Tag Archives: railroad

Destroyed Railyards in Metz, France

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Three small photographs from an unknown U.S. soldier of the destroyed railyards in Metz, France after the city’s capture by Allied forces.

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German Covered Rail Wagon

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

LZ Models has released another detailed 1/35th-scale model kit in their German WWII railway line — No. 35116: 1/35 German Gr Covered Wagon. LZ Models also released two brake sets to detail railway wagon kits from Dragon and Trumpeter: 1/35 … Continue reading →

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1/35 German Tank Wagon

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The latest from LZ Models is a new 1/35th-scale German WWII railcar — #35114: 1/35 German Tank Wagon.  

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Loading a Ju 87 Stuka on a Railcar

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Diagams showng the proper method of loading the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber of a railroad trailer. Source: Ju 87 B-2 Betriebsanleitung, June 1940.

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Railcar Loading of the Me 109

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin
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Loading 37-mm AA Guns on Railroad Cars

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Instructions for loading the 37-mm gun and carriage on railroad cars from the WWII technical manual TM 9-235 37-mm AA Gun Materiel, U.S. War Department, January, 1944. LOADING MATERIEL ON RAILROAD CAR. a. General. All loading and blocking instructions as … Continue reading →

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Triple 20mm “Drilling” Flak on Railcar

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Source: Light, Intense and Accurate: U.S. Eighth A.F. Strategic Fighters Versus German Flak in the ETO, 1943-1945  

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Car in a Truck in a Railcar

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

German rail transport destroyed by Allied bombing raids in the railyards at Littorio, Italy. In an unusual combination, the Germans loaded a small car in the back of a truck which was then loaded in the railcar in the foreground. … Continue reading →

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