It All Started with Whistlers Father

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It All Started with Whistlers Father

• The History of the Military Railway Service

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The U.S. Military Academy
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Corps of Topographic Engineers
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Work on the Baltimore and Ohio
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The Army and the Railroads1830-1860

• Engineers
• Managers
• Surveyors
• World Travelers
• Egypt
• Russia

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The Czars Railroad
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The Civil War

• The First Modern War
• Industry
• Telegraph
• Railroads
• Strategic Maneuver
• Industrial Base
• Government Control vs. Private Operation

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Daniel McCallum
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Herman Haupt
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Herman Haupt in the Field
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Railroad Operations
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William T. Sherman
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SHERMANS CAMPAIGN
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Transcontinental Railroad
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Post-Civil War Growth

• Industrial Age
• The Zenith of Railway Construction
• Spanish-American War
• Mexican Punitive Expedition

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The Great War
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The General
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World War I on the Homefront

• Massive Mobilization
• United States Railway Administration
• Shaping the Post-war Planning
• Industrial Preparedness
• Railway Sponsorship of Reserves

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World War II

• Truly Global in Scope
• Huge Manpower Demands
• Railroading around the World

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Carrying the War to the Enemy
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The Pennsy at War
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After the Normandy Invasion
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Across Europe
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S160 Class Steam Locomotive
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The Engine Which Went Everywhere
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Another World Traveler
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LEND-LEASE
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Korean War
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Preparations for Other Conflicts
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Cocooning an MRS-1
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Reefer Cars in Thailand
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Post-War Germany
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Golden Spike Centennial
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Army Railroaders in Iraq
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Power Projection
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Yes, I Was a Railroader
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Special Thanks To

• James Atwater
• US Army Transportation Museum
• George Gounley
• DODX Fleet Manager

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The Military Railway Service

• 175 Years of Service to the Nation