HANOI TO PING SIANG RAILROAD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05694A000100010051-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2001
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: October 1, 1954
• Content Type: IM

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Declass Review by NIMA/DOD
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This me: orandin with att. shed na;:n is in answer to a request
om OR?./S/CST for information concerning the reported inopera--
tional states of the Hanoi to Ping Siang railroad as determined
:fry a study of the latest available aerial photography. Hanoi
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ng Son is covered by ill scale
i ai.ls and ties have been removed and all bridges have twn
oyed fran U!J96732 i (a bridge five miles north of Ranoi)to
Lang Son. "here are numerous cuts in the rail bed in this
r other light local traffic.
the hilly region south of Lang Son for a distanceof
apnroximat4'ly thirty nilea the rail line is tortuous and
winding over a large part of this section. It appears hat
the rail bed is overgrown with vegetation and has suffered some
gree of erosion and general deterioration.
The bridge at Lang Son has been repaired for foci. traffic
and light vehicular use. Fro -s point two miles north of Lang
Son to Ping Slang the rail bed appears to be, in goof condition
and in use as a road. There is indication of grading and repair
work on the section fron bong fang to Ting Siang.
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20m. bridge,
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20m, bridge, XK 765 031
20m. bride, XK752 025
20m. bridge
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20m. bridge, XK 741005
ridge, XJ678
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HANOI TO PING SIANG RR ~30m. bridge, XJ646 957
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435m.bridge, XJ552845
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Sketch map compiled from AMS Approach Chart
616-8 A4--and 616 C II,
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1171 m. bridge, XJ)35445
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25m
20m
20 m
HANOI to LAO KAY RAILROAD
SCALE: 1:500,000
5 0 5 10 IS 20
STATUTE MILES
Railroad
Railroad bed, rails and ties
removed
X Destroyed bridges
(length in meters)
-_ 20 30__ 40
OMETERS
18 destroyed bridges, 12 meters or
less in length, are not shorn
Sketch prepared from USAF pilotage
attar ts 616 A, 6168, 616C
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tinning appears operational to Ping
Slang. The presence of rail cars or they condition of the
marshalling yard at Ping Siang could not be deteroiin
to the snail scale of oblique photography.
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Approach Charts 616 B III and 616 C ii 1/250,000-
s L605 set No. 49 (West), 38 (bst),
and 28 cwc
00,000.
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