COMPLETION OF THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE BERLIN OUTER FREIGHT RING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005200500009-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 7, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. m M. " at- r :kaneral Kreikemeier officially opened the rej,iainirn.
Marzahn (N 53/Z 95) - Oranienburg (N 53/Z 67) section of the
Berlin Outer Freight itinl; on 6 May 1950. He emphasized the
political importance of the project.
2. cork on the line is still in progress at the followir1 pointst
a. The northernmost of two curves which connect the Outer
Freight hin ; with the Berlin - iNeustrelitz (N 54//U 54) Line north
of Oranienburg is not yet completed.
b. There is a steel railroad bridge 60 meters .Long, and con-
structed with bolts rather than rivets, over the Hohenzollern
Canal northeast of Oranienburg. Finishing work is being done
on the bridge, which is already in use.
e. The roadbed in the .. ensickendorZ IN 53/f 87) - Basdorf
(N 53/Z E7) - Schoenwalde (N 53/Z 86) section is being reinforced,
d. The t3asdorf railroad station is Boeing improved.*
e. Some switches are not yet installed at the harow (j., 53/
/Z 96) railroad station, which has four tracks.
f. Gravel ballast on the harow Marashn line is being replaced
by broken-stone. **id***
25X1 Cowmenta The :'.ensi4ndorf - Basdorf - Schoentralde section
formerly was part of a branch line and is now used for the newly
constructed Outer freight Icing. Begause of this the roadbed
must be. reinforced for use by standard frei8nt -t:mins. The
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casdorf railroad station is being improved for the same reason,
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lOomment: Openin of the line prior to completion was for
propaganda value. s4uch work remains to be done on the road
bed and operational installations before the scheduled train
density of 50 to 55 trains in both directions iaithin 24 hours
can be reached and before heavy-duty trains (1,200 tons and
more) will be able to operate on the line. liven in its present
state the line was a considerable help in coping with the trans-
portation problems of this year's I'.nitsun rally of the free
German Youth in Berlin without resorting to the lines through
the t-estern sector of the city.
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