RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH EAST GERMAN BORDER STATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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East Germany _ REPORT
CLASSIFICATION ;;`I I
Rail Frsieht Traffic throuak East German Border Stati i 2.5X1..Q-__ _. -
E".'ALUATIO
DATE OF CONTE
I ATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
L.?.DATE PREPARED
PAGES- T ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE).--
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This is UNEVALUATED Information
1. The following shipments were observed at Frankfurt/Ode.' between 25 October
and 5 November 1954:
B - boxcar F r-- flatcar G m gondola car R - re z?ig3ratok car
Ihte.in Number and
October Type of Cars
Load
25
56 G
iron ore
Brest Litovsk
54 F
boxes
Fr ankfurt/Oder
Bree , wit ovok
46 B
uranium ore
26
56 G
iron ore
Brest Litovsk
54 F
bridge sections
Frankfurt/Oder
Brest Litovsk
56 G
iron ore and coke
Brest Litovsk
Ziltorldloi f 1
56 F
empty
Frankftart/Odar
Breit Litovsk 3
56 F
iron ore
Brest Litovsk
Zilteendorf 1
27
22 R
new
Frankfurt/Oiler
I3raot Litovsk 4
54 F
empty
3
56 F
rails
Brest Litovsk
Frar cf irt/ader 5
28
54 G
iron ore
Ziltondorf
54 G
a
H
30
56 F
sheet metal and
Frankf gar t/Ode:;e 6
tires for
locomotives
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30 46 B
Fran) rt/0der
Brest ,." roYrsk
54 G
iron ore,tires
for locomotives
Brest Litovsk
56 cars
November
undetermined
Frankfurt/Odor
Brest Litovsk
1
56 G
iron ore and coke
Brest Litovsk
Ziltendorf
2
56 F'
boxes
Frankfurt/Oder
Brost Litovsk
.3
56 B
54 F
undetermined
boxes
n
H r
56 G
iron we
Barest Litovsk
Ziltendorf
4
56 3
undetermined
Vrankf urt/Oiler
Brest Litovsk
56 G
coke
Brest L,ito-fsk
Ziltendorf
5
56 B
undetermined
Frankfurt/Oder
Brest Litovsk
46 F
3 railroad cranes
and iron parts
46 B
uranium ore
It
54 G
iron ore
Brest Litovsk
Ziltendorf
56 B
undetermined
Frar.A'sfurt/Oder
Brest Litovsk
50 F
iron plates and
tubes
Brost Litovsk
Frankfurt/Odor
saiprnants during the period under rev ev, wwere reporu:d previously,
20 The following shipments were observed at Frankfurt/Oder between 2 and 9
November :
Date in Number of Load
Nvpmber j.xles or Cara
3 108 ammunition Frankfurt/Odor Jueterbog;
4 92 uranium ore Brest Litovsk 2
92 uranium ore
From
To
Frankfurt/0der Hohenleipisch
20 B ammunition Brest Litovsk Gera
F 35 guns of 150
to 180 mm cali.'oor
motor vehicles
ammunition " Jueterbog 8
.uranium ore c5 Brest Litovsk
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5 100 motor vehicles Frankfurt/Oder
6 108 ammunition
9 98 guns of 150 to 180 It at 2100 forwarded
mm caliber to an undetermined
destination
In addition to the shipments recorded., 4 to 5 trains of 100 to 120 ax' es
with motor vehicles arrived daily at Frankfurt/Oder from which point they
were forwarded in the direction of Bornau, Schwerin, Fuerstenwalde,
Finsterwalde, Jueterbog,4 Magdeburg, Cera, Dresden, Satzkorn and Wildpark.10
40
1.
20 Comment. Deliveries from the uranium ore mining'district in Saxony.
ano hly average of 600 to 700 cars with about 10?,000 tons of uranium
ore is dispatched to the USSR.
6.
7.
8.
shipments with military goods dis
Brest Litovsk to Fuerstenwald a included 21 flatcars on 30 October
a train of 7 boxcars and 32 flatcars with
motor vehicles was dispatched from Fran kfurtl,der to Jueterbog on 7
Commaent. Raw material deliveries to the Eisenhuettenkombinat Oat
a ,uerstenb$rg/0der which is served by the Ziltendorf railroad station.
wean 25 October and 3 November 1954 ,eider shuttle-train
Comment. Part of the empty i'iatcars which were dispatched to the East
onment. Deliveries by Eust German railroad car factories to the USSR,
onnwnt. Shipments of Soviet rails,, -or obably of typ R 50, for the
improvement of the East German railroad net. Such shipments were
reported previously.
Co nt. Tires for locomotives which are in short supply in the OUR,
Comment. Ammunition shipments from the USSR to Soviet ammunition
spots. Such shipments usually arrive at an increased rate, after the
Brest Litovsk
completion of maneuvers for the restocking; of the depots.
91 Comment. The arrival of 16 guns of about 150 mm caliber on 7
10,
planned increase of gun and motor vehicle shipments,
ovcmber was observers at Gera. It is assumed that the dispatch of empty
flatcars to the USSR which was reported previously was connected with a
Comment. Motor vehicle shipments continued to arrive at an increased
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