IMPROVEMENT OFTHE RUSSIAN ZONE RAILROAD NETWORK

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CIA-RDP82-00457R013800190009-4
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February 12, 2003
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9
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September 5, 1952
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REPORT
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25X1 PLACE ACQUIRED Ci.ASSI FICA111ON %*20 i0.Y,aTz RJDPEW00457R01 "WQ" Approved For ROJO 77 - 125X1 125X1 SUBJECT impreavf ;aesxat of the Rus Zone RailroLd Network NO OF PACES DATE OF NFC. MIX6 3V LA'S 3NCFY30'319=0% Op TMI3 G'OSM IS PAOHIQIT6?. b9 ASSG'191' My =TG3'Mif.6 J?.AVQF383A'1 0W A7VV.C1[IY37H1' 14 110?1AL T RFEKS 'x"830 HMFTCb UTAT#S 1T"Ti.31M YF:R GSKA?3E6l OF 71f# ESPIOF3AOC ACT E0 25X1 3RCE 25X1 NO, OF ENCLS. SUPPLEMENT 10 REPORT NO. 25X1 25X1 NOT CURIMILATE : ;. 1,xtc 1 52, sc cc :ieli t?' the o ficial. R' . i. " 1'.1 ui on i . Lie rai I i~o^-C LIZ' yam.' ^, Iii C' I t!.~ C? 1f7.5~ 1-k7 "FI?ordr ~ Berlin". e 3lss 1.0 to .' GCS Lp"Lot 0( J r-- three sta;;o. t the possible s,.,. The fir?;t sta;e crp;^ises the section ire i r3lariccxr.hurg t:o .>iri:on- sac w?d.eri +,.:3e socor i sta o,t1:e line section a point west of L r:;folde to a point north of Ircnni,;s'sdorf; and the third staJel,tl; continuation of this line-.' as far as the 11-?Ilu.stermark aroo,. ihli3 >;,otiona is ,rc;.hodul_ocl to be used by 1or ,--d1stzvice trains and trains of the .:surf i.n i tc Durban railroad sys t? mn It transfer station will t built between ;x.'s :?ls nxt )u.r ; am. Karow railroad stations, at the jnnt.G'+r seett o3.1 t."3 s h the 3orlic..Stattin line The entire railroad by-pass i..,..ll be about, l( lea long;,, tan the construction costs are estJ..~ ted at. 20 i, il.lior ea atra ., rks. (1) It is ala!,n.cac3 to construct n correcting; curare between the Pankow-3choonhausen and )choo:nhouacr Aileo in er?urbar; railroad stations,; This project is c~;_. ;a ;ned ti F liriinat e the .Beau,: bra nnori rallri ad station in the ?.ostcIn SoctC ` of the . e.'7.. t- for trains arrivir ,_ in Merlin fro.: the d ivectior< of ~a rnau.., :(arc on ,j L ?,h_x pi'o:loot has already been. started. (I) x?lan..1 to 1 43 alre a conllecti.r. * car u, built butt ccm Karoo and i.iucii was (">I. PL cum rre s o 13-tiniest at? rear, our ? .s to be c on s',ruc ted ins fiead W.i ich Yrl il. ':Ye c rm- 1, link to the ? CJE$`t rin( :f ne ( 25X1 25X1 -4,.: "}ourco _~ LD.'Ya e'er d aft os mad -5,5 4 ?l: ,,ors . ra s wore to Li ?r L rerc d 173 am, to 3ir1con7 rd; a? ord 00 ties and 1. ,`00 r iar?;~ of x .ls to 25X1 a( tYl..cn oc1 for the ';cre:rir Y constr :t _on .:< Y a lunent (1.) Dt:, ") i r 1952, so r~ ce 'raec wor'c on the oloctriftcati.t5n of fh 0c~r.OcJn2?.'a 1.i3( yr aorr olrtc,~' a,joe ..'x: 6JF'E1':uicw railroa l .re section was to e started z!h tl two cu (1) C R ASSIFIO TJOH SF'CRFT STATE Irk MY At AR, Documentary 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO13800190009-4 Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO13800190009-4 25X1 25X1 Ull C. j a-+W~f , LU W.%. ) cLUJ11 UU4W-k %A -1Lt.A 1, V t11-.L VtLC) L cUA U!LL1J11 L.L& 14 l:a.u been ordered to report the personnel ark equipment they could make available for the construction of a northern rail lint: betxcen Craazi burg and the northern section of the a.t Berlin railroad systeas (1) In late ;ay 1952, source observed that the northern portion of the new bonier station in Frankfurt/Oder was 1evc:ll;e ; so that work on the laying of tracks could be started. :Lori, on the levelling of t1 w,. southern portion. of the new railroad station Lad betgun. (') tae In late i'.Z 1952, source learned tint the following s-ailroad construction projects were scheduled to be executed in 1953; ao I e aocr,ling of the La chte+riberg railroad st. ti o.n; designs were to be turned in by 20 i cy 1952; estimated construction cost: 2,700,000 e a; tmorh s 'v, Construction of the .+ilc2park connecting curve. Designs were to be turned in by 23 '.11a y 1952. T'sti:Lated construction cost: 22,1x50,,000 eastriarks. c. Construction of a new uh1heide marshaling yard. Desi were to be turned: in by 12 June 1952. Zstiaated construction cost: 22,000,,000 eastuarkcs. do Se_conc sta:, of the construction of the now railroad' line between Do a+es berg ancl be r.nva &ie Design, -;Yore to be turned in by 12 June i052. ~stinntec3 corriruction cost: 42,000,.000 eastt;aarks. e-. Constractiin work at Juetxrbog railroad station (connecting, curve between Falkenber;a` and aeddin). Designs were to he tUME;d in by 12 June l9'52. Estimated construction cost-: 5,,500,000 eastmari,:s,, f,, Construction of signal installations on the southern section of the Berlin Cuter Freight Mingo bh;si. gns were to be turned in by 12 June 19,52 e .sti gated construction cost: x,000,000 eastLIM-1_s. (3) The, following inior.:at:ion was e_?ccerpted frooi a decree on the establLsh-- rx rit of a ciai railroad construction enterprise issued by the Li.rect+s- rate eneral, :Zat:ilroads, erli:n, on 19 Lay 1952: aT national ized construction enterprise will be established by 30 June 1952" The new enterprise will be for-ieci by Dauunion fin=s, which rerc previously assig nl to the Lain Administration of the building Industry = nd -,-;h-6i will now be turned over either in part of -whole,, to the railroad ad,:mini;tration. Construction firms affected by this r.!.alsur ? lute the ax'en, Cottaus nnc. I;attv,Iaiwg bauuition fix-as, the latter Iei, _, only partly turned over.. The ::ic:I!crdlorf 'branch of the 'cstoda.:. i~M.tunion fir ! will also be taken over by the railroad ac ini_,tra-pion. The same a_-)r lies to the switch manufacturing shops of the obur aixa ilal.le Jata~uzion firms, but which is not to 'become e_ `ective until 31 Doccsbe:r 1952, md those sections of the ilallie ~aunnion #=ri: which are e::;pioyed on the =eiseltal railroad lix!e ccon stuuctior! project, and also to the a ,pair" shop in Gross I~.orbetha.. (1) 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO13800190009-4 Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO13800190009-4 25X1 i~b In connection lwrith this reorganization., current railroad cons brue- Lion pr?oj:3cts 'wrc re redi itributod as fuliows among L auti_~_ ion fi'Trv3 and the n,iwi, established nationalized railroad construetitm en''- ,or-prise :. Railroad Construction Project Bauunion Previously Project i6 be in (.harm Second. track on Dresdon .'>choona line Dresden Bavuanion 1;resc ,:n Supers Vructuxe and eart`rtworks. At the Neug;gersdori Iiorka railroad station Embankment at Iieinsd.orf ) } Second track at I?l.1rich flordhausen `i?Ia_:.rd, track at Oangurhausen. l .Jonnecti.r curve Juater?bog-Brandonburg k'otz;dan at the. EeL?r,ar~; railroad station S acond track Grossbeeren?-S eddin Second. track 13alzig-Leddin IR.a'_ nforccment of the su ers tructuar. e of the line Track construction work at ttr.: Seddin marshal ng yard Track construction work at the Wusterm.ark zn srshalin yard Second track on the Guban Fr~n.kfurt/t d.or line Crossing loop at Klein Juetzow Crossing loop at c uostvnVoide :Ieplaceuent of rails at :mlgast 'iarbor I'el)laceB en." of tie: at, ;3udenhag,en trace cc+nstructiosi at the L ietzasw?-B nL 1:1-Tie Track construction at tale ?rerazlau-? Tonpl.: _n 1 iz:ae Second track L; ofcr } .r,ia I uh:~ anxi Odor bridge in Fr=ankf-urt/ er Oder brid : in Kute. tr -ln Canal bridge at I.uel.lrorse Crossing point near the water tower in P;otiger sdor T au mburl X9 P'otsdam ) located i. ; tLche ad +r LLailro ad c:onst:ructio: enterprisf+ Sen 1 tonberg Bauuni(>n Co :F .bus I:ajiro- strLct:Lon enter Berlin prise i3auun_iora Berlin 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/02/27 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO13800190009-4 Approved se 200WOW27 , GIA RE) 7 2-00457 R013800190009-4 25X1 Connoctj.rt curve at J3ritz Hump at fibers aalde Siding, at EWrswalde Railroad repair shop at Brandenburg Connecting curve at Duch tars t~ lir yard at :=uhlheide Track construction work on the iatiu.-. now I,o'. .ienbax ; line Curve at Loovionberg, Corm sting cur-tro at Brandenburg Connect`; curve at 3rossbeoron Frank'urt/Gder border station Failroad construc- tion enterprise Brandenburg i3auuznion Brandenburg iGailroad con- struction enter- ,,?rise Bauunion Ora,'.1denbura ;,ai)r rad cony; true tion enterprise Bauunion rat:-:adenburg Fuerstenborg:/ .ex Track construction . work; railroad con- str'uc; tion c;iterpri.e earthwor:~s 3au- union i'uerst-enberg/ Odor bauunion Fuerstenber. g,l' Oder Bridge `'--T at :iuoi Irosa TI tI Goiseltal railroad line ;ialio ? :3auurnion :aaanhurg Track construction work at iieustad't- ..ragd. bux"( I3S.iL11tI1ion i.%1gdehurg on t e Dose :Favor (hO lflt puree obtained the following information at 5aepar"taaont VI (Constructions) of the .Directorate Cenral, Ihz.ilroadss Berlins as The IMrdrixg.; -erlin is scheduled to be completed wittin a period of three nont. u, The new Contruction 3ureau 1, Berlin," is charged with the execution of the, project. (1) y" - t will have to be set .pletec bw i'ae . 111 ?r:%G;~L construction "IGl"-ii will before operations on the second track of the uben-~Co vtbus..F lk inberg railroad line can be started: (1) ti ranter single-track span on the bridge over the ilster" :River near :eutersitz; 2,) ; is -meter spear;. on the :.:alxo 3z idge near 2eitz, 20 km north-east (3) of dottbusg Two 13--meter spans on the railroad undeS}?.3:;;', near FDistf ryx' da, aJ uVls ii 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/02/27 CIA-RDP82-00457RO13800190009-4 Approved, for, 20=02t2? . - - 457R013800190009-4 25X1 Or. 7 '.T W- 1952 (1) (2) (3) 80 x x 20 10 meters wan. being bu:1.1t at the Elster raii- a l ~wge warehouse ?oad station,. The framework of the structure was completed, , tot:,sI of 145 such warehouses are said to be Eirmil.taneously under construction :n Land Jaxony-hnhalt. (, ) Ga~~r~cx~t;~w inforr7ation on this rsew constr,.action Fro oct ,which was not included in previous railroad construction programs anc: ahich is to be coi plated at riaximurii spied was transmitted previousl;;,, The conatracti+'.sza of the connecting curve at Pankow is connected with the 1!ordr ing Berlin project{. information on the connecting curve at K:ix'ow agrees with ,-??evious n or at .E)n0 For location 31' fich of this curve, see fin en x 1, 11:k .)`t? -vati on m the e at4taia.s a .ent of a speoi.. _ railroad construction enterprise, reported in p ragraph 9 A wwas transmitted, p';c'1 Lously,. 25X1 This refers to the new cust.,xis station at Frankfurt/Odor0 c;oublo track southern section of the i:;ers.in l.~ater rrei;;tit ding was pl oted i> ; ear y . iecer.:iher 1951 except for ti-re safety end signal insta i a- tions, -which are to be installed in 1952,: (fit) Information on all the railroad construction projects listed in th.f, paragraph has been previously reported by several .ources0 (5) The second track on this railroad line. an J,.gporta nt cast-west rou_U)., had to be reconstructed by oruer of the ; otrieta as. first priority p.-??o ect, (6) Fbr I vc a ',' of srarehousc observed, see, Anntx 2. Those warehouses may be used for the storaL. a, o f groin i[aprrf:ed fro3i the 11 t?, r: after January l952? Approved For Release 2003102/27 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO13800190009-4