(SANITIZED)RAILWAY TRAFFIC IN EAST GERMANY(SANITIZED)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 11, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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51.61
MAY 1949
CLASSIFICATION SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Railway Traffic in East Germany
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF INFO
ACQUIRED
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTINC THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. S C.. 31 AND 32 AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
HIBITED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
CLASSIFICATION
DATE DISTR. 11 August
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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The following freight is from now on guarded by volkspolizei:
Automobiles, tru s, motor vehicles, explosives, ammunition., arms
transports, 4ailtl-colored-metal, liquors, meats, freight to R.A.,
grain and sugar. The guards come from the volkspolizei office
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the department c
hief from GREIFSWALD to PANKOW,
given free to cars
(excess width - probably turbines).
It is not permitted to use trqnsit cars in the local
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service car
the acting general director RBD.
from Ostbahnhof to GREIFSWALD to 50X1 -HUM
No railway tickets are sold to SCHNEEBERG, Erzgebirge.
Freight and payment regulations have been given free in interzone
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6 em
pty G-cars stood
rea
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3? BERNAU Railway
Station
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a train with 5
fiel
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hens, 2 tan
kcar
s, 15
ar
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reconnaisan
ce cars, 2 T-3I
and
ca. 20
G-cars wit
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BERSWALDE.
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70 G-cars were
loade
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h men and 2
2 tr
ucks.
T
h
train drove in the direction of EBERSWALDE.
From trucks)
and equipment was loaded into G-cars.
furniture, beds,
L G-cars freight no. 16 went from BERNAU to JTERBOG.
Escort: 2 men.
1 0-car arrived in BERNAU from EBERSWALDE
This unit sent 1 G-car freight no. 16 to
From BERNAU to TEMPLIN % tanks, covered. The type
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6 Ssyms-cars (over
t
number from BERNAU
with train
to unit
The contents o e
t0 SS s-cars stood
these c
EB ERSWALDE.
5 G-cars with train
train left
0 tons) with 6 T-3 without
o BAD-FREINWALDE.
1 G-car from J TERBOG
1 G-car from EISENSPALTERIE
L. G-cars from SEIFHENNERSDORF
ready
from JUTERBOG railway station
Contents unknown,
train 1 G-car from EISENSPALTEREI
arrived in BERNAU
ailway station
5 G-cars.
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23 G- and 2 R-cars were ready for ROTE ARMEE. 50X1-HUM
6 G-cars were loaded with men.
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B. Railway Traffic at WITTSTOCK
3.
direction of PERLEBERG, consisting of: 50X1-HUM
10 flatcars. on which there were tanks, covered, and'6 new trucks
2 tankcars with 38 tons gasoline from VELTEN to NEURUPPIN
3 G-cars with furniture from WITTSTOCK to TELTOW.
THAL,
x-cars, contents unknown. Sender: ROTE ARNEEE, to BIESEN-
At the railway station DRANSE a tank transport of 20 T-34's
was unloaded. The train came from LUDWIGSLUST.
a train consisting of 8 armored reconnaisance
cars drove through FICHTENGRUND in the
direction of ORANIENBURG; besides this several R-cars with
rubber boats and bridge construction equipment, plus 6 G-cars
with men.
From ALT-RUPPIN to WUSTEBMARK: I train consisting of 60 G-,
0- and R-cars (pioneer unit).
ars with 200 tons gasoline to WITTSTOCK
cars with 2 trucks from DRANSE to NEUBRA.NDENBURG
3 tankcars with 45 tons gasoline to LARZ
Havel (formerly in Meckl.)
1 G-car, contents unknown from WITTSTOCK to FrRSTENBERG by
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were marked with the dish eagle.
C. KREMMEN Railway Station
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truck tires, 32 G-cars and -cars with cement for NEUSTRELITZ. The place
of destination was written with chalk on the cement cars. Besides there
were 12 tankcars, t0 G- and 16 0-cars empty at the railway station.
D. ORANIENBURG Railway Station
a train was ready with 39 R-cars with 1 truck each.
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together, 40 trucks were already loaded on the R-cars. The trucks were
marked with serial numbers, written with chalk in a circle (for example 7
or 28). Besides this there were 60 R-cars, 20 G-cars and 20 09cars at the
railway station.
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E. DRANSE Railway Station
1. 2 0-cars with new trunks were at the railway to ion. --These trunks
were then loaded into trucks
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ported these in the direction of SCHWEINRICH.
from 22 0-cars were loaded with cement and drove also
the direction of SCHWEINRICH. Trucks
from the direction of WITTSTOCK drove towards SCHWEINRICH.
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fftILUcks ove empty in the direction of the training grounds a bUAI -hUIVI
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tillery ammunition were lying unguarded at the railway station.
F. M KLIN Railway Station
a train with 43 R-cars each with a new truck stood at the rail-
way station. These trucks were marked with chalk
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There was no locomotive on the train.
G. TEMPLIN Railway Station
15 tankcars, 50 R-cars and 100 G-cars at the station. 50X1-HUM
H. PASFWALK Railway Station
A train with 65 new trucks) I All vehicles were without bUA1-h UIVI
numbers or marks. It is not known from where the trucks came.
I. NEUBRANDENBURG
In driving through, ca. 10 locomotives ready for departure were seen in
STRASBURG/Uckermark and 19 more in BLUNENHAGEN, all in good condition.
J. NEURUPPIN
a train was coupled together at the railway station.
v~les were already loaded on
K. VELTEN
A train shunted with 21 new trucks
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L. LbWENBERG Railway Station
a train consisting of 8 It cars each with 1 truck, 9 R -cars
each with 1pontoon, 6 G-cars each with ca. 1~.0 men (black/red) locomotive
held pointed in the direction of STRALSUND.
The length of the
consisting of 3
was observed pointed in the direction of ORANIENBURG.
gun had 14 rubber wheels and was without muzzle brake.
pontoons was ca. 3/4 car length.
R-cars each with a lv.-gun and 4 R-cars
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