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World War IIRailway Operating Battalions
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References
http://homepages.tesco.net/~martyn.witt/milrly/mil_rly_hist_e_0.htm#top_of_page
http://www2pb.ip-soft.net/railinfo/car-floats/dday-landings.html
Outline
• The USATC in WW II• The need for the Military Rail Service in WW II• Rail transport for Operation Overlord and beyond
USATC
The USATC in WW IIOrganization
est July 1942
1st MRS 2nd MRS 3rd MRSN. Africa
ItalyS. France
Europe MiddleEast
RGD
ROB RSB
Railway Grand Division250-450 miles of rail
Railway Operating Battalion
Railway Shop Battalion
The USATC in WW IIRecruiting
The need for the MRSSupply Problems
• Patton’s 3rd Army – required an average of 350,000 gal/day
• The Red Ball Express – consumed 300,000 gal/day itself
• 28 Aug – Patton’s fuel allocation falls 100,000 gal short• 31 Aug – No fuel arrives, Patton grinds to a halt• Increased use of larger caliber artillery adds to supply problems
The need for the MRSDestroyed Infrastructure
The need for the MRSDestroyed Infrastructure
Operation Overlord
U.S.-BUILT WORLD WAR I LOCOMOTIVES at the roundhouse in Cherbourg.
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