Train of Thought COMPILATION - Frontline Railways

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  • A binge compilation of railways, trains and other interesting events that came about because of war
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  • @PyeongTeug
    @PyeongTeug 2 місяці тому +40

    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
    @Ludi_Chris 2 місяці тому +48

    Ah something to listen to while I play New Vegas.

    • @dadodadokowski9108
      @dadodadokowski9108 2 місяці тому +4

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

    • @dadodadokowski9108
      @dadodadokowski9108 2 місяці тому +2

      At midnight

    • @dancolonna6590
      @dancolonna6590 2 місяці тому +2

      While I play battlefield 1

    • @dancolonna6590
      @dancolonna6590 2 місяці тому +1

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

    • @adambosman9611
      @adambosman9611 2 місяці тому +2

      Fallout 4 for me XD

  • @rottenroads1982
    @rottenroads1982 2 місяці тому +18

    Frontline Railways: When Trains go to War.

  • @komandant_history
    @komandant_history 2 місяці тому +6

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

  • @royreynolds108
    @royreynolds108 Місяць тому +2

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

  • @survivingworldsteam
    @survivingworldsteam 2 місяці тому +6

    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
      @astridvallati4762 Місяць тому +2

      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.

  • @juliusgraham9273
    @juliusgraham9273 2 місяці тому +10

    Just in time for ANZAC day. Merci

  • @2dogsf-ing
    @2dogsf-ing 2 місяці тому +3

    "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

  • @Trappedinatriangle
    @Trappedinatriangle 2 місяці тому +5

    This channel is absolute gold

  • @cddc2468
    @cddc2468 Місяць тому

    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

  • @genericsmoothiebrand
    @genericsmoothiebrand 2 місяці тому +6

    "5 nights at smudgers 4 engines at war"

  • @user-tv6ew8fi5m
    @user-tv6ew8fi5m Місяць тому +3

    Southern 2365 deserves a Medal.

  • @taiartgaming5839
    @taiartgaming5839 2 місяці тому +4

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

  • @David_Mattox
    @David_Mattox 2 місяці тому +2

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

  • @Hawkeye1701
    @Hawkeye1701 2 місяці тому +1

    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.

  • @DennisLora2001
    @DennisLora2001 2 місяці тому +3

    This is amazing well done 0:19

  • @TankEngineMedia
    @TankEngineMedia 2 місяці тому +4

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

  • @Straswa
    @Straswa Місяць тому

    Great work ToT, nice compilation of wartime stories.

  • @firstnamlastnam2141
    @firstnamlastnam2141 Місяць тому +2

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

    • @659in
      @659in Місяць тому +1

      Aleast he got karma

  • @robertbalazslorincz8218
    @robertbalazslorincz8218 2 місяці тому +3

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

  • @yanwonj7064
    @yanwonj7064 Місяць тому

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

  • @RetroPro7101
    @RetroPro7101 Місяць тому

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

  • @the-bananatrain
    @the-bananatrain 2 місяці тому +6

    NEVER PISS OFF THE TRAINS! LOL

  • @taiartgaming5839
    @taiartgaming5839 2 місяці тому +5

    First in the line!

  • @Missingcouchproductions
    @Missingcouchproductions 2 місяці тому +4

    Les than an hour

  • @lukajakos9680
    @lukajakos9680 Місяць тому

    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.

  • @SalmanMentos
    @SalmanMentos 2 місяці тому +4

    Nice

  • @nicholasowen8232
    @nicholasowen8232 2 місяці тому

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

  • @jordandorsett3106
    @jordandorsett3106 2 місяці тому

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

  • @Austriantrainguy
    @Austriantrainguy 2 місяці тому +1

    Engerth-Locomotive

  • @godlugner5327
    @godlugner5327 2 місяці тому

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

  • @nicolek4076
    @nicolek4076 2 місяці тому +1

    What does "everyday folks" mean?

  • @sebastianthomsen2225
    @sebastianthomsen2225 2 місяці тому +1

    😊👍

  • @AgentSpockAgentSpock
    @AgentSpockAgentSpock 2 місяці тому +2

    There a fourth reason why which you forgot

  • @RichardKuivila1947
    @RichardKuivila1947 2 місяці тому

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

  • @61936
    @61936 2 місяці тому

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

  • @NickyMitchell85
    @NickyMitchell85 13 днів тому

    What’s the POINT of WAR??

  • @vaberdyn2764
    @vaberdyn2764 2 місяці тому +2

    🫡

  • @RobertCraft-re5sf
    @RobertCraft-re5sf 2 місяці тому

    lol you make it sound like Germany bombed UK first

  • @Fluffy_666
    @Fluffy_666 4 дні тому

    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? 😂