SOVIET MILITARY RAIL MOVEMENTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 19, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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EVALUATION-
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES-
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,REPORT
1. Military trains I of the :'.uostrin-'Kietz
railroad station between 2113 January and 16 February 1951 included
one v estbo, nd troop train o 52 boxcar's and 6 gondola cars and
another restbounc1 troop train of r;b boxcars. ' ~.oy passed through
the Kuostrjn-Xje-" z railroad station toward Frankfurt/ Oder at Li.t1O
and 9:45 a.n rospectively on 8 F=ebruary. (1)
2. A shi pent of 43 new tmld kitchens was unloaded at the Dail row-
Doeberitz railroad station and hauled off bar trucks
3v The following Military sW.,)ments were observed at the ieddi.n railroad
station between 6 and 16 February 195lt
pnt
Thirty sedans
Bernau to
Koeril .born
6 February
Fourteen tanl, cars with Huhltand to
gasoline F ,imrielsburg
6 February
Three tank cars with Velton to
gasoline Koethen
6 February
Eight tank cars with Boehlen to
s_Docial gasoline Bodenha:cen
f3 February
Fourteen tank cars with Boohlen to
special gasoline Volton
8 February
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To boxcars with
r Llitary (goods
Three railroad cars
with military :-,oods
Bighteen railroad c
with a.rarauna tion
military goods
One railroad car ,-ri
ri3litary goods
Six tank cars with
gasoline
Twelve railroad car
with a msn?tion
Three railroad cars
military goods
L'ilitary shipments
Shipment
A train of 1a.0 boxcars
with a amunition and
12 empty crash cars;
February 1951- inc
From-To and Date
Toopchin to
Altengrabow
16 February
Five: boxcars and ;ildpark to
18 f 3.atcars with Altengrabow
150 mm ;runs, 19 February (4)
Five converted boxcars, `til dpark to
one boxcar and Alt on rnbo-a
20 flatcars with 19 February
guns :f about ?00 irra
caliber and grime rovers;
Dail.,, Soviet leave traffic through Fran'..fur. t/Cdor avoreged 360
soldiers going to Brest-Litovsk anci 450 sold':iors coming from ros fr-
Litovsk during the Period from 15 to 25 February 1951. The raorning
leave train era:; dro)pc:d from the schedule on all days of the lveelv9
including ,un(ays. An increasing influx of officers was observed. (5)
6n The break-down of -ieotbounei railroad cars --)assin ~; t1w.ra. h f'reri furt/Oder
bo-aeon 1":; and 25 February 1951 -~zao the folrY
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IDENTI
Satzkorn to
Jueter og
IC) F el ruary
Juoterbog to
Frankfurt/Oiler
13 February
Frankfurt/Oder to
Rucksu
13 F bruary
Frankfurt/Oder to
Stendal
U February
Juetorbog to
Doeberitz
l February
Ibehlon to
Potsdam
11i February
Frankfurt/Oder to
': rulkow
16 Fobruary
Frankfurt/Oiler to
Erfurt
16 February
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shipment
Two boxcars with
military goods
Ton boxcars with
military Foods
Nine boxcars with
military goods
Nine boxcars with
military goods
Twelve boxcars with
military goods
Six boxcars with
military goods
Three boxcars with
military goods
Five boxcars with
military goods
Ten boxcars with
military goods
Three boxcars with
military goods
Twenty-three boxcars with
military goods
Three boxcars with
military goods
One boxcar with
military goods
No tank cars with
fuel
Thirty-one tank cars with
fuel
Thirteen tank cars with
fuel
T'ientyr-seven tank cars
with fuel
3evc4'.nteen boxcars with
?1:;I1"mnitioii
Thirty-four boxcars with
a?iraun.aition
salve 53-t;~ e flatcars
with iron, iron -dates,
and `)ines
Destination
anc `
Valten
16 February
I,tuelirose
16 February
Kooni sa terhausen
17 February
IHoh raeinis ch
17 February
Finow
17 February
Muellrose
17 February
Iiuellroso
20 February
Frankfurt/Odor
20 February
Frankfurt/Odor
24 February
luellrose
24 February
Lueil rose
25 February
Frankfurt/Oder
25 February
Kaul.sdorf-517
25 February
Vel t on
17 February
Volten
21 February
Volton
21, February
Valten
25 February
Dannemialde
22 February
Rondeau
24 February-
Chemnitz-Irilhersc' orf
16 February
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Went-four new trucks
Twenty-four now trucks-
Fifteen 581--type flatcars
with iron olates
Twelve SS-typeflatcars
with iron plates
F ht 35-ty o flatcars
with iron plates
Five SS-type flatcars
with iron plates
Chs initzr-Hilborsdorf
24 February
C herwiit z--Hilb er sdorf
25 February
Gi.sporsiebon
20 February
CAsporslebon
21 Fol xry
Schoonewejde
21 February
4 choonewexc.e
22 February
74 Fifty-nine empty SS-t3rpe ,f were dispatched free Franlcfwt% Oder
to Brost Litovsk on 18 and 22 February Ferty4-t ro flatcars with side-
racks and h2 gondola cars rare similarly dis,-atched wq :?2 ?ir.rorty empty
converted boxcars were seen ready for dispatch at the Frankfurt/Oiler
railroad operation and maintenance shop on 25 February. (6)
8. Sixteen empty boxcars, one empty converted boxcar and 41 empty flat-?
cars went from ]rankfurt/tkler to Fuerntern alde between 21 and. 21 Feb-
ruary'.
44 boxcars Langenaalza
46 boxcars Ooeschwitz
=:,huttlo-train )41 boxcars Camburg
10., Other shipments observed at, or identified from records oft-the
Frankfurt/Odor freight yard between 22 and 2t February 1951 included:
Shuttle--train
Shuttle-train
The following shuttle-trains for the transportation of rain passed
through Frankfurt/Oder en route to Brest Litovsk: between 22 and 25 Feb-
ruary:
S ...+..nt
Two trains of 56 and 44 boxcars
respectively. and shuttle-train[
Of 56 boxcars
hipping Station
Train of 60 boxcars Rudolstadt
Train of )jt4 boxcars Zwickau
Train of 55 boxcars `turzen
Train of 36 boxcars tTiederwiesa
Train of 57 boxcars Riess
Shuttle-tr,ains,--L-I Plane
Shuttle-train boxcars Cottbus
each of 54 boxcars
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Fifteen boxcars
with military goods
One boxcar with
military oods
one boxcar with
mlitary goods
Four boxcars with
munition
Four boxcars with
anmiunition
Six boxcars with
ammifitlon
Seventeen boxcars
with almiunition;
Fifteen tank cars
with military- fuel;
Sixteen tan's cars
with military fuel;
Forty-seven boxcars
with wheat
One SSY-type flatcar
with unknown cargo
and 4 eri7ty SSY-tz e
it tears
,misty shuttle-train
37 boxcars
Shuttle- train ~ of
43 boxcars with in
military fuel:
From-To and Date Dispatcher
JueterbogAltos Lager
to Kuestrin-border
22 February
L uallrose to
Jueterbog
23 February
?uel.lrose to
Kirclocsor
23 February
1.11dellrose to
Sta: sfurt
23 February
Luellrose to
Da1lgovt--Dooberitz
23 February
I.uellrrose to
Ziesow
23 February
Barest i.itovsk to
Dannenwaalde
23 February
Brest Litovsk to
Velten
23 February
Brest Litovsk to
Volten
23 Fobrtry
Brest Litovsk to
Elsona.ct~.
23 February
Fuerstemnalde to
Finow
23 February
Erfurt to
volt J.d.tovsk
24 February
Brest Litovsk to
Frei ta.l-'otseha pel
24 February
Brost I -ovek to
Felten
2t. February
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one boxcar with
military goods
One boxcar with
military goods
Twenty boxcars-with
amaAmition
military rood-
Sixteen boxcars
with azuuition
Three boxcars with
a trni.tnition
Throe boxcars with
fish
Four boxcars with
aram coition;
Chenni:tz to
Eisartspalteroi
24 Februanr
;dcuktrch .to
1isenspslterei
24 February
Toepchin to
Finow
24 February
Frankfurt/Odor to
Velten
2i,. February
Muol:iroae to
Ziesow
2t February
miuollrose to
Ludwig: lust
24 February
1bersvwalde to
Fuerstonwalde
2!4. February
Teltow to
Rosengarten
25 February
Altenhain to
Strausberg
25 February
Ten boxcars with
military goods;
Muelirose to
Base. 1 via
jCuestrin-border
25 February
Bight boxcars with
military -,goods
Four boxcars with
paper
Jueterbog 1' lto;
Lager to Pasa 2
25 February
Gruenhainichen
to Fuoratenwalde
25 February
Comments.
(3) The two rains are believed to have been the troop trains observed
in Fran.tifurt Oder on 8 February 1951.
(2)
the large sId, nt of field
kitchens was consigned to the 1st Mecz Div in Doeberitz.
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the morning ) avo trains bad 1 e i
o?pa rom e s n e on . rnda7 "V r i
24 January,
(6) These movomente are believed to have Won effQCtod in cmialiance
krhich ordered the pooling of 303 railroad
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