LOCOMOTIVES RESERVES AND COLUMN LOCOMOTIVES OF THE SOVIET ZONE RAILROADS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008900310004-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 20, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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25X1 -DATE PREPARED 20 Sep t ca rcas:r 1951
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_ENCLOSURES (No. & TYPE)...
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The following irlformat,i on was obtained
As of 1 AuCust 19l,., the. following locomotive roserve,s Caere ::lvailable
Reserve of the Directorate General 372 locor:;otives
Total reserve of all regional railroad 128 lcro oti,vos
hendciuarters
Reserve of all railrr?nct repair shops
133 loco ^otives
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2 A to'bal of S76 cola nn )aconotives were available on 1 ,'ktcut;t 1951?
25X1 * The various of locomotive reserves were reported
previous ya o Aceordiirlg to doclano ntar7
25X1 evidence, tt.o 511o.?.in,r locomotive r er' r vos wore available on 31 !'ay
f oscrve of the Directorate General 265 1ocor...otives
f oserve of the mg .ona1 railroad head- 30 locosotive, u
quarters
25X1 - '. .c size of those locomotive re serve,
varies .j-rrat' , because-they are used for special purs.oseo such as the
International. Youth Festival in Barlin during the month of August or
for the Leipzig Fall Pair at the beginning of . `opter he r. AS in the
previous year,, the Soviet "one railroad authorities are intent on treat-
ir+. the greatest possible reserve of locomotives for the coma ; 1,,
ntor
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25X1 Comment. These color n locomotives aria exclusively used for the
h t a nZ~f Soviet transit traffic through Poland, They are at the dis-
posz:al of onix the 5Cc" Trar port Division,, Con:.pared :'ri.th the status of
31 lay 1951 their rau,-her has not cha -ed. Column iocornotive::, comprise
25X1 1ocar::otive s u Of this total.. 323
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eseono lves were 'serviceab e o ::ray 1951, the remainder were under
repair d F ~1. 0
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CLASSIFICATION
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Approved For Release 2003/08/15 : CIA-RDP82-00457R008900310004-0