There are 2 active rail units in the United States, the 1205th
Transportation Railway Battalion in CT, and the 757th in Milwaukee. The
1205th is by far the most active of the two.
Military railroads are quite active (that's my business), but are operated
by contractors and/or civilians. A listing of active military railroads
(and current military vehicle photos) can be found on my website:
http://military.Railfan.net/roster.htm (list of active military railroads)
http://military.Railfan.net/mv.htm (current military vehicle photos)
I should note that Ft. Riley, Ft. Polk and Ft. Benning do not count as
active military railroads, as they do not have any military locomotives.
They are all quite active, and receive several shipments a month of
military vehicles.
>> Even more interesting is that those units in Milwaukee, are the LAST and
ONLY
>> train units in the US Army of any type!
>>
>> Rail has been something that the military has ignored for years now. I
look
>> back at the Gulf War, and know that we could have saved all sorts of
wear and
>> tear on our vehicles and resupplied quicker if we had installed a light
rail
>> system. The technology exists today to install it quickly over long
lengths.
>
> I live along the Union Pacific Tucumcari, NM to Kansas City, MO main
line (at
>the time Southern Pacific's Saint Louis Southwestern -- The Cotton Belt).
During
>the build-up for the Gulf War there were at lest two trains a day, with
nothing
>but military equipment. The last time that I was at Fort Riley, KS there
was a
>spur and small yard in use.
-- -Shane********************** Editor, Military Rails Online http://military.railfan.net **********************
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