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RAILWAYS & MILITARY SINCE 1945

A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources

CONTENTS
Gen/Misc....p.1
Korean War....p.3
Vietnam War....p.4
Since 1973....p.4

GENERAL/MISCELLANEOUS

Assoc of American Railroads. Railroad Planning for Defense...A Guide. Wash, DC, 1956. 23 p.
UC313A8.

Case Institute of Technology. "Railroad Vulnerability Program." Tech memo 21, Aug 1958. 141 p.
CASE-TM21.
Aerial delivery of anti-railroad mines. See also Tech memo A3 & A5, same subject.

McAdams, Samuel C. "Adequacy of Railroad Transportation in the United States." Student paper,
AWC, 1960. Arch.

Magruder, Carter B. Oral hist trans & papers. Arch.

Senior logistician & RAC analyst. See esp unpub study "Recurring Logistic Problems..."

Photographs. Constabulary Train of Gen Ernest Harmon, Germany, ca 1947. Donald C. Brett Coll,
#1-3. PhotoArch.
Formerly Hermann Goering's train.

. Christening 27th Gen Hosp train, Japan, 1946. H.V. Milne Coll, Box 57, #17608.
PhotoArch.

U.S. Army. Engr Developmental Research Labs. Development of Railroad-Demolition Devices,

1949-1957. Report, Ft Belvoir, 18 Jan 1962. 107 p. EDRL-1664-TR.

. Transport R&D Cmd. "Study of Rail Operations Under Conditions of Fluid Dispension."
Typscript, TRADCOM, ca 1964. 40 p., drawings. UC313A4.
Railways Since 1945 p.2

U.S. Army Attache, Iran. Logistics-Transportation, Iran. Report, Defense Intell Agency, 1 Feb 1964.
23 p. UC275I7H64.

U.S. Army Transportation School. Transportation Handbooks for Organized Reserve Corps. 5 vols.
Ft Eustis, VA, 1949. U422.5H3T72.
Lessons plans. See Vol 3, Chap 2 & Vol 5, Chap 1.

U.S. Dept of Army. Army Rail Transport Operations. Field Manual 55-20, Feb 1969. FM.
And eds of Jun 1974 & Oct 1986.

. Military Railroads. Army Reg 55-650, May 1966. 6 p. AR.

And earlier ed.

. Operation of Utility Railroad Equipment. AR 55-651, Nov 1954. 10 p. AR.

Rail Transportation, Higher Units. FM 55-21, Nov 1955. FM.

And ed of Sep 63.

. Railway Equipment Operation and Maintenance, Zone of Interior. Special Reg 55-650-5, May
1949. 6 p., w/changes. SR.
See also SR 650-10.

. Railway Equipment - Operational Control of Tank Cars and Heavy Duty Flat Cars. AR 55-653,
Oct 1954. 14 p. AR.
And ed of Jul 1956, 21 p.

. Transportation Railway Operating Battalion. Table of Org & Equip 55-225R, Apr 1955.
28 p. TOE.

. Transportation: Railway Operating Battalion. FM 55-22, May 1955. FM.

And Nov 1962 ed.

. Transportation Railway Shop Battalion. TOE 55-235B, Nov 1953. 7 p. TOE.

. Transportation: Railway Shop Battalion. FM 55-23, May 1955. FM.

. Transportation: Railway Units and Operations. Test FM 55-21-1, Mar 1967. FM.

. Office, Chief of Trans. "Organizational Study of The Military Railway Service for
Logistical Support," 1949. UC313073.

Wurtz, Fred C. Photo coll (R6485S). PhotoArch.

Incls 1947 Army handbook with locomotives and rolling stock photos.
Railways Since 1945 p.3

See also:
- Air Univ Per Index, 1949-, Per.
- Defense Tranpostation Journal, 1948-57, Per.
Most on microfilm.
- Rpts & studies of various nations' railroads esp USSR, 1950s-60s, Unclass Doc Coll (see card index)

KOREAN WAR

Black, R. B., et al. An Evaluation of Service Support in the Korean Campaign. Study, ORO, Tokyo,
Mar 1951. 243 p. DS918B52.
Description & analysis of ongoing experience; incls various documents & directives as
appendices. See pp. 221-43.

Gray, Carl R., Jr. Railroading in Eighteen Countries. NY: Scribner, 1955. Chap 13. UG523G72.

Huston, James A. Guns and Butter, Powder and Rice: US Army Logistics in the Korean War.
Selinsgrove, PA: Susquehanna U, 1989. 491 p. DS920.5L6H87.
See pp. 244-251.

Lasher, Edmund C. Oral hist transcript. Arch.

Transport officer, Eighth Army.

Pace, Frank. Oral hist transcript. Arch.

SecArmy mentions rr use.

Photograph. Trains destroyed by US air attack, 1950. H.V. Milne Coll, Box 36, #9769. PhotoArch.

U.S. Army Forces, Far East, & Eighth Army (Rear). HQ. Logistics in the Korean Operations. Vols I,
III & IV. Camp Zama, Japan, Dec 1955. DS920.5L6L63.
See Vol III, Chap VI, pp. 9-24.

U.S. Army. Trans School. Military Railway Organization. Special text, Ft Eustis, Apr 1950. 75 p.
TS-ST-55-280-1.

. Operation of Railroads: Operating Rules. Special text, Ft Eustis, Apr 1950. 75 p.

TS-ST-55-280-1.

U.S. Dept of Army. Operation of Railroads Operating Rules. Field Manual 55-56, Dec 1950. FM.

. Office, Under Sec Army. Army Operation of the Rail Transportation Systems Pursuant to
Executive Orders Nos 10141 and 10155. Wash, DC, 15 Sep 1952. ca 150 p. HE2751A75.
Railways Since 1945 p.4

U.S. Japan Logistics Command. Transp Sec, FEC reports. 2 bxs. QMColl, Arch.

Westover, John G. Combat Support in Korea. Facsimile reprint. Wash, DC: CMH, 1987. 254 p.
DS919W47.
See index for mention and anecdotes scattered throughout, esp pp. 60-67.

VIETNAM WAR

Hearne, Horace C., Jr. & Ryan, Robert B. "Security of the Vietnam Railway System." Field study,
RAC, Dec 1963. 79 p. DS557.7T7H42.

Heiser, Joseph M., Jr. Logistic Support. In the series Vietnam Studies. Wash, DC: Dept of Army,
1974. 272 p. DS554.52H4.
See index for scattered coverage.

Osmanski, Frank A. Papers. Arch.

J-4 MACV, 1962-65. Incls studies of logistical infrastructure in VN for large-scale
US build-up.

Photograph. 1st Cav Div troops loading duffel bags as they begin Vietnam deployment. Willard Pearson
Coll, #49 (RG29s), PhotoArch.

SINCE 1973

Jeffries, Lewis I. "U.S. Railroads: A Forgotten Military Asset." Mil Rev 66 (Feb 1986):
pp. 48-57. Per.

Langenus, Peter C. & Burro, Joseph A. "Railroad Movements in Support of Operation Desert Storm."
Trans Corps (Jan 1992): pp. 2-5. Per.