Railway Age - Vol 115  No. 19 November 6, 1943

Here are some important Transportation Rail related U.S. Army Field manuals the 55-60 is from 1944 and 55-53 is 1955

 

Other rail related manual - all can be found on this blog under "field manuals" 

 55-23 Transportation Railway Shop Battalion. Dept. of the Army. Jun. 1965. 154 p. U408.3.A13 FM 55-23 Jun. 1965 

55-50 Transportation Corps Military Railroads and the Military Railway Service. War Dept. Mar. 1944. 34 p. U408.3.A13 FM 55-50 Mar. 1944 

55-55 Transportation Corps Railway-Operating Battalion. War Dept. Feb. 1944. 57 p. U408.3.A13 FM 55-55 Feb. 1944 

55-60 Transportation Corps Railway Shop Battalion. War Dept. Jan. 1944. 49 p. U408.3.A13 FM 55-60 Jan. 1944

 

 S160 Builder Design Spec2

 S160 Builder Design Spec3

S160 Builder Spec 

 Thanks Richard 

Great new book ! The Military Railroad Journey of Chicago & Northwestern Locomotive Engineer Frank Pelletier 1942 To 1945 And Beyond 

There aren’t many, if any, personal histories of combined railroad military training and railroad operations in wartime told by the person who lived the experiences between 1942 and 1945 on the Chicago & Northwestern, the Santa Fe and the White Pass & Yukon Railroads. 

This book does just that and more via the thoughtful and witty pen and photos Frank Pelletier left us. It is a collation and presentation of his historic original diaries, letters, photos and even an original poem by a multitalented railroad engineer, held, preserved and now presented by his nephew. 

More here and purchase the book: https://www.ironhorseimage.org/

thanks richard

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.

Thanks so much to April, who is daughter of the great Floyd and Virginian McKechnie, back in the day they ran the 743rd reunion group. 743rd Railway Operating Company C taken in April 1944 at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. Here is the rolled photo in 4 sections and the name key as well as Virginia Ms notes on missing names.

743rd Railway Operating Company C taken in April 1944 at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. by Nancy on Scribd

743rd co photo Names Combined by Nancy on Scribd

*I can send a higher quality of a panel photo if you find your GI.

 Dick is researching his mother's first husband TEC4 Brasfield. He was killed in France, less than a month before VE Day. Does anyone know anything of him. Thanks, ,Dick Flippo TEC4 Roy H. Brasfield | dflippo@juno.com 

 Roy Harmon Brasfield, TEC/4 of the 724th Railway Operating Bn, USA. Killed when he ran over a 1000 lb bomb, on 11 April 1945, near Chevres (?), France. Engineering Engine 3563, part of the "Toot Sweet Express"

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TC 1 TC_ETO_Vol_VI_Part_I 

TC 1 TC_ETO_Vol_VI_Part_II 

TC 1 TC_ETO_Vol_VI_Part_III 

Transportation Corp V. 5 Part I 

Transportation Corp V. 5 Part II 

Transportation Corp V. 5 Part III

I'm having trouble hosting these they are rather large,  let me know if you want to read one and I'll send it to you.  militaryrailwayservice (@) gmail.com

thanks Richard

War Railroading in Africa, Italy Railway Age Vol 117 No 2 by Nancy on Scribd