RELAYING OF THE SECOND TRACK ON THE WITTENBERG-GEESTGOTTBERG LINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006100610003-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 1, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2000/05/18 : CIA-RDP8 - 0 57R00610061
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COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Relaying of the Second Track,.on the
WlttenbaV-Geestgottberg Line
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fly mid-July 1953 the second tract; was extorilod 500 meters beyond
..ittonberge (L, 5,31Y 69) in the direction of the :liver bridle0
o Since late Jnly 3.950 about 30 laborers have be )n employed to lay the
second track on the Ube fiver brid,7e. The second :;rack will be
connected to the operating track by a switch a', both ends of the
bridge. Traffic over the bridge is suspended ci(xira_; the day and is
naintaiiied by a ferry.
3. The track laying operations on the a1bo tiver 'jrid ;e were still in
prowess on 7 Luzust 19500 Beginnirtat the ul`a b, id.;,~e9 the railroad
IL3 line is double-track in the direction of jtendal (1.11 53/Y u5). It is
not known how far the second track extends. The second track is still
under construction in 'iiho 10iraction of 4ittenborge0
!t. The track 1ayiag operations on the Elbe iiiver bridge we're not yeL con -
pletod on l9. j*Lu Duct 1950. The second track extends about 200 actors in
the direction of ..tondal. Pa11ast is boing a_),)".ied on 100-meter stretch
beyond the completed second track. It is a-parentl _,)1aanod to ext-Und
the second track in the ciraction of Stendal0 he s.7itclios at both ends
of the ",lbo bridge are not yet connected to the operating tracts. ark
is being done on the second track ea.~tendin;,, fro>r.. the bridge in the
direction of .ittenborge. A construction worker said that the bridge t'li11
again ;,o closed to traffic because of construction work,
25X1 A - Conn iont0 The reconstruction of the second track on the +ittonberge-
saes o ? 3erg (? 53/Y 77) line section ? s ')rovi.:)usly reported. See
25X1 A , the question of whether the ylbe iiv...r bridge iaill also
be providedviti a second track a?pears to be decided by the prosent
ro:)ort0 the :second track will probably perrAt both rail and road
operations. The reported ferrying operations presumably re?resent a
temporary rleasure for the duration of the construction. The widening of
the roadbed to enable tanks to cross the bridge was previously reported.
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