Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Hunslet 4-6-0 Locomotive no. Thu 2 Jul 2015 00.30 EDT. Photograph: Alamy. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. The Germans installed their 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) gauge Feldbahn system early in the war. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Used from. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. A history of tactical rail communications on the British Fronts, 1914-1918, during World War One. Sir Eric Geddes (1875-1937) served as British Minister of Munitions, Inspector-General of Transportation, Controller of the Navy and finally as First Lord of the Admiralty during World War One. Men, units, locomotives / engines, tracks, rolling stock are all covered, and war tactical methods. Light railways of the First World War a history of tactical rail communications on the British fronts, 1914-18 Light railways made an important contribution to the Allied war effort in the first world⦠[W J K Davies] From a Labour Correspondent. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Please try again. 1967, David & Charles. The duties of light ⦠There's a problem loading this menu right now. Light railways of the First World War : a history of tactical rail communications on the British fronts, 1914-18 Light railways made an important contribution to the Allied war effort in the First World War, and were used for the supply of ammunition and stores, the transport of troops and the evacuation of the wounded. Light railways of the First World War : a history of tactical rail communications on the British fronts, 1914-18. Light railways made an important contribution to the Allied war effort in the first world war, being were used for the supply of ammunition and stores, the transport of troops and the evacuation of the wounded. Each area of the front would have its own light rail to bring up materiel. Light Railways of the First World War; A History of Tactical Rail Communications on the British Fronts, 1914-18 W. J. K. Davies Published by David & Charles: Newton Abbot (1967) Northern French rail lines were under direct military control of the Army in the area. Geddes' career began with the North Eastern Railway in 1904 where he rose to become its General Manager the year war broke out, 1914. 1229 of 1916, formerly of Cattle Creek Mill, is currently stored at ANGRMS, Woodford QLD, Australia. Davies, 9780715341087, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Author Davies, W. J. K. Date 1967. The ebb and flow of war meant that rail lines were built and rebuilt, moved and used elsewhere, but by the latter years of Passchendaele, Amiens and Argonne, light railways came into their own and pulled for the final victory. Small and Large layout designs with lots of operation can be created while following the prototype. Trench railways of the World War I western front produced the greatest concentration of minimum-gauge railway locomotives observed to date.[1]. Includes specifications of over 75 units of 5 different types of steam locomotives supplied to British forces during the war. by all combatants during the First World War. Britain came to the belated realisation that it needed a flexible and reliable method of supplying the front lines, bringing shells, timber, and fodder from the rear areas and their standard gauge supply points. Davies (Author) See all formats and editions. Thirty or so Companies were formed within the Royal Engineers to staff the lines. The Light Railway Companies came into existence when it became clear that the maintenance of roads was becoming a severe problem, in terms of the manpower needed and enormous quantities of road stone clogging up the supply routes. [7] It may well be the Hunslet WW I trench tram now preserved at the Canberra War Museum, Australia. Light Railways of the First World War (W. J. K. Davies - 1967) Davies. The line was started in 1915 by the French, later taken over by the British. Light railways of the First World War: a history of tactical rail communications on the British fronts, 1914-18. Bibl.:p.191-192. Please try again. 1239 of 1916, retrieved from a public park in Mackay, restored at the Rail Workshops Museum, currently on display at the Rail Workshops Museum, North Ipswich, Queensland, Australia [8], "Train from WWI restored by volunteers at Ipswich", Armistice between Russia and the Central Powers, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=War_Department_Light_Railways&oldid=995398933, World War I military equipment of the United Kingdom, Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from April 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 14.05 long tons (15.74 short tons; 14.28 t), 14.50 long tons (16.24 short tons; 14.73 t), 17.09 long tons (19.14 short tons; 17.36 t), 6 long tons 3 cwt (6.9 short tons; 6.2 t), 8 long tons 0 cwt (9.0 short tons; 8.1 t), 1 long ton 18 cwt (2.1 short tons; 1.9 t), Motor Rail (Simplex) 40 hp (30 kW), petrol, This page was last edited on 20 December 2020, at 20:45. , we don ’ t use a simple average shows, original audio series, and books... 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