GERMANY (SOVIET ZONE) ECONOMIC DESCRIPTION OF THE SECTION OF RAILWAY LINE BETWEEN SCHOENA AND OBERVOGELGESANG (24TH MARCH 1956)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00418R004400080011-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 19, 2007
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: March 24, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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Description/ of the Section of Rai1ww Line between SCIINA
GEPMA1VY SOVIET ZO .
Economic.
and OBERVO L SANG.
(24.t h 'vI reh95 .
1. Permanent Way,
al. Rails .
) Normal~uge.
15 metAbs long.
Between 13.6 km and 20.6 k'u,the rails are nailed to sleepers
remainder of the section the rails are secured with screws,
b~, sleepers.
~ Wooden.
(~> 80 mm interval between sleepers.
2. Description of Line.
af, Track,
Double track.
by'. Stat ions
Distances are given in kms from D 0JN# y (~zecl o~/v~~~t.c i cr ;
SQI N"A = 13.3 Inns
B&'SC jJYfiAI7 = 22.2
K09N tS3'EIN = 27.1
0BEHVOO,LGES,AXG = 40. ~-
al,Loops.
There is a loop from KR E EN (20.6 Inn) to BAD SCHJ 1 /.U (22.2 Ian).
Br.
There is an iron bridge over a road at B W S C I - L I X D : j J 20 me- long, 8 me s
_gs wide and 6 metis high.
e`, Tunnels.
There is a curved tunnel at 27.8 Ian about 150 mekas long. The tunnel. which
has natural ventilation passes through an outcrop of the KORVIGST1IN Rock.
17. Cuttings and Embankments.
The railway runs along an embarkment about 6 meia~os high throughout this
section.
g), Gradients and Curves.
There is an up-gradient of 1:252 from OBEIVOGEI #SI.NG to ?'1E`1E1IEN.
There are sharp curves between KJRORT RITI N and KOENI.GS '
~N.
4 Junctions.
None.
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it B iSC WLU control is centrali ad and is supervised by the dispatcher
and traffic superintendent. The cant is at the LD'g0": signal box.
The track maintenance is controlled from B&DWQ7b ";`IDAU. )l`
(5~c)
3. System of Signalling,
Signals are mechanically operated except at SL SCHLJ\TDAU.
1+. Control,
5. Marshalling Yards.
None,,
6. Engine S?kads.
None,
7. Breakdown Cranes,
None.
8. Railway Workshops
None,
9, Electrification.
None.
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SCH.M,1t'A -- CI-,EY'OG'4''T-,GESANG.
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To OEPRVO(TLT.t-.Ms wrd
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22.2 lull
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27.8 km
Distances given Pram UL'.'CI1 f
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