RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH EAST GERMAN BORDER STATIONS

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CLASSIFICATIO
COUNTRY But Germany
REPORT
TOPIC Rail Freight Traffic through East German Border Stations
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTE
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DATE OBTAINED
DATE PREPARED 18 November 1954
REFERENCES
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PAGES . 3 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS
1. The following shipments were observed at Frankfurt/Oder between 25 October 25X1
and 5 November 1954:
B - boxcar F - flatcar G - go
Date in Number and
October Tyne of Cars
ndola c
ar R - refrigerato
r
25 5
6 G
iron ore
Brest Litovsk
Ziltendorf 1
5
4 F
boxes
Frankfurt/Oder
Brest Litovsk
4
6 B
uranium ore
-
n
n
26 5
6 G
iron ore
Brest Litovsk
Ziltendorf
545
F
bridge sect
ions
Frankfurt/Oder
Brest Litovsk
56
G
iron ore an
d coke
Brest Litovsk
Ziltendorf 1
56
F
empty
Frankfurt/Oder
.Brest Litovsk 3
56
F
iron ore
Brest Litovsk
Ziltendorf 1
27 22
R
new
Frankfurt/Oder
Brest Litovsk 4
54
F
empty
n 3
56
F
rails
Brest Litovsk
Frankfurt/Oder 5
28 54
G
iron ore
n
54
G
n
n ) 1
30 56
F
sheet metal
tires for
locomotives
and
Frankfurt/Oder 6
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30 46 B uranium ore
54 G iron ore,tirea
for locomotives
56 cars undetermined
November
1 56 G iron ore and cote
2 56 F boxes
3 56 B undetermined
54 F boxes
56 G iron are
4 56 B undetermined
56 G coke
5 56 B undetermined
46 F 3 railroad cranes
and iron parts
,46 B
54 G
56 B
50 F
Frankfurt/Odor
Brest Litovsk
Frankfurt/Oder
Brest Litovsk
Frankfurt/Oder
M
h
Brest Litovsk
Frankfurt/Oder
Brest Litovsk
Frankfurt/Oder
uranium ore
iron ore Brest Litovsk
undetermined Frankfurt/Oder
iron plates and Brest Litovsk
tubes
Brest Litovsk 2
Frankfurt/Oder 6
Brest Litovsk
Ziltendorf 1
Brest Litovsk -
n
h
Ziltendorf 1
Brest Litovsk
Zilt endorf
Brest Litovsk
a
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Ziltendorf 1
Brest Litovsk
Frankfurt/Odor
Truck shipments during the period under review were reported previously.
2. The following shipments were observed at Frankfurt/Oder between 2 and 9
November:
Date in Number of Load
November Axles or Care
2 108 ammunition
92 uranium ore
20 B ammunition
F 35 guns of 150
to 180 mm caliber
3 108 ammuntion
92
uranium ore
motor vehicles
ammunition
uranium ore
From
To
Frankfurt/Uder
Hohenleipisch
8
Brest Litovsk
2
Brest Litovsk
Frankfurt/Oder
Gera
Jueterbog
8
n
Brest Litovsk
2
n
10
Jueterbog
8
Brest Litovsk
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5 100 motor vehicles Frankfurt/Oder Brest Litovsk 10
6 108 ammunition F"
9 98 guns of 150 to 180 "
mm caliber
at 2100 forwarded
to an undetermined
destination 9
In addition to the shipments recorded, 4 to 5 trains of 100 to 120 axles
with motor vehicles arrived daily at Frankfurt/Oder from which point they
were forwarded in the direction of Bernau, Schwerin, Fuerstenwalde,
Finsterwalde, Jueterbog, Magdeburg, Cera, Dresden,,atzkorn and Wildpark.l0 25X1
3. shipments with military goods dispatched from
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Brest Litovsk to Fuerstenwa]d a included 21 flatcars on 30 October
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4. a train of 7 boxcars and 32 flatcars with
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motor vehicles was dispatched from Frankfurt Oder to Jueterbog on 7
-
November
F
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1.
L
LCQpmment. Raw material deliveries to the Eisenhuettenkombinat Ost
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at Fuerstenberg/Oder which is served by the Ziltendorf railroad station.
2.
Comment. Deliveries from theuranium ore mining district in Saxony.
hly average of 600 to 700 cars with about 10,000 tons of uranium
ore is dispatched to the USSR.
7.
Comment. Part of the empty flatcars which were dispatched to t
between 25 October and 3 ovember 1954 under shuttle-train
Comment. Deliveries by East German riilroad car factories to the USSR.
Comment. Shipments of Soviet rails, probably of tyy R 50, for the
improvement of the East German railroad net. Such shipments were
reported previously.
Comment. Tires for locomotives which area in short supply in the GDR.
Commsnt. Ammunition shipments from the USSR to Soviet ammunition
depots. Such shipments usually arrive at an increased rate after the
completion of maneuvers for the re-stocking of the depots.
9. Comment. The arrival of 16 guns of about 150 mm caliber on 7
November was observed at Gera. It is assumed that the dispatch of empty
flatcars to the USSR which was reported previously w
planned increase of Ctm and .motor vehicle shi nts.
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