Mod Railways Hitchen Michael
Mod Railways Hitchen Michael Across the country at numerous locations the government operated another railway, hidden from the public, behind high wire fences. A fascinating collection of sites, with…
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Mod Railways Hitchen Michael
Across the country at numerous locations the government operated another railway, hidden from the public, behind high wire fences. A fascinating collection of sites, with differing gauges, origins and functions. These were the railways serving the Ministry of Defence.
Each military service had its individual rail command, operating independently, with different locos types and even gauges. At its peak in the 1950 and 1960s the nation was covered with rail-served military locations, varying from a siding right up to huge storage locations, with self-contained internal networks. Recent history has seen these brought together, amalgamated as the Defence Rail Organisation.
Unlike many industrial rail systems, a feature of military rail sites was the high standard of maintenance, not only of the rolling stock, but of the surrounding environment, well kept track formations were a usual order.