Interested in trains used in WWI ? ( many were still in use when we got to France in '44) Pick up a used copy or check you library 

The Men, Locomotives and Tracks That Took the Armies to War 1914-18
by Roden, Andrew 

Without the railways for the Great Powers, the most terrible conflict the world has ever known would have taken a very different form - if it had happened at all. In a remarkable historical railway journey through Britain and Europe, author Andrew Roden tells the story of the men and women who manned the tracks and the trains, and who relied on them to get them to battle and back home again. Drawing on diaries, memoirs and archive material he reveals the personal stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, and pays tribute to their overlooked contribution.  He looks at defining moments of railway history on both sides of the Great War.

 

Trains to the Trenches: The Men, Locomotives and Tracks That Took the Armies... by Andrew Roden

This is a group of 29 photographs which are still glued to scrapbook pages. I think these are photographs taken by a member of U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps Battery B, 42nd Artillery which were engaged in Army maneuver in the fall of 1920. There are pictures from Navy Base Norfolk, Camp Eustis, VA. There photographs of the CAC 10-inch Gun, Fort Motors, 12-inch Motor M1918 Railway Carriage, 8-inch M1918 Railway Gun. Also there is a neat picture of the Railway Artillery Reserve insignia painted on the side of a military train, marked on one side B and other 42.

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"The spiker : published by the enlisted men of the 18th regiment engineers railway".

Title Spiker (United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. 18th Regt. : Online)

The Spiker [electronic resource] / published by the Enlisted Men of the Eighteenth Engineers Railway U.S. Army.
 Published American Lake, Tacoma, Wash. : Enlisted Men of the 18th Engineers Railway Frequency Monthly Publication Date Began July 3, 1917.
Notes description based on: Vol. 1, no. 3 (July 1917). Subject United States. Army. Corps of Engineers -- 18th Regt -- History -- World War, 1914-1918. World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States -- 18th Engineers.

The photo is stacked lumber unloaded from railcars at Camp Dodge awaits transport by horse drawn wagons as workers prepare additional rail riding sidings in late summer 1917.

         "CAMP DODGE SEPT. 12, 1917 DES MOINES IOWA".

The United War Work Campaign, Inc., was organized by request of President Woodrow Wilson for the purpose of joint fund raising among seven welfare organizations serving the American Army and Navy, including: National War Work Council of the YMCA; War Work Council of the National Board of the YMCA; National Catholic War Council (Knights of Columbus); Jewish Welfare Board; War Camp Community Service; American Library Association; and the Salvation Army. Series includes the certificate of incorporation, UWWC Bulletin nos. 1-13 and 15, financial report (1921) and the report to subscribers listing the budget estimates of the seven organizations, percentages of UWWC funds allocated per organization and agreements between the organizations (1919). The file includes minutes, circular letter, organization manual, publicity campaigns, committee member lists, by-laws, conference attendance lists, Committee of Eleven (composed of representatives of the seven organizations) minutes and recommendations and news releases.

The photo was taken on (Printed on sign) "CAMP DODGE SEPT. 12, 1917 DES MOINES IOWA". Taken from a huge 46" long by 10" tall, these 1917 photo are like being in a time machine. Taken during America’s involvement in World War One, the Army Camp is busting with activity. Super details including Barracks, Tents, Soldiers, Mounted Soldiers, Guns, Army Wagons, Vintage Car, Trucks, Constuction Equipment, Materials, Workers Etc. The photo also features the Railroad yard with Railroad cars from ... ROCK ISLAND, CB & Q, BURLINGTON ROUTE, CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN, INTER-URBAN, UNION PACIFIC, PENNSYLVANIA, FRISCO Etc. There is even a view of a 1917 Motion Moving Passenger Train with a view of the STEAM from the STEAM ENGINE.

Lot of real photos in good condition, vintage World War I images of the American S.O.S. railroad workshop and camp at Nevers, France - circa 1918. Some edge wear and typical aging. 5 3/8 x 3.5 inches.
• 10 of the images are signed as by photographer Pierre Premery.
• The other seven are assumed to be by Premery but are not signed, there are several duplicates in this group of the interior of the railroad workshop.
• There is one card with a postcard back of the railroad yard exterior.
Company D, 33rd engineers of the American Expeditionary Forces, WWI, built the railroad car repair shops and yards, including a German prison camp and American barracks. The base began operations in July 1918 and served as a central depot in the Services of Supply (S.O.S) intermediate zone.
Pierre Premery was one of the foremost French photographers, he lived in Nevers and is the subject of the book, "Regard du Photographe Pierre Premery, Nevers et sa region de 1906 A 1956", by Monique Premery-Thuriot.