THE ZAJACZKOWO FREIGHT YARD

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 20, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASS I F1 CATION s~''Ij'.. 8`1'/CON1:ROL - U. S.. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT The Zajacz.kowo Freight Yard
DATE OF
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
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1. The ZajaczkowoTczewskie freight yard is situat6d on the Bydgoszcz Ttzevf
Gdansk,. and Malbork -- Gdansk line; north of Tczew (54006'N 18o1+5'E).* The
following are the lines running through the Zajaczkoowo freight yard:
a. Two through mr:$-a lines in the direction of Tczew and Gdansk run through
? thin. freight yard.
b. Two main lines in the direction of Oho jnice. (53?1-2'N 170341B).
c. Two main lines In the direction Bydgoszcz (53009'N 18000'E).
Two through main lines to and from Gdansk (511.021t] l81140'E) via Zajaczkowo,
switching also to the Malbork (54?02'N 190031E), Chojnice (5301i.2'N 170311.BE),
and Bydgoszcz lines,
2. The yard was built between 1911 and 1913, reconstructed between 1915 and 1918,
and enlarged and modernized between 1939 and 1.91+9. The double incline was
made 70 em.s.hlgher,by raising the ground 50 to 70 c-ms.
In March 191+5, 60 percent, of the yard. was destroyed by the retreating German
troops. Repair work was only completed in 1950. The total length of the
rela:d tracks in the yar3l is 1+56 ems .(sic)
Equipment and personnel of the freight yard:
a. Operations
1) Personnel: In accordance with the production plan (Soll-Plan);
.226 men,
Technical persoiniel number 260 men 50X1-HUM
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The training of the men is very good. The -tower control anc switch
men have all passed the Manager of Traffic Service examination.
Locomotives: Shunting locomotives (Za-il., Zc-2, Z.d-2, Ze-1)
Relief locomotives: (91 , 52 and Tp- -).
2) Engine sheds for 32 locomotives with a turntable, which can be operated
3)
both electrically and by handy of 19'7 construction.
Engine repair workshop (up to grade L-1+ repairs), with machinery and
equipment of the most up-to-date type.
1+) Water tower.
5.) Two buildings are available for sleeping quarters for 800 men. Each
building contains 50 rooms for 8 men.
b All repairs to freight and p ssenger cars can be carried out in the car
repair shop. The shop was extended and.ehlarged in 1942 and 191+3; between
191+6 and 191+8 the parts which had been destroyed were reconstructedo
The installations are of the most up-to-date type, and there are large
stocks of wood. and materials*
on The plant for ear washing and disinfectivn.can handle 1217 to 140 cars
per day.
d. There are four covered transloading rampsj= each 150 x 30 meters, which
make possible the transloading of 60 freight cars at the same time. At
present there are no cranes, but shortly two. for each ramp will be installed..
e. Exit and entry for trains running to and from Gdansk is controlled by
the switch panel. Za. Thirty remote-controlled switches are subordinate
tb thth panel.. There is an independent traffic manager here who controls
22 shunting and splitting-up lines approximately 800 - 1,000 meters in
length for freight trains on Gdansk - Gdynia line.
The switch panel Zb is the main control panel of the Zajaczkowo yard.
Trains running to Gdansk, Bydgoszcz and Chojnica are controlled from
this. panel. Forty remote-controlled switches in the Zb and Ze areas
are subordinate to this panel. There is also a cement loading ramp
approximately 1+00 meters long with a loading causeway.
The entire shunting. traffic is regulated from the shunting switch panel Zc
through the double incline. Approximately 60 remote-controlled switches
are subordinate to this switch panel. The car turn-over in this. shunting
area amounts to approximately 5,000 cars per day (120 axles in approxi-
mately 20 minutes).. The double incline has six tracks,, each 500 meters
in length. There are 28. shunting tracks. approximately 800 to 900 meters
in-length (double incline) in the area:Zb and Zc
h. Approximately 90 remote-controlled switches are subordinate to the control
switch panel Zd.o Trains departing for.Chojnicat Malborky Tczew and Bydgoszcz
are controlled from here; twenty-one shunting tracks for freight trains
run in these directions.
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I. The shunting switch panel Ze controls traffic at the washing and disinfecting
plant by the transloadi.ng. platforms, as well as at the places mentioned
in paragraph 11-a and 1b above and at coaling sidings. There are 24 shunting
tracks in this area, and two additional sidings also run from here.
Sidings which control engine runs from the ] otive sheds tp and from
the. trains. The length of these sidings is approximately 2,500 tert.
k. The coaling station (Ko17,enbanse) allows simultaneous coaling of 10 loco.
motives; coaling is da.ducted with ordinary cranes, but coaling cranes
are to be constructed at the beginning of 1952. There is space for fuel
stocks storage at the coaling station. Coal and oil stocks cover approxi-
mately eight weeks' normal requirements. There are also l0 water cranes
at this station.
1. In the basement of control tower for the switch panel Zd is a charging
station and battery roora(920 cells). All electric switches and signals
are fed from here and are therefore independent of the electric current
supplied by the Grodek Power Station. A diesel generator is used for the
charging station.
m. The yard has 16 ordinary entry and exit signals and a group signal (L13/2l
for eight tracks) manufactured by the Fiebrandt firm of Bydgoszcz. Areas
Za,, Zb and Zd each have one siemens and Halske block Installation for two
track traffic (an electrical safety appliance), There are also six over-
passes over the yard, of which four are used exclusively by the railwaymen
and two are for bie7cle and pedestrian traffic.
Comment: The stations of Suc'hostr zygi (Lunau) and Malinow (Amalienha
are suor~dlnate to the freight yard for operatic reasons.
cent:
20 newly-painted cars daily; each painter's norm as eight cars daily (sic).,
were engaged in locomotive repairs and in painting freight cars produced
e second-class ra oa wvr sops at a acz owa, w c
mmez : !Lien we also two. water cranes in each switch panel area
lie exit. signakls
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Key to Sketches
a. Locomotive sheds
b. Repair workshops for locomotives
c. Water tower
Sleeping quarter
e. Operations
f. Car wash and d sinfecti l i plant
Transload1ng platforms
Switch panel Za
+ntrol switch panel Zb
J. Shunting switch panel Ze
k. Control switch panel.' ,Zd
1. Shunting switch panel. Ze
Siding for locomotive runs
Coaling station.
Charging station for batteries for the remote control of switches
Overpasses
Loading ramp'
Administration buildIng
t.. Railwaymen's quarters when on duty
Railwaymen's sleeping quarters and,. offices for freight dispatch
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