TABULATION OF RAILROAD TANK CARS OF THE RUSSIAN ZONE RAILROADS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012200290007-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: June 9, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SIERETCONTROL - U. S. OF'F'ICIALS ONLY
CENTRAL INTELLIG NCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
-INFORMATION REOORT
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone) d~
25X1 SUBJECT Tabulation of Railroad Tank Cars of the Russian NO. OF PAGES 2
Zone Railroads
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
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CD NO.
DATE DISTR. 9 June 1952
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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the U oar
ing numbers of railroad tank cars were available in the Soviet Zone of
Crorriany, on the fa.-'s rientionedt .
Numbor of Wank Cars Available for Traffics
Date within tho to the
Soviet Zone U.S.S.R.
27 '!arch 1,396 245
28 "'arch 10903 223
29 7':arch 1, 895 198
30 '.:arch 1,18 0 199
31 March 1, 851 193
1 April 1, 3b9 159
1 2 April 1,896 191
3 April 1,905 184
. jApril 2,002 177
5 April 2,026 177
6 April 1,953 182
7 April 1,905 214
346
359
399
I.99
481
lao
413 316
296
361
373
13
25
19
2,x503
2x513
2,51?4
2,581
12 2,950.3
21 2;.513
13 2.9513
18 2,523
15 2,513
11 2x513
11 2,510
18 2,513
to TMoland with Total
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a totes, of 10,107 railroad tank car;
any carboy t-pe tank car with three ccompartrlents) cars suitable
for the shitpr.cnt of so-?cal' od black products were available to
the soviet Zone railroads as of 1 April 1952,
Onrirr?nt. As c :pared rri.th the last reported period, there
-warm cane in the number of rG ilroad tank cars available in the
SoV 1 C i t onc. The number of tan,, cars sent to the U.SO'~.RO decrca rod
slightly, grid tmrlk car traffic to Poland increased slirhtly. The
ntrribe;r of tank car!, a:q)luyo for Vie shipment o:r ve,;etable oil was at
V,-k.- r evI. ou,o level.
C Inn The stoc,s of rallroac1 tank c rs ind rt?Soy..typr ct.r
r le for the .ihinxient of block nrodvrts are re ort?d for the fire;
brae. a total of 12,30" tank cars used 25X1
for the s Lz pinen of wr a and black products was -,mailable in the .SoV.et
Zone on I An tst 1951, There is T, total of 12,620 cars retorted in PM,,_
graphs I and 2 of the present report as available on I April. 1952, The
difference betweon this figure and the number rientioned in reference is so
slight that the reported fi a'ro of 10,107 tank cars used for the eh1 r ent
of black products apneers credible, Black products include acids, power
gasp fluid chlorine, lyos, lubricants, tar, wine, molasses, alcohol, i C ,
The tank cars used for the shipment of these products arc carried in the
category of "Tank Cars and Carboyw-Type Ohre for Mack ducts" and in-
elude cars of the most diversified types. In order to avoid time-consurn:ing
cb? ,cx1 cleaning, railroad tank cars are generally used for the trans-.
portstion of a special, type and hired out to twoducer firms. The riploy
anent of these cars Is controlled by the Central Rail road Tank Car Dlstri-
1 u tion. Point Berlin.
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