REPORT ON THE FRANKFURT/ODER-BREST LITOVSK RAILROAD LINE

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008000670008-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 14, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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.Th- lino section between 'ra.n'= urt/Oder and lilt-Bantschen, iabich_ z
long. is double track: from the marshaling yard as. far as the Oder Rive:,
bridr;o o The bridge s single track. There are no indicationrs that a second
track ixrill be laid on this bridge. Con ,1ruction of a customs inspection
point. Bust west of the Oder River bridge has been discontinued, to date,
mostly. excavation work has been done. There are, ;:atch.towrrs tiw:ith. spotlights, conned
VY Soviet sentries, south of the railroad track on both sides of the
railroad bridge across the Oder, Rivero Ti:.e briclge3 which rests inn four
concrete piers, has a wooden ff: ? oor an(' is 800 to 900 meters :Len ,.. 0 meters
ride, and about 15 meters above grater ?,evolo. (1) The bridge can be
crossed at a speed of 50 laA / h? Tho lane from the east bank of the Oder
River to Bentschen is double track. It is in food condition, and there are
no speed limits. Roppen is the customs control point and passports are
checked at Kunersdorf 0
The double track line between Alt-Derltschen and Posen, an 80 tar stretch,
is in good condition, Trains can operate at tame mu speedo (2) The
bridge across the 's arthe River. about three km from Posen Test, has on:'..y
one track, However, the terporazy structure which has been ir. use them
since the spring of 1950, will be replaced in about four weeks by a
perraano.nt bridge i ith two tracha This will permit operations at maxim mm
speed in both directions. (3)
3e The line between Posen rftd Kutno, 176 1 long, is in rood condition and can
be negotiated at full speedo Ku construction ~omrk was obdervod there. (4)
The double track line between "'tno and '.'Tar, savor, 125 km long;, is in good
condition and can be negotiated at m< cimuri speedo From Lowicz to >Tarsaw,
the roadbed does not have brok n stone ballast; the track rents on a layer
of sand, The South 3ridge betw:en t':arsa.rr Vest and Tarsar-Bast is about
1.,200 raters long, 10 meters wJ..de and is 15 meters above water level.
(5) It rests on six pier.:, ei"rieh are protected against ice, and carries
two tracks. Trains can cross tine bridge at full speedo All main through-
tracks at the ,Yarsam;-E;ast railroad station ar provided with overhead limes
(6)
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5. The double-track section berms=son Warsaw and Siedice is 94 i= long and in
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good corditiara so that no speed liin t^, are In force, The line can be orrsratf;A
electrically as far as PiinskkNazwiecki . There tare twtc lines from iedlcn
to Brest Litovsk,, one double-track via Lukow and Ter?es pol and ors-, single-
track le-
track via Czererncha.
6r The double-track lire from Sic ,lce to Brest Litovsk via. Lukow is about
125 km lone is provided only with sand ballast1 but can be operated at
maximum speeds A single-track branch line running to the north ..;:, being,
constructed near Biala- Podla&ca between Lu6kow and Terespol, (7) A Sovi eti
gauge track begins in Lalaczewicze, seven logs west Terespbl.q and from her-:=
to Brest Litovsk there is bo-:.h a Soviet-gae;e and a standard-auge
track. Three ramps with a Soviettgauo track on o ! e- s ide and a standard-
gauge track on the other tiidth a capacity of 120 axle trains are available
at Malaczewicze. Goods bound for the U.S.S.R. a requiring speedy
handling are transferred then,,-,, (8) The bridge across the Due River, about
2 km east of Ter espcl, has th~:-e%e river piers with ice protectors. There
are watchtowers and barbed-wire on both sides of the brldge, The
Soviet and standard-gauge traeksx ,ccjhich converge oa the Polish side of the
mivAra, separate at a point about 300 ix tern oei t of" : he This
point is guarded from a Soviet watchtower,
7.. The Brest Litovsk railroad yard is 8 I= frcw-L east . t. , west and 6 kri fr rx
north to south, The Soviet and standard-gauge tracks, Which are separate in
the yard area, converge at the loading ramps. Switches at the Brest `T,itovsk
railroad station are operated manually but thin, are operated electrically
at Polish railroad stations,
in Brest Litovsk, the empty trains arriving from the direction of FF
Oder are dispatched toward the. south, (10)
trains were seen in Brest Litovsk,
at Brest-,Litovsk-Central railroad stations. (9) Tytenty=sfive e Dty German
8. Eight German brigade locomotives were seen at Brest Litovsk4 or-hl ar. IS 25X1 X
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9. A Polish labor cam was seen E ust before reaching the Naar ,azrc,Wl?est
railroad station., north !if the railroad line. The consisted Oi fight
prefabricated hats. of the type used by the former German Reach Labor
Service and a three-story brick building 25 x 10 meters. T1,ae camp appeared
to be occun3.ed by approximately 800 men, who worked ma. the construction
of a new marshaling yard between Golabki and Wars aw.V'1es,,,
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(1) This bridge is actually or'ly W0,5 meters long.
(2) The double-track status of this line section is ccrrfirn ech In the rot-;uiations
conconaing transit traffic the maximum; speed for freight trains was
fixed at 30 to 50 hxl/h0
(3) This is reported for the first time and requires confirmation. According
to available information, the bridge is ;3L;2 meters long.,
(4) The line is known to be double--track.,
(5) According to available information, the South Bridge In Warsaw was 560
meters, The North fridge)vhi.ch is SOCJ? meters long, is about 300 meters from
the South Bridge and also connects the two sections of the city p
(6) According to available iriformction, only local lines in the Warsaw district
are electrified,
(7) A narrow-gauge line branches off 'Lyon the line mentioned to Janow---.Podlte .
Possibly, sources a statement may actually refer to this ling.
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(8) T`, e construction of transfer .'amps at this railroad station was reported
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confi.haat3 on,
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Soviet trag :sit traffic.
to the six locomotive c?,lurnne used for
(10) It is believed that t .ese tray rs are a ,.:, the direction of
Kowel,
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