After WWII, Great Britain made the steam engine a gift to the United States as a show of gratitude for U.S. support during the war. It was named the Dwight D. Eisenhower after the Army general and ...

With enlisted men heading overseas, railroad companies turned to women to keep their overtaxed locomotives maintained and running smoothly. By 1945, some 116,000 women were working on railroads.

WWII reenactor Russ Jones of Spring City boards the troop train during a send-off ceremony at the Colebrookdale Railroad Sept. 28. (Jesi Yost/For MediaNews Group) ...

(The Great Railroad War: United States Railway Operations During World War I by Rudolph L. Daniels, Ph.D. 152 pages (April, 2017), The Garbely Publishing Company; ISBN: 978-0-9966963-3-3.) Tom White ...

The Colebrookdale Railroad, General Spaatz USAAF Museum, and Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles will present a reenactment and tour of a WWII troop train and departure on Saturday, Sept. 28.