RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH EAST GERMAN BORDER STATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Publication Date: April 5, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
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CENTRAL INT .IGENCE AGENCY REPORT
I A'N CD NO.
COUNTRY I DtSTR?
5 April 1955
SUBJECT
PLACE
Rail Freight Traffic through
East German Border Stations
NO. OF PAGES
NO. OF ENCLS.
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DATE OF
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS DOCDNINT CONTAINS INFONNATION APVICHNS TNt NATIONAL DIfINSI
Of TNt DNITID fiATIS. WITHIN TNI NIANIND Of TITII IS. SNCTIONS TDS
NAVY NS# 8
shipments
betwe
1954:
B boxcar
F flatcar
G gondola car
RRym heavy-duty flatcar
T tank car
Date in Number and Load
November Type of Cars
From
To
19 48 B undetermined
8111110rit
Mag
debur
g
1
1 B troops
30 RRym empty
Cottbus
Fra
nkfur
t/Odor 2
22 5 T, 3 B
Frankfurt/Oder
Cot
tbus
23 50 F trucks
Falkenberg
Gub
en
1 B
3
24 21 T undetermined
Frankfurt/Oder
Bra
nd
8 B
4
25 30 RRym empty
Cottbus
Fra
nkfur
t/Oder 2
27 50 F trucks
1 B troops
29 10 G 10 new tank t
rucks
Leipzig
Bre
st Li
tovsk 5
2. The following shipments en route to Brest Litovsk were observed passing
through the Muellrose railroad station between 16 and 26 November:
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Date in Number and
November Type of Cars
23 R
7F
16 F
18 B
22 B
17 F
new
wheel sets
new
undetermined
10 E
3F
new
wheel sets
11 E
3F
new
wheel sets
3. The following shipments were
and 5 December 1954:
Date in Number and
November Type of Cars
Dessau
Cottbus
N
Halle
Cottbus
6
observed at Frankfurt/Oder between 24 November
56 G
empty
35 T
It
54 F
crates
56 B
undetermined
56 G
coke
Ziltendorf
52 F
crates
Brest Litovsk
54 B
undetermined
46 B
uranium ore
54 F
crates and cables
It
56 G
iron ore
Brest Litovsk
Ziltendorf 8
1 train
56 three-ton trucks
Brest Litovsk
9
55 F
iron tubes and plates
56 Z
undetermined
54 F
crates
56 G
empty
54 G
undetermined
Brest Litovsk
54 F
crates
29
1 trai
n
80 12 ton trucks
Brest Litovsk
Chemnitz 3
54 B
undetermined
Brest Litovsk
29
54 B an
dF
flatcars with rails
Brest Litovsk
30
56 G
Brest Litovsk
54 F
iron tubes
Brest Litovsk
56 B
undetermined
Brest Litovsk
56 G
iron ore
Brest Litovsk
Ziltendorf 8
55 F
crates
Brest Litp . c
1 trai
n
85 three-ton trucks
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December
3
25 R new
54 F bridge sections
and crates
56 G iron ore and coke
54 G "
56 B empty
25 A new
54 F bridge sections
and crates
56 B undetermined
54 G and F iron ore, coke
and rails
46 B uranium ore
54 F bridge sections
and crates
56 G iron ore and coke
54 F bridge sections
and crates
Ziltendorf ) 8
Between 7 dovember and 1 December, traffic through Kuestrin-Kietz included:
Westbound. Two to 3 trains with hard coal and 2 to 3 freight trains with
undetermined load daily.
1a:,stbound. Four to 5 trains of empty gondola cars daily and up to 3 trains
with potash on several days. 11
Comment. This shipment possibly consisted of ration supplies for the
ration supply depot of the Third Shock Army.
Comment. The dispatch of this type of flatcars, which has a load capacity
of 80 to 90 tons, to the East may indicate that further tank shipments from
the TUSR may be expected.
Comment. These shipments were connected with the current motor vehicle
Comment. Probably fuel shipment for the bomber regiment at 3riesen
airfield which is served by the Brand railroad station.
I Comment 5.
Comment. Siich cars are produced for the USSR at the VEB :: lechverformunEswerk 25X1
at Leipzig.
Comment. These railroad cars were exported to the USSR. The Soviet-gauge
wheel sets carried along are used on these cars in the USSR.
__Comment. Deliveries from the uranium ore mining district in Sa*ony to
the USSR amount to about 10,000 tons per month.
8. 0 Comment. Raw material deliveries for the Eisenhuettenkombinat Ost (Foundry
Combine East) at Fueretenberg/Oder which is served by the Ziltendorf railroad
station.
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it is riot clear whether they werd connected with the motor vehicle
exchange program or were involved in export deliveries of Horch three-ton
trucks to the US$R or Red China. The latter is believed to be more credible.
10. Comment. Shipments of rails of type R 50 for the improvement of the
East German railroad net have already been observed previously.
l . I Comment. In addition to the Horka, Forst and Guben border stations,
Kuestrin is used for hard coal imports from Poland in spite of a longer
route.
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19 48 B undetermined
1 B troops
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shipments
B - boxcar
F - flatcar
G - gondola car
RRym - heavy-duty flatcar
T - tank car
22 5 T, 3 B Frankfurt/Oder Cottbus
23 50 F trucks Falkenberg Guben 3
1 B
30 RRym empty Cottbus Frankfurt/Oder 2
24 21 T undetermined Frankfurt/Oder Brand
4
S B
25 30 RRym empty Cottbus Frankfurt/Oder 2
27 50 F trucks
1 B troops
Guben Magdeburg
29 10 G 10 new tank trucks Leipzig Brest Litovsk 5
2. The following shipments on route to Brest Litovsk were observed passing
through the Muellrose railroad station between 16 and 26 November:
f - exprezs train coach
R - refrigerator car
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Date in Number and Load From To
November Type of Care
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NSRB
FBI
between 19 and 29 November 1954,
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Date in
November
Number and Load
Type of Cars
16
23 R
new
7 F
Wheel Gets
17
16 F
new
18 B
undetermined
19
22 B
1-T -F
military goods
4 weighing platforms
20
10 E
new
11. aEl.e
3 F
Wheel sets
?6
21
45 B
uranium ore
7
26
11 B
new
6
3 F
Wheat sets
The following shipments were observed at Frankfurt/Oder be preen 24 November
sa-.d 5 December 1954:
Date in Number and
Hovember Type of Cars
5I. 6 i1nde t ermined
24 56 G empty Brest Litovsk
35 T Brest Litovsk
54 F crates
tt
56 B undetermined
21i 56 G coko Ziltendorf
52 F orates Brest Litovsk
54 B ?c?Q.c ,ermined tt
46 13 arsnium ore ?? 7
1S 54 '' crates and cables tt
5c` G ircn o~ e Brest Litovsk Ziltendorf 8
~.i.r. 56 three-.ton trucks Brest Litovsk 9
,'? 55 F i 'zn rubes and plates Brest Litovsk
56 B a- deI;ermined Brest Litovsk
5, F ..'ca :as It
56 C- e1 's,Zr tt
51', f' (":7a1.es it
tw_:..1 80 trucks
5 L u.nde t orm nsd
rr
G. f ill.. I flatecrs with rails
X11 zl; P
Brest Litovsk
Brest Litovsk
Mile rx,.i tz 3
Brest Litovsk
51, F iron tubes Brest Litovsk
56 anIc;teriined Brest Litovsk
56 0 iroi 're Brest Litovsk Ziltendorf 8
55 - crates Brest Litovsk
I train 35 threeiton tracks 11
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54 F bridge sections
56 G
54 G
56 }3
25I
54 F
and orates
iron ore and coke
f7 it
empty
new,
bridge sections
and crates
56 B undetermined
54 G and F iron ore, coke
and ra il.s
46 B uranium ore
54 F bridge .sections
and crates
56 G iron ore and coke
5:Y T bridge SL?+'tions
and crates
Brest Li tovsr: 6
Ziltendorf )
Brest .Litoirsk 6
7 )o:: anc' 1 De:: ember "traffic ti'ror,_ i uest?'i :-ICietZ included:
to 3 ''rais with hard coal and " t0
;P fret trains with
GJ:it nd Four to 5 train s of eint7ty ;ondo',.a cars daily ai.i{i up to 3 trains
_... _._.. ; l +). p?s t usi?. 0 : over LY l days 0 ~. ?.
supply e pct o.I: Tl.' _CCl Shook !irm
d. p_titch of this type of fiatca.-co, which has a load capacity
ni 8t7 to "O o s to ?..!cthe may indicate that fu ther te: k shipments from
''1^ 4t'J1_11.~. be e:~.petec.l.
f.L~L'111C,'Zl ':r:?-cSe s1::i.pJments wore: Gc~i netted w3.th the current motor Veh.icic
,
Corari: nt; ?r:i5abi4r f.'lel_ sii ru^ont; for the boy, 1-w _'eg B ?ie.er_
is served by ?11:3 B:1 exi:!. railroad station.
:2: n n a 1
'ich. e ?'' .:~re i"x."lu(.:ed ': or t.:Le 1Jw 3R at the 7'_.B
e c' .v rf ar),~ur..g, u ~r.c 25X1
COrTh, ~ i ',i..s:;e rad1:s oad cars T.,-9 re extorted'. t o the U3: R. The Soviet-?F'-al'L'e
e0 .t " .r ur u in the US. t I'
~~ ~.c~ ', `~ecl o'?n thes se afi+r. ..
1n i)~. ii; i!lI::CPill):, to about 10' G00) to?'.Ls Per month..
Raw rsa ,aria.?. aelivcries for inc iieenhuetter,komlihinat 0st Foundry 25X1
c_? . : J. ~.~,. e '.il'u4__ 7aar` 1:uis:s
?c ~d t h J. . o_,d.
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it is not clear whether they were connected with the motor vehicle
exchange program or were involved in export deliveries of Horch three-ton
trucks to the USSR or Red China. The latter is believed to be more credible.
Comment. Shipments of rails of type R 50 for the improvement of the
East German railroad net have already been observed previously.
Comment. In addition to the Horka, Forst and Guben border statio:r:.;,
Kuestrin is used for hard coal imports from Poland in spite of a longer
route.
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