MISCELLANEOUS RAILROAD INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002200230020-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 14, 2004
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: August 12, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY
TOPIC
CLASSIFICATION SF,CRV
East Germany
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
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Miscellaneous Railroad Information.
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Julys 1953
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ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)-
1. the railroad bridge ove~' the Oder
River at Frankfurt Oder had not been demolished. 1
the railroad bridge over the Oder River at Frankfurt/Oiler, l _
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On 23 July, the following timetable was in effect for Soviet express
operating to and from Brest-Litovsk via Frankfurt/Oder:
No. Time of Departure Type of Train
or Arrival
:inst
8:48 a.m.
reankfurt/Oder
Bre
st-Litovsk
12:00 noon
4:10 p.m. Blue E
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5:31 a.m.
Brest--Litovsk
Fra
nkfw c/Oiler
2:37 p.m.
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10:55 a.m. Blue E
xp
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Feeder traffic to the above trains is maintained by a train leaving t-,igdeburg
for Frankfurt/Odes at 5:10 a.m. and another train leaving Schwerin fo1
Frankfurt/Oder at 5:25 a.m. After 20 June, the Blue Express bound for Brest-
Litovsk was mainly used by air force and tank soldiers. 2
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 Since 19 July. the Soviet leave trains operating between Frankfurt/CIdt,r
and i rest-Litovsk have, been milled by type 52 locomotives operated by
Ger wn personflel:, Three, 0.1 type locomotives previbus3lyy employed on h s
line have beer returned as no longer usable and parked in Fran':-,fort/agar
The necesssr r reuuair !ork cannot be preformed for the tine: bei-:g,,. beck gas.,
the r aterial required for this re-pair murk had tin transferrei to 'Litovsk. 3
5. dpi-ace 18 June, the leave trains :-from Frankfurt/Oder to Brest-L.itovs : 1 ava
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been al st errity :,ut have operated regular_ he locormctive 3 sti:vere
operated bb Soviet personnel, but other tr .ih"jbrsonral exclusively
consisted of Gernans, eoor?':1rar7r to last year, u,rh.en only Polish oersoni
ovC._ r aIg le d,.spatch i towara Bs'e: t-I,ita
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6. In the first haft of Ouly, eight locomotives, which had underg