LATVIAN RAILWAY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000300230003-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2013
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 10, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL/SECURIW
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
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ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF INF
Latvia
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Latvian Railway
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DATE DISTR. g Aug 1953
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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2. In 1936 and 1937 we ordered and received approximately 50 locomotives from Germany.
Before they were delivered we sent lour drawings to Germany and these locomotives were
built according to our specificiations. We received for our workshops, rails from
Belgium, brakes from Czechoslovakia, and cutting tools for lathe machines from
Switzerland.
3.
Until the Cc7iet occupation in 1940 we had normal gauges of European standards which
measured 1224 millimeters. However, this was changed to Soviet standards of 1335
millimeters. After the Soviets left in June 1941 we reverted to the former European
standards of 1224 millimeters. The Soviets sent us two locomotives during their oc-
cupation but they had to be rebuilt after their bearings burnt out. Their locomo-
tives were very poorly constructed.
Before 1940 we received our coal for the locomotives from Silesia, Polen0. However,
after Poland was invaded by Germany, coal was unobtainable and it was necessary to
use lignite* To do this, the fire chambers and smoke stacks of the locomotives had
to be rebuilt.
,(S. Our largest repair depot and workshop was located in Lepaya. Our work shop waE, 14
kilometers East of Riga and was vex* small. Our shop could service 12 locomotivc:-J.
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7. locomotives had one runner, three axles, and one support. They
could pull about 50 loaded freight cars, or 30 passenger cars. During both
the Soviet and German occupation we had stockpiles of many axles*
8. We also built box cars of light material weighing five -bona.: This was for
the hauling of farm goods. Our box cars also had two axles and four axles, and
each car weighed 15 tons. In 1938 we began building 20�.ton box cars.
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