wwI

It's not often mentioned big guns like this were fed by narrow gauge railroads. When the munitions they carried were off loaded, they typically went back carrying wounded.

I'll look for my book on narrow gauge railroads in WW1 & post the title later today.

I actually found it among a disorganized pile of reference books!

"Narrow Gauge in the Arras Sector" by Martin & Joan Farebrother
Available online from various vendors like Amazon. I got mine from Pen and Sword Publications in England. A friend in Europe and I combine our book orders from them to save shipping costs.

It's such a narrow interest book, I doubt a review is worth the time. But small rail lines made much sense given the immense piles of artillery shells needed at the front.

When I toured Ypres, some of the light rail can still be seen in use as fence posts around pastures.

Battle of Flers Courcelette 15 - 22 September: Canadian wounded being taken to a Dressing Station


Dead and wounded Soldiers are evacuated by 2-foot-gauge train in France.

Some more random narrow gauge rail photos