Longmoor Military Railway
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The Longmoor Military Railway was a British military railway in Hampshire that was built by the Royal Engineers from 1903 to train soldiers on railway construction and operations. The railway ceased o
Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST on the Longmoor Military Railway in 1968
LMR 600 Gordon at Longmoor in 1949.
18 inch gauge military railway at Longmoor
The trackbed of the Military Railway in 2007, looking north from near Woolmer
Railroad plough
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A railroad plough is a rail vehicle which supports an immensely strong, hook-shaped plough. It is used for destruction of railroad ties in warfare, as part of a scorched earth policy, so that the trac
Longmoor Military Railway
…Army version of flag signalling. After the end of World War II, the collection also included captured enemy equipment, including a "Schienenwolf" or railroad plough: a German wagon which dragged behind it a huge hook, used to destroy sleepers and so render railway lines unusable to advancing enemy troops. In addition…
Railroad plough from the Military Museum in Belgrade. The hook can be raised for transportation or lowered for track destruction.
German railroad plough in action, Belarus (1944)
German railroad plough in Italy (1944)