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[quote user="gabe"] I am not being sarcastic in asking this, but were there even railroads in Vietnam? The very fact I have to ask that quesiton, I think answers some of your question. Also, I think the nature of the war in Vietnam probably did not require railroads as much as Korea. In Korea, there was a front. On at least two occassions, massive amounts of troops and supplies had to be rushed to the front in order to deal with developments. I would think railroads would be more ideally
lrfogle wrote: Thanks, have read those. Just wonder if there are any further developments for the rail service that was destroyed in the last war that might have more current information. Didn't know if any of our "retraining" efforts being performed by the US military has included rebuilding the rail system. The U.S. Military did not provide a training program. There are stories floating around that the Army's remnant Railroad Battalions were activated and "ran the railroad
lrfogle wrote: Curious to know if any of the railroad system that was in Iraq has been restored and back operating again? Who rebuilt it and do we know of any cost figures? Is there any passenger service? The IRR was never destroyed like a Lawrence of Arabia film. It was looted badly, however -- the block signal system was wiped out for the copper, all the spare parts and tools were taken, structures were stripped to naked shells sans windows, doors, wire, and plumbing, and in some cases dismantled
traildoctor wrote: Near Al Latafiyah 32.998675 44.370281 bridge was out when the shots were taken, you can see the equipment repairing the track. 12 kilometers N of As Somawah there is work on the main line and a short bypass line around the constrution. 31.425411 45.250622 It looks like a new culvert. The first location is the infamous Latafiya canal where the photo coincidentally happens to be taken during the week while the new box culvert was being installed. The second location is a line change
The Iraqi Republic Railways Company is a national asset owned by the Ministry of Transportation. It is operated and maintained by professional Iraqi railwaymen who happen to be Shia, Sunni, Kurd, and Assyrian Christian -- they make little distinction. There is no "Kurdish effort" to maintain or operate the railway and none of the railway lies within the current borders of the three Kurdish provinces (Sulymaniya, Dahuk, and Erbil). The Kurds are interested in building new rail lines between