RAIL TRANSFER SITE AT CERNA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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• Publication Date: March 22, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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22 MARCH 1957
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RAIL TRANSFER SITE'AT
CERNA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
The Cerna rail transfer site on the Czech-USSR border is one
of the major rail transhipment points between the USSR and neighboring
countries to the west. It is located approximately three miles west
of the rail transfer site at Chop in the USSR, and three miles northwest
of the-rail transfer site at Zahony, Hungary (see CIA/RR-HTA M9-57).
The area in which the Cerna site is located appeared as only open
country traversed by a double-track railroad on 1945 photography, The
accompanying annotated mosaic of the Cerna rail transfer site was pre-
pared from photography. Prior to this date, ground
sightings had indicated the development of extensive yards at this
location, but information as to size, trackage, and facilities had been
fragmentary.
The transfer site is 3.4 miles long and 1530 feet wide. Mechan-
ized equipment includes a large gantry crane, smaller cranes, and
lifting jacks for the gage-conversion of freight car wheel assemblies.
A small passenger train transfer area includes a probable mechanized
facility for the gage-conversion of passenger car wheel assemblies.
Flopdlight towers throughout the yards indicate capability for night
operations. Just west of the site are two truck rail loading areas,
two small sidings, and four turning wyes.
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(2) 1160'x 35' with 325'x 35' shed, and 3) 500'x 50' with
160'x 50' shed; an open-storage area 1370'x 65'; 80'-wide gantry
crane, covering 5 tracks, running length 650';-and cranes, lifting
jacks, and other mechanized equipment.
10. Coal transloading area, with an elevated structure 1180 feet long
for unloading coal cars.
11. Classification and receiving yard, 3820'x 480', 25-30 tracks.
Probably European standard gage.
12. Administration buildings, personnel quarters, workshops, and
storage buildings.
13. Water tower, 40' diameter.
14. Coal storage.
15. Engine repair shop, 295x 65'. Two turning wyes are nearby.
16. Car repair shop, 210'x 140'.-
17. Choke point. - -
18. Double-track spur line, probably Russian broad gage, serving
truck-rail loading areas.
19. Truck-rail loading area, 4030'x 455', 3-4 tracks. Includes load-
ing platform, 1960'x 45', with truck ramp at each end.
20. Siding, 3850' long, 4-5-tracks.
21. Truck-rail loading area, 3020'x 250', 3-4 tracks. Includes load-
ing platform, 2000'x 50', with truck ramp at each end.
22. Siding, 2900' long, 2-3-tracks.
23. Pribenik R.R. station and yards, 2930' long, 5-6 tracks wide.
1. Choke point.
2. Freight yard, 4290'x 265', 10-12 tracks. Includes a loading plat-
form 2280'x 40', with a truck ramp at each end;
3. Classification-yard, 2670'x 330', 20-25 tracks. Includes a
loading platform, 2000'x 40', with a truck ramp at each end.
4. Service area, 1690'x 140', 5-8 tracks. Includes two probable car
repair shops, 105'x 90' and 105'x 25'.
5. Hump
6. Passenger train transfer area, 910'x 90', 6-8 tracks. Includes
190'x 40' building, a probable gage conversion facility.
7. Roundhouse. Length of stall approx. 40'. Probable capacity 8-10
locomotives.
8. Classification and receiving yard, 7330'x 325', 15-18 tracks.
Probably Russian broad gage. - -
9. Main transloading yard, 5200'x 1820' 55-60 tracks. This area in-
cludes 3 loading platforms, (1) shed, 25X1
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REQUIREM NT: Prepared in answer to RR/HTA/I:/R48/56 requesting inform-
ation on the railroad yards at Cerna, including length and width
of yard, number of tracks, location and size of platforms, cranes,
locomotive and car sheds, and other facilities.
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25X1 Target Mosaic:
Map:
Other: Aix/A Czechoslovakia IR-518.56
COORDINATES: 48?25'N, 22?05'E
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World Aeronautical Chart 232
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