RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH FRANKFURT/ODER

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 21, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 10, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGL tiummo, KU-LW I NU.
4iNIFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY East Germany
CD NO,
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DATE DISTR. 10 July 1953
SUBJECT Rail Freight Traffic through Frankfurt/Oder NO. OF PAGES 11
PLACE
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DATE OF
INFO.
THIS DOCUSIEI4T CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL REFEREE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE WEARING OF TITLE 10. SECTIONS 709
AND 704. OF Tom U. S. CODE. AS !WENDED. *TS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL.
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON.
IS PROHIBITED EV LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS ronos IS PROHIBITED.
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NO, OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
the
raurnang rail shipments crossed the border, in tho directions indicsited,
from 28 April through 9 May 1953:
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B - boxcar F -
T tank ear
Date in Number and
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a. Westbound.
flatcar G - gondola car
Load From
-
R - refrigerator
To
car
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28
54 11
grain Brest Litovsk
Frankfurt/Oder
shuttle
-train
1
29
1 R
butter
Plauen 2
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1 `1:
cotton seed "
oil
Riesa
23B
wool
to
Dresden
22 B
military "
goods
Erfurt 3
3 11
rye el
Cottbus
shuttle-train
10 B oats ft
22 G ore n
7 R canned meat Poland
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1
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Fuerstenberg
shuttle-train
1
25X1
Ziltendorf 4
Leipzig
Cottbus, Dresden
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29
23G
6.B
ore Brest Litovsk
barley Il
Ziltendorf 4
Halle
shuttle-train
4B
rye
1 25X1
20 B
wheat
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3T
empty n
Leipzig 5
30
6 G
33 G
9B
manganese n
ore
ate
zotton
Ziltendorf 4
Riesa
3D
1 T
1 B
seed oil
flax
Dresden
Gotha
Torgau
3F
structural
Wiederitzsch
2F
Iron
a'r
sheet metal
May
1
25G
ore n
Ziltendorf 4
2
3D
28 B
2 T
cotton ?
n n
seed oil
Dresden
Riese
1 T
1 B
motor vehicle
Gotha
Tare parts "
Chemnitz
11 p
Alitary
Wuensdorf
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:oods
213
Muellrose
3 Bp /5 B
25 G
11 G
13 B
marganese
or t
oro
cotton
Ziltendorf 4
Riesa
SB
3 B
hemp tl
Dresden
TOrgau
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2
1 B
2T
213
6R
4 F
3
flax fibres
benzol Brest Litovsk
champagne II
butter
combines
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Merseburg
Leipzig
Chemnitz 2
Zwickau
Wandsleben,
Gotha, Weida
11 Fp 11 G
313
1 B
ore
barley ft
oats
Ziltendorf
Bockow
4
113
1 F
1G
2F
1 F
F
4F
2G
structural "
iron
chrome iron "
structural ft
iron
tubes
structural
iron
sheet metal "
wire cables "
Cottbus
Zittau
Bitterfeld
Leipzig
Wiederitzsch
Riese
Chemnitz
2F
rod iron It
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213
Ii
military
Leiptigr.
1 B
!moods
it
Lindenau
Muellrose
113
It
Satzkorn
3
31G
ore
Ziltendorf
4
213
wheat ft
Wurzen
shuttle-train
16 B
barley
1
12B
413
oats
rye
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3 4B
14
15 T
2T
2R
2R
16 B
17 T
7T
23 G
8B
2F
1 F
2F
3B
6F
213
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barley Brest Litovsk
Nittenwalde
shuttle-train
Friedersdorf
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Teuplitz
woolII
Leipzig
Riesa
Dresden
empty
Boehlen
benzol It
Merseburg
butter ft
Chemnitz 2
wine
rye ci
Leipzig 2
Halle
shuttle-train
it
empty
Merseburg 5
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ii
Delitzsch 5
ore ii
tl
military
Ziltendorf
Jessen
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goods
4 new trucks "
Strausberg 6
1 aircraft
crate
/ new trucks "
Herzfelde
ammunition
ammunition
and bomb
boxes
shellac
it
2 B medical Poland
herbs
3 G pig iron Brest Litovsk
3B
4F
1 B
2G
structural
iron
sheet metal
empty (Imams
!I
tt
ci
motor vehicle "
spare parts
Fuerstenwalde
Ellerholz 8
if
Leipzig
Dresden
Krossen
Wiederitzsdh
Nerseburg
Heidenau
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3 1 B bronze Brest Litovsk Rackwitz
1 R canned
meat
4 .
l'B tobacco
2 F sheet metal
8 B wheat
12 B oats
Heidenau 2
Teltow
Chemnitz
EUellrose
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shuttle-train
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Cottbus thuttle-train
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3 B seed pota- Poland Halle
toes
39 G ore Brest Litovsk Ziltendorf 4
2 G manganese cre
4 6B wool " Riese
2 B graphite " Reiohenbach
3 F tubes n Leipzig ,
4 F structymal Wiederitzsch
iron
2 F sheet 4eta1
13 F shee, metal if Riesa
4 F tube l u Chemnitz
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ahutt1e-train
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15 B cottri if Riesa
2 B flax u Torgau
1 B bronle If Rackwitz
2 B mott,:r vehicle " Heidenau
spo:e parts
15 G 07 a n Ziltendorf 4
1 R canned meat Poland Leipzig
30 B barley Brest Litovsk Erfurt shuttle-train
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12B rye
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4 12 B ?a:Let Akeet- LitbiLlti FliefttenbergiOdei 1
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2 B oil cake 61 Cottbus
4 Bwool " Riess, Leipzig
1 B bronze II Rackwitz
2 B empty drums " Merseburg
5 3, 3 G anthracite 1, Berlinm-Lichtenberg
22 G ore " Ziltendorf 4
2 F sheet metal " Leipzig
2 F tubes
2 F sheet metal n Wiederitzsch
2 F structural
iron
2F n n Chemnitz
,
g 13 13 wool li Riess. '
10 B pig guts si Dresden
I. F rod iron t? Wiederitzsch
7 F seni-finishod
-wheel disks r Uoterwellenborn
3 B oil cake u. Cottbus
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n"d1n7-71.
3 B barley
ft
Erfurt shuttle-train
I B carbon black China Beiligenstadt
1 T benzol Brest Litovsk Merseburg
4 B wool ft Leipzig
12 B cotton Riese
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5 B military Brest Litovsk
goods
7 B.
6 G semi-finished
--iheel disks "
1 F structural
iron
1 F sheet metal "
2 F sheet metal "
2 F structural
iron
32 B barley
23B oats n
41G ore at
12 G pig iron "
I B oats
20 B military
goods
20 B ft
5B
2B it ft
2B hemp
9 B wool
1 B canned meat "
11 B oats ft
6 3 G pig iron
9G
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Satzkorn
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Nockrehna
7
Unterwellenborn
Wiederitsch
Riess
Zittau
Frankfurt/Oder
1 shuttle-train
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Cottbus area
1
Ziltendorf 4
Dresden, Krossen
Riese, Groeditz
Cottbus 1
Erfurt
Fuertenberg
Satzkorn
Jessen
Torgau
Riesa, Dresden,
Leipzig
Schlauroth
Cottbus
Riesa
Freital, Groeditz
Krossen
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6 4G
11 G
2F
4B
3B
BT
26 B
3
7 5G
43 G
1 B
]4B
2B
4B
2B
3D
ir
3 F
3F
7 2F
1 F
6F
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manganese ore Brest Litovsk Ziltendorf 4
ore
structural
iron
oats
barley
empty
wool
barley
!I
Ii
manganese ore "
ore
terra-tungsten "
wool
rye
oil cake
empty drums
naphthalene
empty
structural
iron
sheet metal
structural
iron
ft
ft
sheet metal "
wire cables "
tubes
military goods "
Wiederitzsch
25X1
25X1
FUerstenberg shuttle-train
1 25X1
Boehlen 5
Leipzig
Dresden, Riess
Erfurt 1
Ziltendorf 4
Wiederitzsch
Leipzig, Dresden,
Riess
Sachsdorf shuttle-train
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Muehlhausen
Merseburg
Wiederitzsch 5
Unterwellenborn
Erfurt
Leimbach
Leipzig, Halle
Jueterbog
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8 290 ore
10 B oats ft
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Brest Litovsk Ziltendorf 4
2B military
goods
1 B ft
Cottbus
Satzkorn
Rathmannsdorf
9 B wool n Riese., Dresden
2 B " " Finsterwalde
6 B military " Teltow-SCC (?)
goods
39 G ore ft Ziltendorf 4
3 G manganese ore
36G ore n n
1 G manganese ore
b. Eastbound.
Date in Number and Load
29 560 empty
May
From
To
Sehoensweide Brest Litovsk
1 56 B empty grain Rummelsburg "
shuttle train
2 600 empty
56 B empty grain Frankfurt/Odor "
shuttle train
ft
ft
=deter- undetermined
mined
ft
3 41 B potash Bleieheroda Tuehola-Wies
undetermined undetermined Frankfurt/Oder Brest Litovsk 2
56 B empty grain Aken/Elbe
shuttle train?'.
undetermined undetermined Frankfurt/oder
580 empty
Pasewalk
It
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8 29G
10 B
2B
/ B
2 B
6 B
39G
3 G
36G
1 G
b. Eastbound.
Date in Number and
441 ---DMI-Pf Car4
29 56 G
kay
1 56 B
G
ore Brest Litovsk Ziltendorf
oats CettbUsshuttle-train
ft
military Satzkorn
goods
if It
Rathmannsdorf
wool Rieaa, Dresden
if fl Fins terwalde
It
military Teltow-SCC (7)
goods
It
ore Ziltendorf 4
manganese ore
?
ore It
4
manganese ore
Load From To
empty Sehoeneweide Brest Litovsk
It
empty grain Rummelsburg
shuttle train
if ft
elluotY
4
WA*,
1
shuttle-train
1
56 B empty grain Frankfurt/Oder
shuttle train
undeter- undetermined "
mined
It
It
3 41 B potash. Bleieheroda Tuehola-Wies
undetermined undetermined Frankfurt/Oder Brest Litovsk 2
56 B empty grain Aken/Elbe
shuttle train_
undetermined undetermined Frankfurt/Odor
58 G empty
Pasewalk
if
It
shuttle-train
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4 55 G empty ore Rummelsburg Brest Litovsk
shuttle train
18 T special Dessau
alcohol
23 F machinery Magdeburg It
parts Buckau
2 B enamelled Thale
kitchen uten-
sils
undetermined undetermined Frankfurt/Oder
ft
5
8 F new Soviet- Weimar 9
gauge wheal
sets
25 R 4.-axle? new
5 undetermined undetermined Frankfurt/Oder
56 B empty grain
shuttle train
6 56B "
7 55 0 empty ore Rummelsburg
shuttle train
ft
56 B empty grain Frankfurt/Oder
shuttle train
56 G empty Rummelsburg
undetermined undetermined Frankfurt/Oder
ft
tl
ft
It
II
If
tl
3.
1
40 B apatite Kuostrin border Czechoslovakia
56 G empty Rummeleburg Brest Litovsk
9 42 B, 15 G apatite
Xuestrin border "
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Note: Source could only cover part of the shiAents passing through Frankfurt/Oder
25X1 1. L----11022121. Grain shuttle trains which have number of the 5mc series when
dispatched via Frankfurt/Oder. In Match 1953, a total of 3,389 carloads of
25X1 grain entered East Gsrmame? ?
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Refri-
onauinption
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Auttle cars carrying food for civilian
IComment.Possibly rations for the large ration supply depot of
the Eighth Gds Army in Erfurt-Marbach.
Comm nt. Raw material deliveries to the Foundry Combine East near
Fuerstenber Oder.
5. S2._mmer_it. Deliveries by Enst German hydrogenation plants to the USSR
and returning empty tank cars.
6. An ordnance park of the Twenty-Fourth Air Army is located
in Strausberg. The crate probably contained aircraft parts.
25X1 8. IIgizalat. Probably bombs for Laerz airfield.
25X1 9. 1 JScitzpat Deliveries by the railroad car factory in Weimpr to the USSR.
The Soviet-gauge wheel sets will be used on the new ears in the USSR.
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