EXTENSION OF LOGGING RAILROAD NORTHEAST OF TOMSK, USSR

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• Publication Date: September 29, 1958
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
EXTENSION OF LOGGING RAILROAD
NORTHEAST OF TOMSK, USSR
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE CENTER
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29 SEPTEMBER 1958
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EXTENSION OF LOGGING RAILROAD
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EXTENSION OF LOGGING RAILROAD
NORTHEAST OF TOMSK, USSR
extends 16 nautical miles in a gen-
Construction of an extension to a
logging railroad appears on-
photography covering the
area 30 nautical miles northeast of 86?30
Tomsk, USSR. The logging railroad \ \ FIGURE 2
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eral westerly direction:, from Itatka., RIG OF WAY
on the Tomsk/Asino rail line, to a ~/~
VILLAGE
railhead site that supports logging '~ ?
operations (figure 1). Beyond the RAILHI o
railhead a new right-of-way has been VILLAGE... ITATKA
cleared for approximately 8 nautical SCALE
miles in a general northwesterly I:600,000 FIGURE I
direction through a heavily wooded area, the Egorovskaya government
forests.
At Itatka there are two fenced compounds with guard towers, and a
probable sawmill. In the larger compound there is indication of consid-
erable activity, but the purpose of the enclosure cannot be determined
because of obliquity and resolution of the photography. The smaller com-
pound, which has guard towers on all sides, contains a prison camp.
Barracks for the guards are located nearby. Collateral information from
a repatriated German internee indicates that a forced labor camp of 500
to 600 Russian prisoners was located at It:atka. The prisoners worked in
the forest felling trees and cutting timber.
Except for two small villages, there is no significant activity along
the logging railroad between Itatka and the railhead. At the railhead the
track divides into two short spurs that serve a lumber and timber yard.
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There are six -flat cars and a locomotive and tender in the area.
Over 1,500 acres of timber have been cleared from the surrounding forest.
Much of the timber is probably hauled to It2Ltka, but part of it is handled by
a sawmill at the railhead.
The new right-of-way is wide. Whereas logging rights-of-way generally
range from 50 to 100 feet inwidth, this extension averages 330 feet in width
for approximately the last 3 3/4 miles. The remainder of the right-of-way
is approximately 80 feet wide. However, wide swaths have been cut at
several places indicating that the entire extension will probably average
330 or more feet in width when complete. Rows of logs lined both sides
of the cleared right-of-way at the time ofphotography.
Approximately six nautical miles from the railhead, along the ex-
tension of the right-of-way, a winding road leads eastward for 2,400
feet to a clearing covering, nearly 50 acres (figure 2). Much of the
clearing is devoted to small cultivated plots surrounding houses. There
are also two gable-roofed, frame garages or storage-type buildings, each
140 x 50 feet, probably used to house tractors and other logging equip-
ment. To the east is a storage-type building, with a one-story
section measuring _ in length and two-.story section _in length.
Several other smaller buildings are scattered throughout the clearing.
Nearly two nautical miles from the end of the new right-of-way, at
a point approximately 900 feet north ofthe road leading to the clearing, the
right-of-way turns approximately 450 left, to the northwest. It leads
in this direction for 4,800 feet and then turns back 450 to the right,
continuing on this heading, which is slightly east of north, for approximately
8,150 feet to the end. A survey line leading in the same direction extends
for approximately 2,450 feet into the forest. The two turns may have been
made to take advantage of the terrain but this cannot be determined from
the photography. Along the last limb of the right-of-way there are two
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rectangular clearings. One, measuring 1,800 by 1,000 feet, is at the end
of the right-of-way clearing. The other, measuring 1,400 x 1,000 feet,
is located approximately 5,900 feet to the south. Rows of logs averaging
in length are stacked in both clearings.
REQUIREMENT: Prepared in partial answer to RR/HTA/E/R14/58
requesting an analysis of suspected possible ICBM railroad launch-
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MAP DATA:
USAF Pilotage Chart 158C, scale 1:500,000. (S)
Russian Map, Sheet 0-45-X.XVI, scale 1:200,000. (U)
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COORDINATES:
56049' N/85?361 E (Itatka)
57001' N/85?07' E (end of new right-of'-way)
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