet Transit Traffic on
the Frankfurt/Oder-Breat?Litovsk Railroad
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The brigade comprises 11 men inoludin,c; throe loceaotive er3Lneers., threo
firearm, two conductors and one brakeman. 1,iuring the periods of epplouent
the porsonnol live in a caboose. After tuo or three missions they are
givtn four days off in aition to anotnor day traveling tink.?,. (1)
2, ah train is escorted by a 3oviet dotaola.ent of ono officer and two
four nen riding a special coach. Mc occort detachment io not an 4:..41.(J41t
of the brigade. (2)
Troroit trains oerato on no lino fro l;furt/O1er to Lrost LcrI
via )o.con Estno iarsaw, Siedice.,0 Lukow and Toroopol.
is conblc-irack and standardugap is in good condition, cc .dr
thoco in Terespol$ rew trackago or loading ramps aro no.. under ccrotxiunc(3;
4. TrAnale,Tlitr.; facilities with 110-ton bridge cranes have boon under (,L1,3,?4"
tion in Torespol since Juno Cr July 1950. ?hose facilities arc tinir; used
:olusiveay for no transloading of goods crrivinz in Poland froz-. th J.,
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All eastbound frciclit arrivinz from the west is tranaoadad in :rest Li6ov3a
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transioading operations an empty train of 0oviet-alrl:e cars ie pushed bor/.do
the loaded train of standardaugo cars and than is traneloaded car-h-ear
by moans of 110 or 60-ton bridge cranes. .(5)
pilot-enginocrrido tho engines of transit_ traim between i:ren:Jurt/
Oder and Torespol. Among thoir other duties they must see that tno
spee of 55 km/h is not o.?)coodod, :Lcst of the pilots aro ex,per4cced rail-
.,:!?cad personnsl who are anti-Soviet ir their attitude. The first
Plinth pilot boards the train atgiani. ho 13 relieved in l'esznbr:i.nhal-
-pilot who rides the engine as far as Nutno, ,;arsawp ;_dodlce or ;octiaew.
Another pilot then tezec over as far as Lukowp and leaves the train
Thero is no pilot on the train between Terespol and Lt Litovsk,
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locomotives arf. coalotl!' ?mons, ICutno or ::>ochat solzow, jio:dice or Lul.:ow, (7)
Luring the stop in Drest Litovsk. the 'ler-man personnel are restricted the
irnediate vicinity of their cabooses. which are ]:u.ardod 3y ovist son. i
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25X1 ITbe construction of a larje nor
marshalino yard Just west of .:larsaw,1 I
25X1 not mentioned.. Although this was not express%- 7:.crit.cn.,
the construction project in Terespol is believed to :include the, i:cTrore-
ment of the railroad station in nalaszewice 25X1
(4) Information on the Terespol transloadinz station, 'which is
the strain on Brest Litovsk, was tranamitted previously_ 25X1
It is believed that tho transloading station of 7a,laszewicii, located a few
kiloneters T7est of Terespol and now bein improved, will be of ::re..atlr impol:-
25X1 tance than Terespol. I I
') ameral frei, ht stations in ',...r.;i', Li tovsk are beth:; used for transloadifk;
25X1 operations. It is not clear which of the stations
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(6) The assioiment of !olish pilots to ,;o-J-iet transit trains opfxating on Polish
territory was requested by the. Poles and areed to by the ?oviets,
(7) .eor coaling stations used by Lloviet Lransit trains, 25X1
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