OPERATIONS REPORTS OF THE SOVIET ZONE DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF RAILROADS

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 22, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 10, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
Germany (1rhusuian Zci )
Operations Reports of the Soviet Zone
Directorate General of Railroads
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DATE DISTR. 10 April 1951
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In The Soviet Zone Directorate General of 'L ai.lroads drmrs up a daily operations
report, for official use only, of which one copy goes to the SCC Transport
Division. The operations report reflacts not only the progress of railroad
operations in all of the eight railroad districts, but also difficulties and
shortcomirg;s experienced, as vTell as measures taken to overcome them.
2. For the period of 30 Decombor 1950 to 5 Jauunrr 1951, the operations situation
is termed unsatisfactory in ab iost all of the railroad districts, Th13 state
of affairs, is attributed to a shortage of locomotives cauzcd by too frequent
repairs, to congestions of marshalling yard,- caused by the inadoquato capacity
of t.icse installations, and to unfavorable weather condltiot such as snow
and the forl.ia.tion of ice. Tim largo number of parixd locomotives and freight
cars either damaged or 'acing kept au a resorvo io notc;rorthy; since they tr' m
up much trac1.%,c they impede operations
3. The operations report of 5 January 1951, vihi ch serves to illustrate the con-
ditions mentioned above, prczents the following picture:
Railroad Dariaged Daziaged
District Cars Locomotives
786
2140
SCC Rcaorve
3 tank shuttle
trains
2 personnel bhuLtle
trains
291 boxcars
Groifsvrald 426 1C9 102 boxcars
ScIamrin 63 23 boxcars
!,iagdoburg 727 233 41 boxcarq
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Railroad
Damaged
Cara
Damaged
Locomotives
SCC Reserve
Reserve of the Central
Car Distribution Office
Halle
393
370
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Erfurt
761
347
13
159
Dresden
563
217
55
9
Cottbus
300
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3
500
This tabulation s:ioi a a total of ik,O20 daY a cd cam. According to a tabulation
of 25 November 2950, the part: of damaged cars amounted to approximately 6,500
.nits:, The remaining 2,500 frcigit cars, approximately, are believed to be
undergoing repairs in railroad repair shops not covered by the daily operations
.port. The number of damaged locomotive; ryas 1,597 units,, There ;ran a totem
of approximately 2,100 damaged locomotives on 1 November 19 0*.. Here again the
balance is believed to be in railroad repair shops. It is apparently intended
to scrap those locomotives that are beyond rcpair0 The parked shuttle trains
and individual cars are at the disposal of the CC0 The tank shuttle trains
are, composed of SSy type cars, the person-el shuttle trains of specially equipped
boxcars. Other such shuttle trains are believed to be included in the number
of - individual cars xe aorted by the various railroad districts,
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Counts For previous information on the stocks of locomotives on
1 i Iovember 10 see
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