Fort Eustis Military Railroad 724th Trans Railway
Operating Battalion Timetable No 1, Eff 0001 HRS 2, April 1951
Inside 1stPage reads: “Personnel whose duties are in
anyway affected by the timetable must have a copy of the current timetable
while on duty”.
Railroad Fans - this Timetable is when Maj. A.M.
Schofield was the Division Superintendent - he went on to become the President
of the Pennsylvania Railroad (Just an interesting side note - nothing to do
with this listing - I also have Schofield's actual desk from the Pennsylvania
Railroad when he was the President).
Some History on Fort Eustis& the 724th Battalion:
On 7 May 1945, the 714 ROB was relieved of responsibility
in the operation of the Alaska Railroad and returned to Camp Claiborne,
Louisiana. The 714th did an outstanding job in the accomplishment of this
mission and for this service was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation. It
was re-designated as the 714th Transportation Corps, Railway Operating
Battalion on 29 December 1945 then just the 714th Transportation Railway
Operating Battalion (TROB) on 10 May 1947. Shortly after the end of
hostilities, the Battalion arrived at Fort Eustis, Virginia, and assumed the
responsibility for the operation of the Fort Eustis Railroad.
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In the summer of 1950, the 714th departed Fort Eustis for
Korea to perform duty with the Third Transportation Military Railway Service
(TMRS). They arrived there on 26 August 1950, commanded by Major H. W. Martens.
The 765th Railway Shop Battalion (RSB), commanded by Major James K. Hanks, had
also arrived.
The Korean version of the 712th TROB started as a reserve
unit sponsored by Reading Company, a Philadelphia based railroad. Similar units
were in place on the Pennsylvania Railroad, (724th),and others who sponsored
the 729th and a few others.
The Fort Eustis Military Railroad is an intra-plant
United States Army rail transportation system existing entirely within the post
boundaries of the United States Army Transportation Center and Fort Eustis
(USATCFE), Fort Eustis, Virginia. It has served to provide railroad operation
and maintenance training to the US Army and to carry out selected material
movement missions both within the post and in interchange with the US national
railroad system via a junction at Lee Hall, Virginia. It consists of 31 miles
(50 km) of track broken into three subdivisions with numerous sidings, spurs,
stations and facilities.
