Military Railway Service Jounal Vol IV Book IX Feb 1973 by Nancy on Scribd

Thanks so much to Guy for this photo of his latest purchase - click on " Camp Claiborne"in index to learn lots more about this training camp.

This website is now defunct but I saved these pages from it a long time ago.

 Love the last line ... " Wallace now has green signals lined up for a run all the way "Home"."

https://www.ajc.com/news/obituaries/haywood-wallace/GGBVFHAYTJBKLIJGGSOEUX7PME/

Richard writes ... There is website on Facebook that contains a large number of photos of the Army 2-8-0 locomotives being used by the Army Railway Battalions in France and Belgium during the 1944 and 1945 period. Thanks, Richard (Or search albums/photos by "S160")

  

 Link:  Hungarian locomotives / Magyar mozdonyok

Alternative link: HERE

Richard S provided us with a great bibliography of some of his favorite research locations and books for researching Army Military Rail units. 

The U.S. Army Center of Military History:  https://history.army.mil/index.html

 1) The Transportation Corps - Operations Overseas; Bykofsky & Larson; U.S. Army In World War II Series - The Technical Services; U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. 20402; CMH Pub 10-21; Library Of Congress Catalog Card Number 56-60000 

This book provides detailed history of the U.S. Army Railroad Operating & Shop Battalions in each of the theater of war for the period 1941 to 1945. Download pdf here:

https://history.army.mil/html/books/010/10-21/CMH_Pub_10-21.pdf 

  2) The Corps of Engineers - The War Against Germany; Beck, Bortz, Lynch, Mayo & Weld; U.S. Army In World War II Series - The Technical Services - 

The Corps of Engineers; U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. 20402; CMH Pub 10-22; Library Of Congress Catalog Card Number D769.33C67, 1985 Edition 

This book provides detailed history of the actions by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineer units to repair railroads in each of the theater of war for the period 1942 to 1945. 

 Download pdf here : 

https://history.army.mil/html/books/010/10-22/CMH_Pub_10-22.pdf

Thanks Richard

Thanks so much to Richard Stone for sending this ! He says "an article for your use that describes the operation of the 713th US Army Railroad Operating Battalion in Italy during the 1943 - 1944 period. The original article was printed in the 1944 edition of the USA magazine 'Railway Age’" 

 

Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 - burial cards US Archives 

Name    Robert W Ciarlelli
Gender    Male
Rank    Private First Class
Residence Place    Missouri
Service Number    37729458
Military Unit    741st Railway Operating Battalion
Military Branch    U.S. Army
War    World War II
Death Date    19 Oct 1945
Cemetery Plot Number    D
Cemetery Row    20
Cemetery Section    Grave: 3
Cemetery    Netherlands
Burial Place    Margraten, Netherlands
Father    J C Ciarlelli

 

Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949- burial cards US Archives

Name:     David O Champagne Jr
Gender:     Male
Rank:     Technical Sergeant
Residence Place:     Connecticut
Service Number:     11104351
Military Unit:     729th Railway Operating Battalion
Military Branch:     U.S. Army
War:     World War II
Death Date:     18 Jul 1943
Cemetery Plot Number:     C
Cemetery Row:     4
Cemetery Section:     Grave: 31
Cemetery:     Cambridge
Burial Place:     Cambridge, England
Next of Kin:     Lavinia Champagne