RATHENOW-NEUSTADT/DOSSE-LOWENBERG RAILROAD LINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008100080003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 22, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 17, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
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COUNTRY
SUBJECT Rathenoi euatadt/Dose renberg
Railroad Lim
DATE L)ISTR. 17 July 1951
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93 lsm of the Rathenow (N 53/Z l ?Neustadt 3osse (N 531Z 16)Loewenberg
( 53/Z 69) railroad line was taken over from private companies in 1949,
The entire line was capable of loads of only 16 tons axle pressure. The line
capacity was to be increased so as to be capable of 20 tons axle pressuere s
This required the installation of heavier S 49 type rails and reinforcement
of. bridges and culverts. The train density or. the line was to be increased
by the installation of six crossing points. Construction of a rail link near
Neustadt/Dosse was also provided for. The line was planned to terminate in a
southern curve at the Loewenberg railroad station.
2. The cost of the project was ostinated at 10,000,000 rRI-east, of which 3stt00,000
were to be spent in early 1951. In mid-April 1951, the reinforced line was
opened,
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rriedrichsdorf, I3srsikow, WildberE,, Wulkow, and Grieben. The line was
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re orcem?n or the roe, a t the former enow Loewe erg branch line
was completed. The 6d'type rails on this line were replaced by SI9, 8x, and
-15c type rails. Seventy percent of the original gravel ballast vras replaced
by broken stone. The 4.5-kn rail link southeast of Neustadt/Dosse, which
passes under the Berlin Hamburg railroad line, is completed. The railroad
tnderpe s is nearing completion. Crossing points were built near Spaa,z.,,
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