KEP/THAI NGUYEN RAIL LINE NORTH VIETNAM

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2006
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: December 1, 1966
• Content Type: REPORT

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1 DECEMBER 1966
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KEP/THAI NGUYEN RAIL LINE
NORTH VIETNAM
(SEE NPIC BRIEFING BOARD L-1828 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION)
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS BRIEFING BOARD DEPICTS THE COMPLETED KEP/THAI NGUYEN RAIL LINE.
2. BACKGROUND:
RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY HAS BEEN OBSERVED BETWEEN THAI NGUYEN
AND KEP SINCE DECEMBER 1965. THIS RAIL LINE IS NOW COMPLETE AND CONNECTS
WITH THE HA NOI/PING-HSIANG RAIL LINE 1.8 NM NORTHEAST OF KIP AT 2125N
1o618E.
STANDARD-GAUGE TRACK WAS FIRST OBSERVED ON THE KEP/THAI NGUYEN RAIL
LINE IN APRIL 1966 FROM ITS TURNOUT FROM THE HA NOI/PING-HSIANG LINE WEST
FOR 0.5 NM. IN JULY 1966 STANDARD-GAUGE TRACK WAS OBSERVED FROM ITS
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TERMINUS AT 2125N 10618E (UTM XJ345700) TO A BRIDGE
UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT 2125N 10616E (UTM XJ316702), A TOTAL DISTANCE OF
2.2 NM. STANDARD-GAUGE GONDOLA CARS, RAIL CARS, AND AN ENGINE WERE NOTED
IN A THREE-TRACK RAIL YARD AT THE RAILHEAD. THIS IDENTIFICATION OF
STANDARD-GAUGE RAIL CARS IN NORTH VIETNAM INDICATES THAT DUAL-GUAGE TRACK
ON THE HA NOI/PING-HSIANG RAIL LINE PROBABLY EXTENDS NORTHEAST TO CHINA,
BUT THIS HAS NOT YET BEEN PHOTOGRAPHICALLY CONFIRMED.
JUNE 1966 PHOTOGRAPHYI
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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IWAS NOTED UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT 2132N 10605E
(UTM XJ122817).
IN AUGUST 1966 A SHORT RAIL SPUR WAS OBSERVED AT 2127N 10614E (UTM
XJ283726), IMMEDIATELY SOUTHEAST OF A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SERVICEABLE, FOUR-
SPAN TYPE RAIL BRIDGE OVER THE SONG THUONG (RIVER) AT UTM XJ281726. THE
RAILHEAD HAD BEEN MOVED TO 2127N 10613E (UTM XJ263735), 3.4 NM NORTHWEST
OF THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED RAIL TERMINUS. A RAILROAD OBERPASS WAS OBSERVED
OVER AN UNNUMBERED ROAD AT UTM XJ265735.
3. MISSION READOUT:
THAT CONSTRUCTION OF THE KEP/THAI NGUYEN RAILROAD LINE HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
THE TRACK IS OBSERVED FROM THE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED RAIL TERMINUS AT 2133N
10602E (UTM XJ076839) WESTWARD TO ITS JUNCTION WITH THE THAI NGUYEN ORE
PROCESSING PLANT RAIL SPUR AT A NEWLY OBSERVED THREE-TRACK YARD AT 2134N
10556E (UTM WJ971866) (INSET NO. 1).
2127N 10612E (UTM XJ257737) (INSET NO. 5) AND AT 2131N 10607E (UTM x116O797)
(INSET NO. 4).
4. REMARKS:
THE GENERAL ALIGNMENT AND POINTS OF MAJOR INTEREST ARE AS FOLLOWS:
THE TRACK EXTENDS GENERALLY WESTWARD, THEN NORTHWESTWARD FROM THE HA NOI/
PING-HSIANG RAILROAD AT 2125N 10618E UTM XJ 46 1.7 NM NORTHEAST
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
Division, NPIC.
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OF KEP, TO ITS JUNCTION WITH THE THAI NGUYEN ORE PROCESSING PLANT SPUR,
FOUR NM NORTHEAST OF THE THAI NGUYEN IRON AND STEEL COMBINE AT 2133N 10552E.
THREE-TRACK RAILROAD YARDS WITH ROLLING STOCK ARE LOCATED AT 2125N 10616E
(UTM XJ320701) (NOT DEPCITED ON GRAPHIC), 2127N 10612E (UTM XJ257737),
AND 2131N 10607E (UTM XJ160797). NO ROLLING STOCK IS OBSERVED AT THE
THREE-TRACK RAILROAD YARD (INSET NO. 3) LOCATED AT 2134N 10601E (UTM
XJO56853). I FARE LOCATED AT 2131N 10605E (UTM XJ132810) AND 2134N
10557E (UTM XJ985965). THE MAJOR BRIDGES INCLUDE A SINGLE-SPAN BRIDGE AT
2125N 10616E (UTM XJ315701), A FOUR-SPAN BRIDGE AT 2147N 10614E (UTM
XJ281726), A THREE-SPAN BRIDGE AT 2147N 10614E (UTM XJ281726), AND A THREE-
SPAN BRIDGE AT 2130N 10607E (UTM XJ107787). (NONE DEPICTED ON GRAPHIC)
ALL UTM COORDINATES ARE TAKEN FROM AMS SERIES L7014, SHEETS 6152 II,
6251 I and IV, AND 6252 III.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Collateral Support
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