3rd TMRS , 713th, 734th ROB, Luzan Pass, 770th ROB

WW2 WAR US ARMY PERSIAN GULF COMMAND PICTORIAL MAP BRASS BEER STEIN, 

This is neat 1940's plated brass beer stein showing a map of the Persian Gulf including, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Soviet Union. Persian Gulf Command was a United States Army operation to have a land supply route open to Russia during World War 2

 More on Persian Gulf Command on this blog HERE

Some units were : 

3rd Military Railway Service (702nd Military Railway Grand Division)

711th Railway Operating Battalion 

730th Railway Operating Battalion 

754th Railway Shop Battalion 

762nd Railway Shop Battalion 

791st Railway Operating Battalion

USA Military Railway Service and Iranian State Railroad. Includes MRS-Iranian State Rwy Rules and Operations booklet. size is 4 x 7 inches, 58 pages in English and 48 pages in Arabic Script. Shows signals and light requirements. Included are 17 B/W photographs. Some dated Feb 1945. No credit noted on pics, no negatives. Includes 17--4"x5" and 2 smaller. Some are Victory ships at RR service dock, Shaws train, Ahwaz depot/trains, Ahwaz-Teheran train, RR yards, Train wrecks, Celebration of 1, 000,000 tons to Russia with Russian color guard. Steam and diesel locos.

 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.