FULFILLMENT OF REICHEBAHN PRIORITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: 3RD QUARTER 1952

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• Publication Date: April 13, 1953
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO,
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DATE DISTR. 13 April 1953
Fulfillment of Reichdbaint Priority Construction AO. OF PAGES 4
Projects: 3rd Quarter 1952
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Analysis of the fulfillment of priority_spnstruction orojeots third quaoter
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The following list gives the status of priority construction projects of tIc?,
various Reichsbahndirektionen (RBD):
RBD Berlin
4,26 RBD-BeziTkt repair of tracks and switches
Total cost and annual installment for 1952 was 2,040?000 DMna
% fulfilled), There was a shortage of material for streerntructures
437 Seddin-BeL4g line reconstruction of the second track
Total cost and annual installment for 1952 was 5,600,000 DM-a., (3 9 %
fulfilledja This construction project was closed down on 21 inlauat,
After the completion of the connecting curve at Wildpark all antaala
able manpower was to be reassigned to the completion of the Sedn,
Belzip peoject,
4,38 Jueterboz-Grossbeeren second track
Total cost and annual installment for 1952 was 91350,000 XII (.2,9 %
fulfilled In this project the cleaning of the roadbed was 57
finished, 90 % of the sleepers needed for the Ludwigsfeide-Trebbin
section wore on hand, Deliveries of rails amounted to 5,000 meters,.
Because or a shortage of iron fittinRF , sleepers and the
necessary rails, firms employed at the project were transferred on
30 Jnly to the Grossbeeren-Seddin project and to the "3 Stopfuna SAR,"
4.86 Grossbeeren-Seddin second track
7otn1 coat and annual installment for 1952 amounted to 4,880,000 DIAL
fulfilled), Twelve kilometers of track were in operating
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o nation, Because of material shortages the project could nct
be completely realized
F_rankfust&der. bric_shatai
Total costs Lnounted to 3?230,000 DME (72, 9 % fulfilled) This
project was completed with the exception of dismantling work,
Approximately 300,000 DME, were needed to complete the project
Assessment of the project was begun,.
3 27 Kuestrinpridae_across the Oder
Total cost and animal installment for 1952 amounted t.o 1,597DC00 DME
(67,6 % fulfilled), The necessary heavy plate was delivered en
September.
1 :g) The Havellppidge_yerder.
Total cost and annual installment for 1952 wet 500,030 DME
% fulfilled)
iBD Cottbue
4 80 G.obezo_Faikanberf,, second track
Total cost and annual installment for 1952: 27,415c000 DME.
(Fulfillment - 22 %), Material for tracks was in short supply ,but
work progressed normally.
85 Elsterwerda-Ruhland line?_sepond track
Total cost and annual installment for 1952: 4,250,C00
Fulfillment: 31% The Listerwerda-Beihla-Plessa seotion of the
/tne was completely iaj' ? (vorgestreckt) Tracks for the
Plessa-Ruhland section were delivered only in part
iBD Dresden
6 Chemnits-Hilbersdorf-Niederwiesa line, second track for local
paseenger tTains
Annual installment 940,000 DME, Fulfillment: 10% - Planning tor
the project was completedoand grading work was oompleted,, The
Rossweln curve entrance was being installed
ovi Dresdeo-Schoen?ao_second_trec*
Annual installment: 8,000,000 DUE:, Fulfillment: 34,5_ The
Aeideoau-Pirna section of the line was in operation. There weree
however, shorOages of bolt hooks, gravel, material for sgooretrueturtego
rnoks, and manpower
Theof;Oemnitkleppel-Siegam..-Schoenauline cond trsok
Annual installment: 1,330,000 DME, Fulfillment 12% Project
planning was oompleted and signaling devices uere under construcir,olo,
Material for a 7.,a1-5-e-ii-Eitlelur and switches wore lacking; delivery
these arUeies was considered doubtful
RBD Erfurt
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Planned SUM2 700,000 DME.. Fulfillmenta 13%
The curve has been partially in operation sinoe 10 August The
hand-operated signalling installation Naerterstenwer0 was comoleted d(74:ce:c
for the installation of safety devices The atation block wan
installed. No difficulties had arinen O- C) DME were saved,
RBD Greifswald
4.78 lem21_EJL__,_o-Przern2aio, reconst000tion and improvement of the line
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Total costs 15400i, DME, Annual installment: 7ia600,000 DME,
Fulfillment: 33% Grading work (Erdarbeiten) was in full swing
aad 30000 cubic meters of earth had been moved The constructioe
sites were provided with electric lighting so that work could be
earried on at night too Difficulties had arisen in the procure-
ment of coal diesel fuel and motor ail for the steam shovels
4 79 Britz, C21RWARg 9,41.Ye
Total cost and annoal installment for 1952: 1,600D000 DME,?
Fulfillments 66 9%, Grading was 80% finished and 70% of the
material for the superstructure had been delivered Conetructioo
of the CTC Illuminated control panel (Biidstellwerk. had beGun, ?res
,-21 the project was termed good.
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4,80 NtNetralittnt,....conneog.mcurye
Total cost and annual installment for 1952: 2,6210000 DME, Fulfill
ments 439%, work on laying track, grading and bridge aonstruotioa
was proceeding according to plan Difficulties in the procurement
of paving material had arisen, The curve was to be pue. Into oper-
ation on 11 October 1952-
4 82 Obervw?.1de, connestAt&surve
Total costs 5,196,000 DME, Annual installment for 1952 2,149, 04.
Fulfillment: 100%
HBO Halle
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/6 144loc of,the_Geisebsibh
ToteJ cost- 18,990?000 DME Fulfillments 59% Because of extremeq,
bad weather in early September, a great deal of repair work was
neeessary
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4' 77 tIVIA-t1.3.nkombillait _PPW14M4SP_SL.99q4tr119,44Pn
Total cost and annual installmentro 1?152,000 DME Fulfillment, 14,
Work was proceeding according to plan, but difficulties in orocurAti
wood for the construction of roofs for the lommatiee sheds had
arisen 6 VaHsic,werfl )oacking
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-77 Bueg4St5.20YWreconstruction of the line
Total costs 3135,000 DME, Fulfilimenos 9P%
The line was put into limited operation with a speed limit of 40
kilometers per hour No difficulties were reported yeti little wok
still had to be done on the nroJa*t-
The following are the basic reaeons why the plan to increase rail capacity
4ae only 41% fulfilled as of 25 SaPtombow 1952v
,:iliorLaKetti a mai4elaI8 for ,superstructure, rails, iroL fittins Lino
manpower The manpower situation was parUcularly ate in the Berlin area
The main reason for the difficulties incurred was the transfer of netteriale
f4r permanent roads, heavy equipment (steam shoveleL and manpower from one
proje,lt to another. The results of such transfers can be seen in the Sadao-
Belsig project Because of the importance of the special project it.
oonste-act a connecting curve at Wildpark, heavy equipment and labor were
transferred from the Seddin-Belzig project so that it had to close
down completely.
In order to speed up the dismantling of linea and tratka
internal reserves of materials for superstructures
, a special staff, Sonderstab Win.4;er, was creaveo_ moreover
special trace, Iay ontrol, groups were formed; they condunted invest-
and to mobilise th,.!
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gations of construction material and of the depots for material for super5i?
Through this action the last remaining reservec were to be collect
and the circulation of material for superstructures wab to be speeded up
Delivery of sleepers, formerly a bottleneck, was causing no trouble as a
October 1952,?
The Berlin special program had an especially bad effevtt on the realizattos
qf the investment program In spite of the many measures undertaken it
not possible to increase the Heichabahn fulfillment status t4rfuellUnOm1,and,
order to make sure that large sums of money were not tied up uselessly
in projects which could not possibly be realised because of shortages cq7
materialsc, an assessment of all overlimit projects (Ueber1iMit4Orhaben)
Wee initiated_ The assessment was to cut all projects by the amounts whico
were no longer needed in 1952- On the other hand, the Reiohsbahn was forted
%o accept into the 1952 plan several projects which absolutely had to be
realized. Assessment revealed that a total of 634001,000 DME could not be
realised, The draft of a government resolution which had already been fi4u4
warded to the competent offices made provisions to use the 630001i,000 DMZ to
help finance extra project0Amounting to about 70,0009000 DME.. The State .
Planning Commission was to make up the 7,0009000 DME difference from fun&
taken from the vehicle program of the Reichsbahn-
:omment Not further inlerY.tff,ed by sour
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