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    The military use of railways derives from their ability to move troops or materiel rapidly and, less usually, on their use as a platform for military systems...
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    Longmoor Military Railway (LMR) was a British military railway in Hampshire that was built by the Royal Engineers from 1903 to train soldiers on railway construction...
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    Israel Railways”; Present-day Hebrew: הרכבת המנדטורית “Mandate Railways”) was a government-owned railway company that ran all public railways in the League...
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    former Attica Railway line. The Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) was founded in 1971, taking over from the Hellenic State Railways. Many services...
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    The Bicester Military Railway (BMR) is a railway in Oxfordshire, England belonging to the Ministry of Defence. It links military depots at Piddington...
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    Singapore Railways History – A detailed history of Singapore's early railways Industrial Railways in Singapore – About industrial railways in early Singapore...
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  • term light railway does not imply a narrow gauge railway. Most narrow gauge railways operate as light railways, but not all light railways need be narrow...
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    vehicle Improvised fighting vehicle Technical Gun truck Military railways Armoured train Military draisine MRAP Reconnaissance vehicle Self-propelled anti-aircraft...
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    pioneers were often engaged in the construction and repair of military railways. During World War II, pioneer units were used extensively by all major...
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    gauge. Most narrow-gauge railways are between 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) and 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in). Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter...
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    These are narrow-gauge railways at military establishments and former UK Government-owned explosives sites. These locations were often subject to the Official...
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    gauge railways British narrow gauge railways British quarrying and mining narrow gauge railways Decauville Forest railway Light railway Mine railway Minimum...
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    and iron ore mining. Iain Logie: Light railways of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1915-18 (Part 3: The railways of the Western Desert). In: The Narrow...
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    forming the Turkestan-Siberia Railway to Novosibirsk. Railways portal Railways in Turkmenistan Military power, conflict, and trade by Michael P. Gerace, Routledge...
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  • To serve this a military railways was built, with much of the track from Martin Mill station relaid along the route of Pearson's railway, and from this...
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    Ukrainian Railways or Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) (Ukrainian: Укрзалізниця) is a state-owned joint-stock company administering railway infrastructure and rail...
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    The Military Railway Service was created in the 1920s as a reserve force of the United States Army. It had existed twice before: first as the United States...
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    armies when Napoleon III transported 130,000 soldiers to Italy by military railways in 1859. French caravans that carried the supplies for the French...
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    railways was too slow, and fixed facilities were attractive targets for enemy artillery. Trench railways linked the front with standard gauge railway...
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    April 1920 the British military authorities transferred all railways to a British civilian administration, Mesopotamian Railways. The metre gauge line...
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  • continued operation of the military railway. The use of the infrastructure was transferred in 1919 to the Prussian Railways, which became part of Deutsche...
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  • The Harlech Military Railway was a military branch line in Merioneth, Wales. It ran roughly west-northwest from a junction with the Cambrian Coast Line...
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    railways for transporting coastal defence materiel. Bush tramways in New Zealand, see West coast trams in New Zealand Light railway Military railways...
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  • Hook Bay. Private carriers Langdon Mine Lehigh and Oxford Mining Company Railways portal List of New Jersey railroad junctions List of New Jersey street...
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    Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India that operates India's national railway system...
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  • German-speaking areas of Europe) as field railways. In many countries, however, there were little or no military units of this type. In the American Civil...
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    Girouard. After the war had ended, the Imperial Military Railways became the Central South African Railways in July 1902, with Thomas Rees Price as general...
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    Girouard. After the war had ended, the Imperial Military Railways became the Central South African Railways in July 1902, with Thomas Rees Price as general...
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    needed] "Death Railway" (Spyforce episode) Far East prisoners of war Hellship Kra Isthmus Railway Military railways Siam–Burma Death Railway (film) Slavery...
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    Industrial railway Light railway List of Decauville railways Military railways Minimum gauge railway Mountain railway Schöma Trench railways Mogadishu-Villabruzzi...
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