From: James Shanks (n1vbn@arrl.net)
Date: Thu Dec 02 2004 - 19:09:27 PST
The brain must be a bit "Foggy" for the railroads in WW II did not haul
Government freight free. They hauled it at the Government rate which was
close to a 50 % discount from the civilian rate. This Government rate was a
leftover from the 1800's where the US Government granted the railroads a
lot of land if they built railroads to promote expanding the United States
of America. Part of the deal the Railroads accepted by accepting the lands
surrounding the rail lines they built was the railroads were REQUIRED to
provide the US Government with a permanent discount on all government
freight and troops. If MY semi failing memory suffices this government
discount wasn't forfeited by the US Government until the early 1950's.
Jim
PM 11/30/2004, everette wrote:
>And somewhere in the somewhat foggy brain that I carry in my mostly empty
>head there is something that says military hardware hauled by railroads in
>WW II was hauled without charge.
>
>During WW II, I lived beside main line MOP in Arkansas and I remember many
>train loads of tanks passing by, and other assorted MVs - sometimes there
>would be uniformed, armed, GIs on each car.
>
>Everette
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Nigel Hay -MILWEB" <Nigel@milweb.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 11:46 AM
>Subject: Re: [MV] MVs On Train Pics
>
>
>There is an excellent book which I have but cant find to give the title
>about US military railroads in WW2, stunning pics of lots of vehicles both
>armor and soft on trains in both the USA and continetal Europe. Even
>better, itsa mostly hauled by steam
>
>
>
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James Shanks
n1vbn@arrl.net
1985 M1009
1998 IMZ 8.103
1984 H-D FLHT-C
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