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Narrow Gauge to No Man’s Land by Richard Dunn US Army 60cm Gauge Railways
Narrow Gauge to No Mans Land by Richard Dunn US Army 60cm Gauge Railways
Narrow Gauge to No Mans Land
U. S. Army 60 cm Gauge Railways of the First World War in France
Richard Dunn
Hard Cover w/dust jacket
203 Pages
Copyright 1990
Table of Contents
IThe War2
IIThe Engineers6
The 12th Engineers9
The 14th Engineers15
The 21st Engineers18
IIIThe Railways26
The Track28
The A-S Line35
Sorcy Railhead43
Abainville Shops56
General Operations66
Timber Operations82
IVThe Equipment86
Steam Locomotives87
Gas Mechanical Locomotives98
Speeders110
Rolling Stock1 1 2
VAfter the Armistice134
The End of the Work135
Going Home138
VIEpilog142
APPENDICES
ARosters and Disposition of Locomotives Built for the U.S. Army and
Notes on Locomotives Built for Other Countries146
Baldwin Steam Locomotives146
Davenport Steam Locomotives149
Vulcan Steam Locomotives153
Baldwin Gas Mechanical Locomotives155
Whitcomb Gas Mechanical Locomotives156
Plymouth Gas Mechanical Locomotives158
Notes on Locomotives Built for Other Countries159
BLocomotives in Military Use Postwar162
Aberdeen Proving Grounds165
Fort Benjamin Harrison168
Camp (Fort) Benning169
Camp (Fort) Dix175
Camp (Fort) Humphreys179
CLocomotives in Domestic Use Postwar184
Notes191
References193
Index of European Places and Maps197
General Index198
List of Figures
3-1Detail of 60 cm gauge prefabricated track sections30
3-2A standard track bolt30
3.3A standard turnout for light railways32
3-4Sections of standard roadbed for light railways33
3-5A counterweighted lift bridge40
3-6The bridge on the A-S Line over the Chemin de Fer de L'Est at Sorcy railhead41-42
3.7Four-man bunk, office chair, and vertical map file case53
3.8Typical warehouse construction, Sorcy railhead54
3.9Train sheet for military light railways71
3-10 Conductor's train consist71
3-11Dispatcher's car record slip72
3-12 Dispatcher's train consist72
3-13 Train dispatcher's table79
4-1Baldwin Locomotive Works #509190
4.2Vulcan Iron Works #540494-95
4.350 hp Baldwin Locomotive Works #7001101
4-4a Gasoline engine from a 60 cm gas mechanical locomotive105
4-4b Top view of a 60 cm gauge gas mechanical locomotive106
4.5The cab of a 50 hp, 60 cm gauge Baldwin gas mechanical locomotive107
4.6A 60 cm gauge truck114
4-7A 60 cm gauge boxcar as manufactured by the American Car & Foundry Company 118
4-8A 60 cm gauge tank car manufactured by the American Car & Foundry Company120
4-9A 60 cm gauge gondola as manufactured by the American Car & Foundry Company
and the Magor Car Company124
4-10 A 60 cm gauge flatcar as manufactured by the Magor Car Company126
4-11 A 60 cm gauge side-dump car as manufactured by Kilbourne & Jacobs128
4.12 A 60 cm gauge side-dump car as manufactured by the
Western Wheeled Scraper Company130
List of Maps
2.1Rivers and mountains of northern France7
2.2Departments of France8
2-3Northwest Europe showing areas where U.S. light railway troops served11-12
2.4British 60 cm railways operated by the American 12th Engineers in the Somme Valley 13
2-5British 60 cm railways operated by the American 14th Engineers in the Somme Valley 17
2-660 cm railways operated by the 21st Engineers in the St. Mihiel Pont-a-Mousson Sector20
2-760 cm railways operated by the 21st Engineers in the Argonne Sector21
3-1The A-S Line36
3-2The Sorcy railhead43.44
3-3The area near the Sorcy railhead45
3-4Details of the Sorcy railhead46
3-5U. S. 60 cm gauge central shops and storage yard at Abainville57
3-6Light railways of the Verdun, St. Mihiel, and Baccarat areas67
B-1Sites of 60 cm gauge military railways, and some known locations of surplusequipment postwar in the U.S. 183
List of Tables
2-1Distribution of the men of the 12th Engineers by occupation on December 1, 191814
3.1Length of new 60 cm lines constructed by U.S. light railway regiments in France27
3.2Tonnage moved by U.S. 60 cm lines in France81
4.1Characteristics of 60 cm gauge Baldwin gas mechanical locomotives98
4.260 cm gauge rolling stock sent to France112
5.1Comparison of deaths in the light railway regiments with other units140
A-1U.S. Army 60 cm gauge 2.6-2T steam locomotives built by the
Baldwin Locomotive Works146
A-2Disposition of U.S. Army 60 cm gauge 2-6.2T Baldwin steam locomotives147
A-3U.S. Army 60 cm gauge 2.6-2T steam locomotives built by the
Davenport Locomotive Works149
A-4Disposition of U.S. Army 60 cm gauge 2.6-2T Davenport steam locomotives151.152
A-5U.S. Army 60 cm gauge steam locomotives built by the Vulcan Iron Works153
A-6Disposition of U.S. Army 60 cm gauge 2.6-2T Vulcan steam locomotives154
A-7U.S. Army 60 cm gauge gas mechanical locomotives built by the
Baldwin Locomotive Works155
A-8Disposition of U.S. Army 60 cm gauge gas mechanical locomotives built by the
Baldwin Locomotive Works155
A-9U.S. Army 60 cm gauge gas mechanical locomotives with armored cabs built by the
Whitcomb Company156
A-10 U.S. Army 60 cm gauge gas mechanical locomotives without armored cabs built by
the Whitcomb Company157
A-11 Disposition of 50 hp U.S. Army 60 cm gauge gas mechanical locomotives built by
the Whitcomb Company158
A-12 U.S. Army 60 cm gauge gas mechanical locomotives built by the
Plymouth Company158
B-1U.S. Army 60 cm gauge railways proposed or built in U.S. and U.S. territories163
B-1A 60 cm gauge locomotives posted to Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii164
B-260 cm gauge locomotives posted to Camp (Fort) Benning172
B-360 cm gauge locomotives posted to Camp (Fort) Dix177
B-460 cm gauge locomotives posted to Camp (Fort) Humphreys181
Inside dust jacket
This book tells the story of the U.S. Army's 60 cm (1-foot 11%-inch) gauge railways and the men that served them. Developed for use in France during America's brief 19-month involvement in World War I, 60 cm gauge trains continued to run on army bases in the U.S.A. until 1946.
For 51 terrible months between August, 1914, and November, 1918, 60 cm gauge railways were the lifeline for millions of men in trenches that extended across Europe from the English Channel in the north to neutral Switzerland in the south. Railways were essential supplements to the simple motor vehicles of the period which often bogged down in mud and traffic on the overcrowded and primitive roads. On both sides of the conflict, 60 cm gauge trains picked up men and supplies at standard gauge railheads and took them to the trenches. During an advance, 60 cm lines were quickly built across the no man's land between the trenches and joined to the enemy's lines.
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