Every Little Bit Helps in the War Effort!20160611130345_1.jpg
RWA #8 Leads a Small local on the RWA. It is October 23rd, 1942 and World War two is in full swing.
Riverside Waterton & Atlantic #8: was built in June 1942 by the American Locomotive Company. She served on the RWA until 1963, when she was sold to Seattle Steel. She worked at Seattle Steel until her engine blew a Oh-ring on September 10th 1998. She was scrapped the following year in Tacoma Washington.
290560 NYC Wood Boxcar: Was hauling wood Products this day. It would get shipped off on the LS&W to Chicago, then on the NYC to New york where the wood contents were shipped of to Britain in the war effort. The wood in this car was used to help produce a De Havilland Mosquito!
75187 B&M Steel 40ft Boxcar: Was hauling Brass Shell Casings to the Illinois State Armory for Preperations to be loaded and sent to troops in the Pacific. 75187 survived the war but was lost in a derailment on the Santa Fe on June 4th, 1953.
370280 MILW 55T Coal Hopper: Was hauling coal destined for the S.S Rosecastle, a Oreship that was docked at the Waterton Ore Docks for a full load of Ore. The coal in this very car was sent to the bottom on November 2nd, 1942 when German U-518 Sunk the Rosecastle and P.L.M 27. With a combined loss of 69 Lives. The Roscastle (and P.L.M 27) were one of the few Wartime Sinkings to fall under losses in the
American Theater In World War two. 370280 Survived the war and was scrapped in December of 1974.
RWA X123: Standard Wooden Caboose. This caboose was built on May 3rd, 1938 for the Riverside Waterton & Atlantic and survived the war. Today this caboose is a piece at the Waterton Rail Museum and Historical Society!
Sorry for the long post but i didn't see a rule on "keep it short" and this contest just so happens to be in my two favorite times of things i like: Wartime History and Wartime Railroad History. 95% of the Cargo load and Final Destination is Made up,
EXCEPT For the S.S Rosecastle. The Rosecastle was Actually Sunk in Newfoundland by the German U-Boat U-518 on the 2nd Of November along with P.L.M 27.
Link to American Theater (World War Two)
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