MISCELLANEOUS RAILROAD REPORTS

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• Publication Date: November 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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1JTELLOFAX 29
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MAY 1949 CLASSIFICATION CdNFIDENTIAL/C T""' --U.S. OFFICIALS ON
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Miscellaneous Railroad Reports
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE DISTR. 21 November 1952
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
DATE OF SUPPLEMENT TO
ACQUIRED REPORT NO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING 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-
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
THUS DOCUMEIIT NUS Al 1%C $SUBE Lf?
CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
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CONFID iTIAL
PART 'H'
AGG0NFABRIK SAG, DDSSAU t1LRIZMGHTSTRASSB
To~~an Plan 1:10,000 C 3 - 4.
PRODUCTS
(a ) -__ Insulating vans Faith two
_-- .~_
13 m 10
The vans ore approx.
2.5 m sheet tat. The space 50X1-HUM
was
sets of wheels. The; -external body
r~tcrial
vas packed :with a j:ahite in~etlating i
between of fates 650 x 900 rira and 45, 65, or 90 50X1-HUM
called "Iborka an carisisting p
m/m thick. The internal body Was i de al" 15 uy/m boards. The :Floor and
walls to 1 m height were coated With 1 m/rn. sh .Ct zinc and, since Jan 1952,
i;rc pad ith insulated side
tins qu4 ip
with- galvanised sheet iron. The e
d -a+ hooks, The van vaas subdivided into
an
beams
'dTid, internally, dooYs'
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CONFI D ENTIAL
CaMIMMam
1: Town plan 1:10 000 C 3 -. '
a large and a an.l room which was separated by a grating with a door.
The internal. 'tenpe rature could be checked from outside on two therno-
meters fitted into the double body. The coupling device operated
automatically.
The vans were assembled on Standard gauge wheel sets. ldzssian gauge
wheel sets arrived in Czech tracks from an unkno m source. The red-
brass bushes were; supplied as rough castings from an unknown works in
FEEIR in Land Sachsen and were machined and lined with babbitt metal.
The bushes were fitted to the Standard gauge but were to be used also
50X1-HUM
for the Russian gauge wheel sets. its ne
e
e
asary
to adjust only the brake shoes when the whucl sets were changed. The vans
were sent to BRAT I+ITOVSK with the Asian gauge wheel sets packed
in sepaz'atc trucks. Prior to dispatch the vans were very thoroughly
Che
ked b
c
y Russian inspectors
..
The daily production quota was 6 insulating vans. Owing to a shortage
of sheet utca1 this figure could not always be reached.
(o) Iron oast' trolle
They were so=what longer than the and mounted on two 50X1-HUM
each with two' Russian gauge wheel sets. The front walls were 40 - 50 m/nz
steel. A metal ring with fastening devices for the ladle rested, by
means cif' pivots, in bearings fitted into the front walls. The ring could
be turned by means of two semi-eiroular gear wheels and an electric motor.
The output increased in 1952.0 estimated the total output to date
at approx. 50 to 60 trolleys, They were loaded on open vans and shipped
to a destination unknown 50X1-HUM
(d) Crane
They were mounted on two bogies each with three Standard gauge wheels
sets. The bogies were not cast as those ctf the a eve but welded
together. The wheel flanges of the set were not equipped with a
rise at the inner-side. Two types were produced:
(i) Length of Approx. 15 m 50X1-HUM
Capacity of crane: 25 tons
The crane Res m
bl
ovea
e an two rails along the lthf th
.eng oew 50X1-HUM
Total output from 1949 to Liay 1952: Approx. 200.
(ii) Length 4pprox. 22 ? 13-M 50X1-HUM
Capaoite: 50 tans
50X1-HUM
rotate. =quipped with a motmting on which the crane oc tld
Total output from 1950 to May 1952: Approx. 150,
produced and -mounted.
Thd w ks ego igyed a tonal & wog. 3o te. The ! in .ale the
ohea is d the irtnulat VG7W US Z aaa gaxatod In tlucas, tlsi = wagq
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LFADING PERSONALITIES
Russian Director General
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shop in two, and the other shops in two and ens.daily. 8-hour shifts.
3. WORKS DISBI'MLI S AND EXTENSIONS
50X1-HUM
one or two workshops were damaged during the late war and a further workshops
destroyed by 'a fire in 194.7. All workshops had meanwhile been aired and
built. The-,.-works was not dismantled after 194.5..
it: was intended to construct a new boiler house but no preparations
50X1-HUM
could be seen up to Way 1952.
4. RAW MATERIAL SUPPLY
n
r
oars 8
Boards arrived from Thueringen. The quantities of boards in stock were env%h for
a few years' production. Castings were supplied 'fran the 1 rautheim works at
GLITZ- ORNA and Schaeffer.&. Buder~rg in.' LGI9UR0.:. The wheel sets, 50X1-HUM
Brings,; and electric motors camp from sources unknown and they red
brass bushes fran POIBERG in Sachsen.
Sh et metal was supplied frem the Eisen- usd Huettenwerk at 2H" Spa ]y 'pas
short in 1951 but impro in 195 2. There were no stocks 'Of sheet metal. Saeticxsa 50X1-HUM
ro11in mills No shortage and adequate stocks,
a
f
5.
MR : Tq n plan , 3 !}
Name unknown,
There were a Russian engineer ant 5 inspectors.
German Technical Head.:
BEHIMID fnu,
M-mT, fnu.
L
PIMSCH R, t't u,
culture : HA1 iA II1
PART-tot
TOM OF DESSAU
MR: Tom Plan 1:10,,000-Pt st Edtbiaa.
1.
BE-NAMING OF STRF TS
~rr.rrt+rr+r.
Old a
-aria Ree
---
N
Th. a-stennstrasse
a4
Iriedrteth Naumax Sfxasae
Mitteistrasse
(after 1933: Strasse der SA) F 4 Berliner Strasse
e
r
Askanisohe Strasse
G 5 - 6
essv
l St
August Bib
K,aiaerstrasse
E 5 - F 5
Stalinstraass
Bismarekstrasse
F 5
Wilhelm Lohme m STRASSR
Adolf Hitler Plats
4.
Djmitra platz
Schlageter Allee
C 6 - S 6
Thaelmam Au"
OFFICIALS O Y
IA L
'F I D E'N'"I"
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CONFIDENTIAL.
cm d streets is attached at xppx.
T .rj y
N0: tixl Gra .. ,
21 , ,.r Z_. L, Resoription
6 F4
7 r5
1Q, F r
11 .. . 1;
12 G 5
14 F 4
15 F 5
16 F 1}-
17 S obi
19 Old track, now si U. i to the :Landing place
20 Unserviceable sections of old track
16 Steel lattic! Ziruer far
17 Flat steel constructed bridEe
15 Steel lattice girder bridge
.2 canvas firm
13 New road
J.L. New landing place
.11 Flat concrete bri,dge uhdQr, c'ons`truction
'9 Flat steel constructed bridge
10 Flat steel constructed bride
b taru.gaWn .i,cqueur r,aator
7 Sobering; V B, ph~arrnaceutical ork
8 GIien oker !,,leg.
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`OKTUL U. 5. t~rr~~ai1.$ OKU( 50X1-HUM
IAI
Sub eat: ~'= Ri :. I s ' S, O~IIR GOODS REM ROM
1 TION AT _0 SMV-71A.;i ffit.I : 1RG
M Toss, Plan of BL LXM, Sheet 4 (t+ o } 1:20,000 GSGS No 44W
3rd Lditiaa 1945
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GONFQ TT '(ONTKUL U. S. WIUALS ONLI
27 1,ugg-ust 1972
2. Location:
The factory vas ' located in rrerdau near Zw.rackau (in ulerd-u-ueutinitz
directly adjacent to the railway line between .erdau and Zwickau) on
the Leubnitzerstr.
3. Production
50X1-HUM
{ i,) Re 'rigerator or meat; 179 - 4. wheelers, normal
eu'ropeen gauge, had been built in 1951-j2. -it the front and
rear walls were ice-boxes.
the tirere destined for Hu igry . Iurlgariexl offa?aals 50X1-HUM
came to take over these Wheels, axles, buffers,
couplings and. various forged pieces were sent from the rolling
mill in Henningsdorf and.an unkmo,m factory in G8rlitz.
(ii) Closed railway 4 wheelers. In 1971 up to August 1971
1,O to.200 had been built. Starting from 1970 400 50X1-HUM
had been -.ade for the railways in the DDR. viheels,
axles, buffers, couplings and forged pieces came fran factories
in Iienningsdorf, GBrlitz and Littau.
(iii) Repair of closed and' open and passenger coat>hes. In 50X1-HUM
afo-w how rwuW. had already been repaired in
was fully under ,ray see below the repair. of
would be stopped.
U. S. 0 FICIALS (} L j .. .
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) Buses, destined for use in Dresden, k..agdeburg, Halle. The
other
a
f
n
rom
buses were 40 to 43 seaters. The engines came
unknown factory, the wheel rims (Felgen) from Ronrleourg and
the tyre-equipment from Riesa. 40 buses were built between
19i1 and February 1952.
(y) uses for Poland. From June 1951 to March 1952 80
tric
h
l
ec
e e
buses had been constructed; no trailers. T
equipmCnt came from the i abelwerk in Henningsdorf. No
further details were available.
(vi;) Trailers for buses destined for the DDR, chiefly for Dresden,
Halle, Leipzi . 100 trailers with 40 seats each had been
node in 1951 (up to December 19.51).
(vii) Wooden bodies for Stud.ebalkers, destined for Russian field post
office .units, 50X1-HUM
consisting of the lath floor, the' side galls and
benches. These bodies were not assembled in the factory on
the Studebakers but were sent off b rail after having been
painted with a dark ,green colour. did not know 50X1-HUM
to what place.
100 bodies had been made from December 1951 to xpril 1972.
It was a reparation. ccarsaission?
(viii) wooden cases with doors (Fltigeltttrkisten) used for railway
transport. 5000 boxes were to be built by the Waggonb .u in
Vfei.mar. Weimar not being able to.finish this cownission at
the right time had handed over the construction of 1700
boxes to `ierdau. The construction commenced in ',verdau in
January l952 and 200 boxes were msde.per month.
The box was 2,20 m, high, 1,j m long and 1 in wide, made of
thick ,,rood and painted red, it was said that50X1-HUM
the boxes were to be used for the transport of television
apparatus by rail. The order was condered as a reparation
conTnia Sion.
(ix) X-rays cars (with trailer) destined for various Ministries of
Health in Sachsen, ThiNringen, t ecklenburg and Sachsen-.anhwlt-
Ixi 1951 10 to 12 of these known as "R6ntgenz e" had been 50X1-HUM
built; none had been built in 1952.
The cars and trailers were completely built in vierdau with the
h X -
- - -
-- -
where this was done. No further details were available.
(x) liobile motor Dental Surgeries (Za.hnk1iniken) for Ministries of
Health. In l9jl. 10 to 12 of these cars had been built
Without trailers. i\o further details.
i) In 1952 it was planned to change the tlaggohba.u ` ierdau over to
n_13 ,E:nn ~~n rnxi_ui inn
_ ,
T
omob le s
9
1
f a
.
u V
---
Tine Sronrgtiruu t+.Vli o
ELnyrieN
with all-wheel drive (u113Cad )
type C. 7
ity
3a
s oa
t
i
o
,
i
on
were to be constructed. Construction had started in
nPC Tnx,vRt i T. /2.... .
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0CNPI NTIALCOi4TROL U. S. OF f iu,ALS OALX
Ref ? NRZ{ LRIO/R0 iD;/J4 R
(xii) a'6 tons -type H 6; according to plan 800 had to be
built in ly72. Production had started in December 1971 and the
s finished in i,~arch 1972? In June 1972 50X1-HUM
first ;ra
50X1-HUM
bras finished at the end
December 1971 and the first
of arch 1972? Regii ar production had not yet st Yted k
sA V 50X1 -Hlll\/I
the foriuer Horchwerke in Zwickau., The order was given uy title
ili
were to be buysz for m
t r -"___"50X1-HUM
4?
destined for the Voiles olizei
The en g; ne.s carne from Horch,:rickau..
g~
50X1-HUM
The two type 7were to be constructed by the conveyor
system and all other production was to stop, but the conveyors
had not yet been built.
Raw materials :
Sheet metal came from the iron works and rolling mill" in
Henningsdorf, Kirchm8ser and - haae, quantity unknown. Iron came
from Riesa and various special types of steel from the PoIdihtltte in
Leipzig.
Krupp-sheets (itruppbleche) between 6 and I2 mm thick v ere very scarce.
chiefly o mm. Krupp
For sheets the were constr used. uction of this shortage of 8 mm 50X1-HUM
she
sheets was the chief reason why production started so slowly.
50X1-HUM
The general :..anager was Schmied
hifts
2
lee,
.
s
1830 men worked in
. Dr
e
the technical mana r 1.1alvritz and the commercial manager ?
of workers was to be
-I-- '??`.'b
er
In the factory there were no Russians.
Studebaker bodies and the conta n r ',),)xes Russian off icials came
from We imar.
f creased -to 4000 men,
For '-he taking over of the 50X1-HUM
Genner? 1 _
The factory was not damaged but partly dismantled.
1.2.'s NOTE
(i) Prop
.anda - no knowledge
d of Reoort
QR?FI s TTIt_T, COi' ROL U. S. OffKiALS O 4LI
50X1-HUM
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3. a3. i s t, s`t b3 iii in =fJ N.btJR~ (Har
Extryit from
CONFIU TIAL
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C o ; z{ z D _ . N I A L CONTROL U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY
50X1-HUM
SUs? QFRr
1.
0SN M. 50X1-HUM
After the war the works in ILS IBURG became a Sowjetische Aktien-
gesellsohaft. However, since Gaya 1952 the works had reverted to
the status of a V.E.B. (yolks ,igener Betxieb).
50X1-HUM
the Radsatz factory was formerly a branch of
the cknez N erke t e headquarters of which is located in
Hax z
2. The works vas located clue west of the railway station at ILSENBURG/
4+ The works produced the follavring
50X1-HUM
(a.) Wheel sets for railway (Russian gauge), The diameter 50X1-HUM
of the wheels was 120 cm and. the diameter of the axles 114.5 mm.
Normally in a clay (three shifts) 42 wheel-sets were produced.
These were sent to DESSIU. In May, however50X1-HUM
the production dropped to 12 wheel-.sets per 24 hours.
(b) wheel-sets for railway (normal gauge). The wheels 50X1-HUM
were made of cast steel. jhe wheels were pressed onto the
axles and then dispatched without bearings.
these whee se s were in e e
for use in Czechoslovakia. 32 such wheel.-sets were produced50X1-HUM
per month.
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(c)
iawever, the wheels were 50X1-HUM
for railway artillery mountings. The wheel-sets were for
Russian gauge tracks. The axles were 20 cm in diameter
tapering to 16 cm in the riddle, ~,t both ends of the axles
a thread was out approx. 18 cm long. also at both ends of
the axles three holes, diameter. 12 imn x 10 caul deep, were
drilled and tapped into the profile of the axles.
The wheels were cast in ante piece frcan cast steel and had
a diameter of 60 cm; the wheel face had two holes approx.
6 cm in diameter. Theses were to 50X1-HUM
equalise the stress on the w,ieels. The bearings for these
wheel-sets had thy- following outside dimension:;: 40x4Ox4O cm.
The wheel ~aaot acre dispatched by rail,, complete. Until
Piny, 1952 the production of these wheel-sets was approx. 12
per month. Fran the beginning of MY how a- .r work on this
type had been greatly steppe
Wheel--sets for iron oxe rail These were
official referred to as "Radattze fur Eisenerzgiessrva.gen
5. The castin a and bearings were delivered to the works from
L1d.GD2 BURG,
0
6. The works employed 400 people per shift. Work was carried out
ft s per clay.
The following names of executive, personnel employed at the works
were r t? to informant
(a) KROLL, f nu. i
employed as 50X1-HUM
(b) . sMSSER, frau
technical engineer.
(c) ZT.EQsR, fnu,
employed as
Chief works engineer.
The Russian manager and one Russian engineer who ran the works
when it war, a S,L G. were still at the works,
50X1-HUM
50X1-HUM
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OONk D- Eaw'1Ita ~~~ ~L U. S. OFF 1(Ik LS OHLY
PRO N. i3 F0
27 16ugust 1952
;pr oEa MkB
2.. Prod.ugtion:-
(i)
Refrigerator 8 wheelers, 32 tons unladen weight;
,about 30 :sere built per month and construction
had started at the beginning of 1951.
50X1-HUM
e order would be completed in July
1952. Inside the front and near walls were fitted ice
boxes made of wood but clad with sheet metal
These boxes were filled with ice
from. hey had no electric equipment.
m. the roof
4.ere but of the best wood and
These refrigerator
the factory had difficulty in getting necessary
hard had Russian couplings and ,.ere finished 50X1-HUM
read.. The
They were taken over by Russian
in a light grey
the normal, Gorman ga was
officials als.
the border into the road Russian gauge,
Tha ollow ing
rs of r.~aterial to the 50X1-HUP
firms were known as supplie
Jriggonbau .,elm r for the construction of
Ayer & ijetchelt, Leipzi ,- steel castings.
Krupp Gruson, Le deburg:- buffers and smaller forged. pieces.
?:axhttc, Untellenborn:- bearing bushes (Lagersohralen), and
banks (Rohlinge) for wheels and
axles.
Simsonin Suhl:- forged pieces.
Kautin: in G emnitz: oxla -pox casings (LOhsenlagergei&use)
apd cast steel underfrau s (Stahlguss-
untergestelle).
00hK1D:'.l CONTROL U.-S., OFFICIALS ONLY
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00:14iME11T l1L CONTROL U. S OF HURLS OUI
0rz0a
(ii) Power unit
since 1947/48
60 per month. They were for narrow gaugeldbahn
and weighted about 20 tons.
The stear bo3.1ers were delivered by the Kyffl~~?serh tte
i~ctern near Kllleda and measured 2 x 2 x 1,50 n- They Aere
...,,,7 A t, evEn green
50X1-HUM
-
? r
U J4. cl a vs -t- --
gars _ Buckau-dOlf, j .agdeburg, 50X1-HUM
e
(iii) kaL.way Tank ~, ri only
for hoses. these 50X1-HUM
were used for gas. Betweerz'iugust and December 1951, 20 to
9-5 tank per month were built. No further details.
The boilers came from Buckau-'Wolf, gdeburg. The ia,nder- 50X1-HUM
framed were made in Weimar and th. tank was cott:pletely
encased in wood like a closed rail::ay The first 50X1-HUM
tank made in qeimar were without this wood covering
In c e~.mmar ese had still German
and were sent back. cnv4 ui inn
Of Was self propelling.
(Koss?1~~:gen), 4 ,wheelers, normal
wood. The steam engines ca ._
capacities unkno' n. Feed pumps ;apeisepurap,?.n),. Dui -puff s
and manometers were delivered by Scbbfer Guttenberg in t::.agdeburg.
~;ach ~~ad 1 large and 2 small a Ines delivered by an 50X1-HUM
i+ grafting
unknown fire in Finster?.ialde.
a~-VVs (B'aums gen) could be driven by these engines or a small 50X1-HUM
village could be supplied with electric light. i?or each of
a crew Baas constructed of
these power unite 50X1-HUM
the same overall measurements. It was fitted -pith a stove,
beaches, cupboards, buckets, pots, rubber boots, etc.
The power and crew were transported by rail to Rostock 50X1-HUM
T
` y ;xg say, them in 1951 in the Harbour. Nei.t.her type
3?
(iv) The three types of =built in yiei:ar car3ied Russian :.)vnI -nuivi
letters and were marked with hammer and sickle.
"Jith regard to axl s. and wheels only the axles for tae
power and screw were made in :+eiMr. 50X1-HUM
Most of the sheet metal Was delivered by the rolling Mill in
Thale,v~ith smaller quantities by the rolling mill in Henn:ingsdorf. 50X1-HUM
sheet zinc came from" Hettstedt. There seemed to be a shortage of
raw material in the factory but
in spite of it the programm zias always fulfi ed.
Bay( material:-
CONFWg'iTlLL QONTROt U. S. OFFICIAI S OI!1Y
/3
8 wheelers, constructed
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3500 men tirorked in 2 shift:. Upto !Jay. 1952 the factory as
a S.,la.G. and. 4 ad a Russian General.direktor _(nawe unknown). In kay
1952 the S. .G,. was changed into a V.r'..B. The Geri an' General
tatlgcr as j gler,
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saw in thy: factory stacked outside in the open air
bout gun blanks ( ohling(:;), resembling the German 10,5 ilak.
de to i $.
they were for Russia. iVo further inforvation.
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taw on several occasions in 1952 express train cars and
passenger cars. They looked like i itropa cars, and carried
B4ssian inscriptions. No further details.
(iii) In the runway-wagon factory in G8rlitz_ and Beut
Observed the construction of
(iv) in Dessau saw during 195 hat the sane
re rigerator an u
an t~c~ere made as in
Weimar.. a production rate was higher
there than in Weinar, the cons truo.tion having
started earlier. UnknoLn. how many..
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(i) Props anda - no knowledge.
iii; no informtion on other items listed
in T.I.
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saw,th.s pile from a distance and was unable to give more
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`SUBJECT: DISMANTMMT AT tttTCRD" RLY 37N.: East BE'-RIM.
I. Goneral?
A omafl private firm, employ: about 22 men at the place Of
dismantlement, had been enFr+7ed since 21g.. 7.52 on the takinry.-up of rails,
sleepers and permanent-gray-metalling; at the PTcrrd Bahnhof Yormer2 the
t't warlanens' terns rzoanin ; "placed out of scrvioo" }
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to be
and that all usable parts plus in tallaticsls were to be dismantled.
2. D2tlcment Details_
aQ a of the main tracks within the station and part of anot r
track had already been di: mantled. and sent away by mid July 1952.
Dismantlement of another main track w s in progress during AusuSt
J952.
.. Ids tinati on of Materials.
.U1tho dismantled rails and sleepers plus srnze meta.7.Iir , frau
the permanent way, were sent to LIf iTETTBURG (R. O. S. BERI'T) `11=0
a now track was being laid alcn side the "S Bahn`t track. Ccn3truc-
ta. onaI crork, including line cons tr u~c ti on, wt:, in pro;rea3 rt tho
ra:Oway static there. It appeared that the statim was being enlarged.
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bef I3.ts3,arx o:; 777mii there had been a single trace ra#].tar~p routs
The track had begin diammtled d 3ru;
. par o a Rtssin cbcupatior_.
2., Reocs s ruoticaz.
`rack eras in probes s carp. repair of the permanent way in prepa ratitti
fex the re'ayi g of the single track be tt t on TEZiE'I,3N and 17M^ZU U.
t the same -tine work tras in pros res at PR1 ZILU to mace th? ea ,6-,tit
with the main line at the north side of U o tl.,nt it ,3
to improvement on the previous ccruze oti a~ _ 50X1-HUM
near. line would pass undor the main lime and n3er
southwards to join the main lum ar PR4 TZ1.AU R1y. Star. The note ourrod
sactic srculd be betVwen the main north pouth line anC the rminor r,asd
or track at the Oast side of the
Sta. at A EDTZ AU.
92ress and Date of Cos le ti on.
Work a repair to the permanent way began early in June 1952.
The entire project was scheduled to be cars loted b the end of Strrter
X95 Between 80 and
100 persaas were wnp oye cn permanent tray repair. did not
know hoff many acre end; aged at the short now stretch at PRENZLAU.
There appeared to ben hcrtarle
t
mare wTarlcers were to be exzployed an the project when and an they
became available,
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SUt OT A: 4I3.y X RC_ 'i I= CNSTRUCTI :
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St JI T B. ` f:CTIVITY AT FC& 'rir EXPLCS ILCTCRY MLR TQiGELo
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Locat on ? Mlative detailsM
passes through
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2. Details itldi.cat]a"I Vapo interest,
the south side. of the LoadinF,/unloadir point was an area with ' h--
shops, some of vhirh were under,-,round. The area was about 4 km,.- t'r'ot
nth to south and east to vresta The complex of wcr1 hoixs was rstarred
to Zocally as the "Tc~rgolo~~r iri.una". its cf'io3al
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a branch railway track fraa the main Line to a Zrx:dinnJunZoadieq
point. The branch Line had been 500 rn 1 Yox+d 4~ A-1 C50X1-HUM
point times at the east s5Le of the main s it
a "Polizei Ober Rat" f r c d n i;1PT.T" arrived t Fi TV
a
railurL.y offices .to cis iz;: tira_th railway.o'fioials the reccnstrtaaticn or
the rai.]svay track to and-at the unloading point at the "Ta relvwr Mttt1".
t= .so present at the dais^ussicn was "Kawaandeur" R0 HLITZER of the
"Polizoi,Schulo" at EGGEZ7TT. They insisted that the traoit Zngiu
should bo ens feted by m Ld f u- ust. The Kca aiandeur stated that if
suf ioient wag not available he Trot, )A arras tr a for
trainees, rai the "Polazei Schule" to work on the .track laying. ?J1
reply to a guostin as tto-their suitability for such wcn1, ha said
that there. yrotAcl bpsca .e available who had had, trnininr, as "Pimesr3tt",
3. Construction details.
track to permit shim-cir_. ot,ora.tions,. There would be an outer track
to p it traf.'ie to paj frai the branch line, past the lonainr; point
raid ante the i,r%Jn line; it, jtm.cii on with the main line wvrukl be at
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The lcn,-,Uh of the branch s iyrle track fra:t the main line to thy:
unlonddn,a- point was to be 500 ra lon . There would be three tx4rks 50X1-HUM
at the mlo^d.inzg point one of them to teruxinate cn a flat concrete
o epanse of about 300 r. loci and wide enough to permt t 1oadin 50X1-HUM
to the concrete frc~:z o h sides of wa7cns,
The track on the concrete rr?uld be that nearest to the rta#R line.
L t the side of that track whi :h. would be oat a crtorete there would bo a
The :>uts ido 1?iao would be oO to 1 CO i;3c
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expanse at tiro loadin ; point had been there since pro-oacuprticn M.
there was no that it needed anything mina than perhaps
minor repa:.r?_. .
the materials wore to b?e u>od rri';hln the factory areal the
a+xic
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arrived at the cite.,. Tho la ::3 ~s_r'/ulloadin? point was to be used at
the factory4 Sato ca~at-iron pipes and boards for mouldiw ccnarete had
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faCtgry 74w to ?O
Q t?rWted to ziroduce explosives, but there no ev3denaa to
SGtrpcrt thia_
Aldtiw NOW of stork being, underthlcen at the Icad nr point tsM J r.
had naturally stated a runo, th t th
`,Za ndeuj 1 of the "Polizei Schuler at WGE7]fl wan i owtroZ
aav track ccy tx
%a- an at the loadlm Int..
It r1w ezierally k n
m
t th
s
a
e tn
tallaticaa had been
t1y d s fled apd P tly s roved dur'
- ~ry the pLL4s:lp21 ODOfiPtiti+Q1.
'Go be . t et
t`ar Jr l~Ild Raids dtsi;lS ? the rear. bcetbers arrived
over th0-area cn cotmt1e;,j cccasims but th
t
e
ar7et s never fowl
6 by them.
xt 9'a ao Senc3rally
tarp ~ac1 s Itrt~~ry that c inq the vrar the
'. prepared oxt?ls~sives Vr tireapcns. had Ito
gat
VI? - sa t'o TAt type the explosive was
or if the propel r; oh rge
t V weparis had a lco been prepared there.
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which were former locomotives of the brigade trains and held in. reserve
at the railway station Mi D U1 -ROTI NS~E." The locomotives were pau:ked
on a side truck near the Bahnausbesserungsvrerk ROTHCIS_,E and were under
peirmanent maintenance and guard by a special gang of railway rorkeI rn
of the SKK KARLSHORST-BERLIN.
observed approx. 60 locomotives of the type 41 and 50
he Id for disposal of the Russians only and were under the direct control
P.,RT ' B'
LOCOMOTIVES RESERVED FOR THE SOVIET CONTROL COivIISSION
KARLSHORST
ROCK SALT TRrLNSPORTS TO CZECIOSLOV_&1A - t D OTh:GR DESTIIuT-MONS_
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until July 1952 one goods train loaded with
rock salt in lamps and of grey was despatched daily from BG'' IDORP
to Czechoslovakia via_M GDEBURG Each train had approx, 4.0 - ) 5 2-ailed
In July 1952, however, on1 ten to fifteen vrere despatched
rom u? 8 onvrar trano the origin
size would be despatched to Czechoslovakia daily.
destinations and partly delivered to the explosive factory at SCHOENHBECK,
In addition approx. 15 - 20 0 of rock salt were despatched to
SCHOEPIuBECK/EIbe and partly reloaded into barges for shipment to unknown
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The factory was known as "Radsatzwerk IL3E14BURG SO-4.G.",
Before 194-5 it was part of the "Gloecknerwerke".
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The factory was situated at "An der Schaeferwiese" which was
adjoining ILSEL`TBURG station.
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4. P, twit s
Until April, 1952 only Russian gauge wheel-sets were assembled; betteen
30 and 35 sets per eight hour shift.
As from May, 1952 international gauge wheel sets were assembled,
an order for 3,000 sets was plat d at the beginning of that month..
Railway c7hee'ls, axles and treads were obtained fran unknown sources.
Ball bearings 'and ball bearing casings were obtained frcam a BERLIN
n w Mi the factory
firm whose name and location was not known-
oomponent parts were being Marked with chalk in Russian characters.
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The ILSENBURG wheel-set factory's activities were confined to
assembly wheel-sets. For that purpose its equipment included
h;'draulia presses, special lathes for prfiling, cutting machines,
milling machines, boring machines, and annealing furnaces
(for further details see paxa 6).
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C .gad N{_ N T ~wa~~r,~wrat: r,
The. factory employed about 1i.50 corkers including 200 .rcanen.
Work was carried out in three eight hour shifts on six days
a woek,
The Director General was a Russian 'y the name of CHELB,.H (fnu)
(phonetic).
In charge of the production side was a German a gineer by the
name of I SSER fnu
There were furthermore two Russian engineers whose names were
not known These two Russian engineers checked all50X1-HUM
finished products of which they rejected between 15 and 2C .
,in interpreter was attached to them.
.Re
The factory consisted of one office building and three workshops
which were equipped as follows :-
Workshop I two hydraulic presses and three axle-lathes.
Workshop II three polishing machines, five profile--lathes,
several sawing machines, various milling
machines, and two large boring machines.
'Jorkshop III -- two hydraulic presses and a variety of annealii#a,
furnaces.
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SUBJECT: Ra.ID,"IY BRIDGE =33TRUCTICIT LT KUSTRIN.
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point, fcmwd the boundary botr cn East Ger-rian and Polish mntrollec~.
2. 1rid O Det ln_ plus Pro,r?ss
LLUtl VV 7J14W. V",j-
be de rayed-, Each half of the bridr;o was about be r zaicl~. Both
halves were on the same piero, there were LE, spans to eac half and .3
piers. The piers wore of concrete, each tiaras 2.50 to 3 m thick.
The la est spans were theca at the German. side of the r very these
were 86 1n~~ lone. The other spans were each 65 ri(== l The
bridt;o, y~ the excepti cu of the piers, ties of s tec i. The T
arohos above the bridge ware 8 a high. The height from w itor
surface to the unaoxsido of the bridge was about 9 m~
rra
t
to be ocnpl.etely rebuilt. The piers Were aJ-1 in ac
Half of the bridge was in use as a pern nent one-track rail * t
a
bridge, with the exception that the span at the Garner! side was
temporary one. The two halves wore alai s ide each other, on the s?~r. f
the river. Laying of the second. track an the German side had Act
ccmiienood by August 1952.
Constructional work to enlarge the railway station at UETL WNS
in progro&s in July/IiLvust 1952. (IMETZ is about 1. Kra. south west of
KUSTRZN).
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vuliriUtlif I IAL (OhIROL U. S. OF HUALS ONLY ,4p dix
Saabs (appraz.) 1:1000
mains.
Upstreas Half.
f. = Davos treeai ".
0. spans an Gerona side.
D. a Spain to be rebuilt.
1. a Temporary structure to be
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F. : aprons an d.Rnstreaa hall. J. : Gradual 81"m Of grOmd
" upstream " . (very rough estiaats of
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e
H. a Cenarote piers.
I. = Steel girder arches.
replaced by perlaanant atraattare vim span DTis rebuilt.
Slertratim
pim
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s
gradients) and steep ap
an German silo.
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