Train of Thought COMPILATION - Frontline Railways

A binge compilation of railways, trains and other interesting events that came about because of war
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[@PyeongTeug]

ok here is timeline for again³ 0:00 The tactical advantage of destroying your own railroads 3:23 LB&SC D3 VS Focke Wulf 190 5:47 LMS Stanier 8F 11:01 SS Thistlegorm 13:06 Vanceboro Bridge Bombing 20:39 S100 Tank Engines 24:13 USATC S160 31:22 Schwerer Gustav 39:17 Trench Railways 44:07 "Friendship" & "Merci" Trains

[@Ludi_Chris]

Ah something to listen to while I play New Vegas.

[@dadodadokowski9108]

What do you mean you don't watch tot while waiting for the tram while being drunk

[@dadodadokowski9108]

At midnight

[@dancolonna6590]

While I play battlefield 1

[@dancolonna6590]

@@dadodadokowski9108I don’t have a real tram anywhere near me

[@adambosman9611]

Fallout 4 for me XD

[@cddc2468]

I absolutely love the friendship train at the end. It was really wholesome and sweet. That sort of thing shows the best parts of humanity and the good that we are capable of.p

[@Straswa]

Great work ToT, nice compilation of wartime stories.

[@Trappedinatriangle]

This channel is absolute gold

[@2dogsmowing]

"War I despise It means destruction to innocent lives War means tears To thousands of mothers' eyes When their sons go out to fight And lose their lives" - Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield

[@survivingworldsteam]

Great article, well researched and illustrated. Your facts were well researched, just wanted to add a few addendums: The number of S-160s still surviving is greater than 30. One I believe is still stored at a depot, north of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Island, Russia. One or two are preserved in the Shanghai Railway Museum, Shanghai, Zhejiang Province, China, another was operational until recently at Tiefa Coal Mine System, Daqing, Liaoning Province, China. One is preserved and may still be operational as SNCB 28013 at Belgium National Railways Museum, Louvain, Belgium; three were still around as stationary boilers, though all may be scrapped, the latest in August of 2002. Two are preserved in Mexico. It is entirely possible there may still be some in North Korea; but we have no way of knowing that. There are about 29 of the S-100s preserved in one form or another around the world. Another type of locomotive built during World War II were the "MacArthur" 2-8-2s. They were mostly built to either 3ft or one more meter gauge, but there were exceptions, some were modified to broad gauge to work on Indian Railways. Like the S-100s and S-160, they were literally sent around the world; surviving examples can be found in Alaska, the Tweetsie Railroad in North Carolina, Dollywood, Greece, Portugal, Australia, India, Myammar (Burma), Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, and even one in Honduras. About 33 are thought to remain, though some are just boilers or frames only. Finally, we also built some 2-10-0s to export to Russia during WWI. When the Russian Revolution took place, a few remained at home. They were "Americanized" and purchased by a few railroads, notably the Frisco, and were known as "Russian Decapods." We then sent similar 2-10-0s to the Soviet Union during WWII; which Stalin tried to use to show how "little" American railroad had progressed. There may be about 117 of the Russian Decapods still in existence, in the US, in the former Soviet Union, China, and North Korea. The same diesels we sent to Iran and the rest of the Middle East were also sent to the Soviet Union, who went on to build copies and improve upon them. But you missed the largest group of war locomotives built, not by the United States or Great Britian, but by Germany. They were the "Kriegslokmotivs" ("war locomotives"), most of which were of the 52 class of 2-10-0 locomotives. By the end of the war, over 6,000 class 52a were built not just in Germany, but by slave labor in factories in Poland, France, and other occupied countries. Like the other war locomotives, they went on after the war to be used all over Europe and Asia to replace locomotives lost during the war. Nearly 700 survived all across Europe and Asia; Russia even shipped ten to Vietnam, but they were too large for Vietnam railways, and sat rotting until most were scrapped in the 1990s. So steam and diesel locomotives originally built for the war effort by the United States, Germany, and Great Britian literally ended up around the world after the war. The narrow-gauge trench railways were also a major asset in transporting the wounded back to field hospitals; regular hospital trains could then transport them to hospitals further behind the lines or back home when necessary. Along with the field hospitals, the development of trench railways and hospital trains greatly helped to reduce the number of fatalities on the front. Again, great video.

[@astridvallati4762]

Regarding the "Macarthur" 2-8-2 Narrow Gauge S200 locos, 20 units were sent to Queensland ( Australia) in 1943 These were classed AC16 ( American C class,(8 drivers) 16" cylinders. Due to Tender Swaying Problems, a C17 Tender was substituted. When Steam was scrapped ( 1969) at least 2 ACs were preserved with original tenders; one is still 😮running on the Regauged 3'6" ZigZag Railway.( Blue Mtns, NSW); The other is running in the Qld.Heritage Fleet around Qld. Besides India Broad Gauge ( 5'6"ĺ) Metre Gauge versions were also made for India. And Standard Gauge 2-8-2 were also supplied to Iran ( Trans Iran-USSR railway) and Italy ( FS Gr.747). The Italian S160 and S200 were withdrawn in the 1970s.

[@taiartgaming5839]

Finally a new compilation,love your content forever ToT!!

[@rottenroads1982]

Frontline Railways: When Trains go to War.

[@TheWarTrain]

In other terms; war trains

[@Commando_Arc]

Ringo starr Narrator: "Thomas was tripping on lsd to silence the nightmares"

[@lukegreen5341]

6:13 Some Of Those LMS Stanier 8F Goods Class Steam Locomotives Like This One No.48151 Now Preserved At The East Lancashire Railway In Bury In Lancashire In North West England In The UK. Happy New Year Mate. Xxxx 🇺🇸

[@yanwonj7064]

What a fine documentary, genuine photos are abundant, i love your style of narration. Tnx and please continue.

[@darkshine5]

Just in time for ANZAC day. Merci

[@infidel1322]

I have seen personally the Merci Train Boxcar given to North Carolina. It is at the NC Transportation Museum. It’s beautiful.

[@DennisLora2001]

This is amazing well done 0:19

[@David_Mattox]

Great compilation, though I find it a bit odd that Quintinshill wasn’t part of this.

[@pilotbug6100]

50:41 I have actually seen that van, lovingly displayed in Green Bay, Wisconsin at the national railroad museum along the likes of LNER A4 "Dwight D Eisenhower" and UP "big boy" 4017 I would highly recommend a visit to anyone in the area

[@FrGH-m1e]

Southern 2365 deserves a Medal.

[@Theblackzoneof2012]

Yep

[@Airfixmodeller]

Not only a medal, but a full refurbished build for everyone to see this legend

[@royreynolds108]

The No. 1702 never left the USA and is now in use on the Great Smokey Mountain Railway.

[@TechnoJonny]

As far as I know, there were no Diesel loco's in use during world war 1, there were a number of petrol loco's, Made by Simplex (20hp & 40hp mechanical transmission), Dick Kerr (petrol electric), the picture of the 2 men sitting on the small loco, was called a Crewe tractor, I believe that a number of early motorbikes were also modified to run rails.

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

Note: the Kp4 and its other variants were built post-war

[@nicholasowen8232]

The photo at 6:06 are Australian Troops on a NSWGR carriage

[@GNRreallewis]

"5 nights at smudgers 4 engines at war"

[@Hawkeye1701]

12:18 - I only recently learned that the troop carrier those two German planes were on the lookout for was the RMS Queen Mary! Glad the Mary didn't get bombed, but it is a shame it resulted in two engines ending up at the bottom of the sea.

[@firstnamlastnam2141]

5:07 He survived the fall. Only to drown. How unlucky was this man?

[@659in]

Aleast he got karma

[@C.JuniorsMagic]

47:41 insane how America of the 40s was more helpful and giving than almost 80 years later...

[@blahmooblah789]

44:56 the background music had me giggling like a little Richard Branson

[@barnykirashi]

By the way the USATC S160, or as we know it, The MÁV 411 "Truman" has one active member in the Railway History Park. It is in full working order to my knowledge.

[@shlomomarkman6374]

The steam locomotives that were sent to the Middle East were not adjusted well to the conditions and had low reliability. The water issue was very severe and the existing water was pumped from wells this being very "hard". The moment some Diesel stuff became available they started to get scrapped.

[@SalmanMentos]

Nice

[@taiartgaming5839]

First in the line!

[@lukajakos9680]

In my country slovenia we actually have 8 type s100 steam engines that are on display in public on of those steam engines was moved from ljubljana to vrhnika and was completly restored and it looks very diferent from what it used to look. And a fun fact in my country this type is named class 62 steam locomotive just for some info.

[@TankEngineMedia]

I wonder what other railway equipment for the next world war would be (hopefully that’ll never happen)

[@RetroPro7101]

4:40 imagine being able to say you were the driver of this engine, how cool would that be?

[@Vantablackx26]

I loved the tf2 meme at the start 😂😂

[@anotherlegendarysaiyan4171]

think about this, there's an 8F and a fish chilling rn.

[@Fanoflarryboy97-f9z]

50:45. That fourth van is in my state. XD

[@Missingcouchproductions]

Les than an hour

[@OnlyTheEd]

"War" by Edwin Starr.

[@jordandorsett3106]

50:10 I've been to Washington DC And saw the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge statue

[@nicolek4076]

What does "everyday folks" mean?

[@godlugner5327]

7:10 🎶 It goes around the world like la la la la la🎶

[@RiverDoncaster]

NEVER PISS OFF THE TRAINS! LOL

[@61936]

Imagine just chilling on the coast of England and some giant shell just smashes into the cliff your standing near

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

😊👍

[@Austriantrainguy]

Engerth-Locomotive

[@AgentSpockAgentSpock]

There a fourth reason why which you forgot

[@RichardKuivila1947]

I am interested in Really OLD railroad stuff. 1840-1880....

[@thomasdeturk5142]

This Railway at war remind me of Odessa following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in January 2022.

[@vaberdyn2764]

🫡

[@NickyMitchell85]

What’s the POINT of WAR??

[@Fluffy_666]

Why does it seem so american to me to say "melting pot of cultures and religions“ and then only mention christianity in the next sentence? 😂

[@RobertCraft-re5sf]

lol you make it sound like Germany bombed UK first

[@blahmooblah789]

44:56 the background music had me giggling like a little Richard Branson