735th Railway Operating Battalion Co. C
Sgt J.F. Deaton - Conductor
T/4 Frank Hacken - Eng.
T/5 F.J. Moschini  - Frmn'
P.F.C. C.J. Sobrito  - Flgmn





This Nazi rail car emblem commonly called a Reichsbahn Eagle came from car No 84054 was captured by these men.

The old Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRB) was set up in 1920, under a provision in the Weimar Constitution, to take over the seven individual state railways in Germany at that time. Its existence ended with the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War
http://www.worldrailfans.info/Articles/Europe/GDRGwagons.shtml 

Thanks very much to Wilhem Saris of the Netherlands and Robert Newbrough for sharing this amazing artifact with the blog.
If you know anything more about this or the men listed here please email me , Nancy cunningb2@gmail.com 

Wilhelm Saris, eagle courtesy Robert Newbrough of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania size: 62.9 cm wingspan and 34.3 cm height. (Aluminium-Präzisionsguss A.G. at Nowawes inGermany).

724th Railway Operating Battalion 1982 Roster Reunion by Nancy

715th Railway Operating Battalion Unit Card by Nancy

760th Railway Shop Battalion Unit Card by Nancy

724th Railway Operating Battalion 1996 Roster Reunion by Nancy

Camp Millard Military Rail Training by Nancy

Hospital Train Sept Railroa... by on Scribd

Great hospital train page here http://railwaysurgery.org/Army.htm

This film records and explains a series of train crash tests for "subversive warfare" on the US Army Claiborne Polk Military Railroad between 03/08/1944 & 03/10/1944. Discusses amount of explosive used, technique of making "gaps" in railroad track to overturn train. 

Uses filmographic techniques such as slow motion, reverse motion, and freeze frame to show effects of "gaps" and explosives on train and results of experiments. Illustrated arrows point to areas of train considered especially relevant to experiment. During each train crash experiment the narrator explains each type of explosive and reason for variations. 

This film made available courtesy the Department of Defense, National Technical Information Service, and the National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/

Yankee Boomer Vol2 No25 Ma... by Nancy

Vickery 713th ROB photos #1

Vickery 713th ROB photos #2 

Vickery 713th ROB photos #3

Vickery 713th ROB photos #4

716 Highball by Nancy on Scribd

WARREN & SALINE RIVER Railroad 2-8-0 WSR #1702 ex- US Army FEVR POST CARD CAPTION: WARREN & SALINE RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY NUMBER 1702.

 Warren & Saline River Railroad Company's Number 1702 (2-8-0) was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the United States Army in 1942 and sold to the Warren & Saline River Railroad in 1946. Number 1702 later saw service on the Reader Railroad and is currently working on the Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad.