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Hi, everybody! Been working on a couple of WWII troop trains to run on our Capital City "N"Gineers NTrak layout. Looking at specifically 1943 to 1944 time frame. Have visited Klein's passenger train website which has some great info on troop train consists. Also I downloaded a 13 minute movie from the national archives (over 200 Megs) which shows an armor division moving both men and equipment on the same train. Passenger equipment, and then flats following loaded with vehicles and such. Great stuff, and obviously censored but still very useful. Also got the book, "America's Fighting Railroads" and the book Railroad Decade: the 1940's. My problem is this... what are the typical flat car lengthes for that time frame? I have photos showing 30' to 50' flats, with either one or two armor vehicles chucked per car. Some trains are strictly passenger trains, strictly flats with vehicles and war cargo, or both, which is what I want to model. I'm looking for clear photo or text references of the military train consist . I do want to portray this consist fairly accurately. Any discussion is welcome. Marc Van Cleven Madison, WI
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