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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by HighIron2003ar I found this video to be very informative. I dont think they did an entire armored division on that train, A stuart light tank had 3 men (I think) and there were about 300 to a division 2 to a 40 foot flat car yeilded a total of about 150 flats. My feeling is that they moved by subunits in multiple trains. MAIN Trains to my understanding had piority over everything else on the rail. ... This video is one of the internet highlights of this hobby.. Thank you very much for allowing us the link to it. Lee [/quote] I just watched the video last night - very interesting, and I repeat Lee's thanks for the link. But to address one of the points above - it looked to me that there were several different trains featured in this movie. The loading was different, for example. In several shots, there were tanks on flats right behind the passanger cars. In other shots there were tracked trucks immediately behind... Given the secrecy surrounding the movements, it is not surprising that the film might be made up of shots of different trains in difference locations. The "orders" being read at the beginning by various gentlemen on telephones were probably also completely bogus - to the point where even the "lingo" would not have been correct. This might be confimed in part by psngrtrn's note (above - third or forth reply) that this is not a division moving, however, the title of the film clearly indicates that it is a division... All-in-all a very interesting film, and a very interesting time in history too. Andrew
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