From: http://www.alu.army.mil/alog/issues/JulAug12/70_Years_transportation_Corps.html
Of all the documentary films and reading I have done on Operation Overlord, I don't remember any mention of the role of rail transportation. The Allies were faced with the problem of supplying an invading army across a country whose rail infrastructure they had nearly destroyed with bombing raids. The answer was the famous Red Ball truck convoy system, that acted as a stop gap until the rail lines were restored. Soon, though, the First Military Rail Service would have fleets of American built 2-8-0' s operating in France.
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Interesting content! Thanks for the tribute.
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