Transportation Corps Military Railway Service 1953

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MILITARY
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The Transportation Railway Operating Battalion
T/O&E 55-225A
1 to 24
The Transportation Railway Shop Battalion,
T/O&E 235A
25 to 43
The Transportation Railway Grand Division
T/O&E 202
44 to 47
CHARTS
1. The Transportation Railway Operating Battalion.
2. The Headquarters and Headquarters Conpany (Trans-
portation Railway Operating Battalion).
3. The Maintenance of Way Company (Company k) (Trans-
4* The Maintenance of Equipment Company (Company B) (Trans-
portation Railway Operating Battalion;.
5 The Transportation Company (Company C) (Transporta-
tion Railway Operating Battalion).
6. The Transportation Railway Shop Battalion
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7% The Transportation Railway Grand Division.
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The Transportation Railway Operating Battalion
T/O&E 55-225A
1 to 24
The Transportation Railway Shop Battalion,
T/O&E 235A
25 to 43
The Transportation Railway Grand Division
T/O&E 202
44 to 47
CHARTS
1. The Transportation Railway Operating Battalion.
2. The Headquarters and Headquarters Conpany (Trans-
3. The Maintenance of Way Company (Company k) (Trans-
4* The Maintenance of Equipment Company (Company B) (Trans-
portation Railway Operating Battalion;.
5 The Transportation Company (Company C) (Transporta-
tion Railway Operating Battalion).
6. The Transportation Railway Shop Battalion

7% The Transportation Railway Grand Division.

TRANSPORTATION RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION T/O&E 55-225A
1. The Transportation Railway Operating Battalion composed of
four (4) companies (Headquarters Company, Company A, Company B and
Company C)is organized along lines parallel to a commercial railroad
division organization.
2. The Transportation Railway Operating Battalion is capable of
operating and maintaining 90 to 150 miles of railroad, including the furn-
ishing of forty (4.0) crews per day, which also includes yard and terminal
switching. The Battalion Headquarters is usually established at the initial
terminal (Terminal A on the chart),
3. The Battalion Commander, who is in reality the Division
Superintendent MDS 0750, is usually located at Battalion Headquarters,
supervising the operations of his division from that point. The Battalion
Executive Officer, who is the Assistant Superintendent of the Division
MOS 0750, may be located at the terminal on the far end of the division
(Terminal B on the chart), and he can supervise the operation of the division
at that end of the line, depending on the density of traffic.
4. The division of railway operated by the Transportation Rail-
way Operating Battalion, may be a single track main line or a multiple
track main line, and it may have branch lines originating on it and extending
for various distances from the main line.
5. The operation of trains, yard switching, track motor cars,
railway ambulances, trucks equipped for rail operation, are under the
jurisdiction of the Division Superintendent, as are the maintenance of way and
equipment.

6. The Battalion Commander's Staff (Division Superintendent)
located at Battalion Headquarters, is identical in every respect to the
staff of a Division Superintendent on a commercial railroad for the reason
that the Military Railway Service operations are similar to commercial opera-
tions and many reports and records must be made and kept, depicting the opera-
tion of his division.
7. Any difference in operation between the Military Railway Service
railroad division and a Commercial Railroad division can be accounted for by
the fact that the Military Railway Service is operating in a war theatre
where the operation of trains and the maintenance of equipment and right-of-
way are performed under more difficult conditions, due to such obstacles as
guerrilla warfare, bombings, strafings, sabotage to facilities, etc. and
where on a civilian railroad the Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent
can usually ride over their railroad and observe the operations from one of
the trains, in the case of the Military Railway Service the Division Superin-
tendent usually must rely entirely on other means of transportation, such as
jeep, helicopter, etc. to go to points where interruptions to traffic occur.
8. The Battalion Commander and Battalion Executive Officer
(Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent MDS 0750) should normally be
in civilian life, a Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent or Trainmaster,
with years of experience in operations on a civilian railroad.
9. The 90 to 150 miles of railroad which the Battalion is capable
of operating, is a figure arrived at, based on what are considered normal
operations. However, this mileage figure may be greatly contracted or ex-
panded in accordance with the workload imposed on the Battalion. There

have been instances in World War II where the requirements and workload
were of such proportions that one operating battalion operated a division
with less than 35 miles between the two terminal points. However, there
were dumps, classification yards and port areas which were operated and
serviced by this Battalion. In other instances where there were no inter-
mediate yards, dumps or shifting points between the two terminals the
Operating Battalions were strung out for well over 4-00 miles.
10. The mileage indicated in the capabilities of the Battalion
is merely for planning purposes and must not be considered as that mileage
which each Battalion will operate.

TRANSPORTATION RAILMY OPERATING BATTALION T/O&E 55-226A
HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
1. The Headquarters Company of the Operating Battalion contains
basically, what is known as the Train Movement Section,
2. Train Movement Section is composed of the dispatchers, tower
operators and station agents who are responsible for the safe movement of
trains over the Division.
3. The Administrative Section is that portion of the Division
Superintendent's staff which is charged with the responsibility for the
personnel management, maintaining records and reports and general overall
administrative work of the Division. The Administrative Section also
handles the administration of the Battalion from a military standpoint.
4. The Supply Section will correspond to a Division Storekeeper's
operation, where requisitions are received from the component companies or
units of the Battalion, for material, tools, fuels, lubricants and other
railway supplies. Requisitions are processed in this section and forwarded
to higher echelons for filling. The Supply Section also handles the
Battalion supply from a military standpoint,.
5. The Chief Dispatcher is located, normally, at Terminal A. He
is also the Headquarters Company commander. Under the Chief Dispatcher
are the day and night trick dispatchers. (Railroad operation must be based
on 24.-hour operation). Some of the daily records and reports prepared by
the dispatcher's office are as follows!

TO AGO 55-205 Dispatcher's Record of Train Movement
TO AGO 55-208 General Notices
TO AGO 55-214. Supt. Telegraphic Report of Accidents
TO AGO 55-216 Daily and Cumulative Report of Train Tonnage
TO AGO 55-221 Time Record of Standard Clock
TO AGO 55-222 Set Out Report
TO AGO 55-242 Daily Telegraphic Car Report
TO AGO 55-243 Daily Statement of Cars on Hand
WD AGO 55-256 Telegraphic Report of Obstruction to Line
MRS Daily 1800 Hour Operations (Situation) Report
These forms are all prepared or handled by the personnel in the
dispatcher's office, (MOS 3047 and MOS 3069.) All of the forms except TO AGO
55-208, 55-214 and 55/222 are prepared on a daily basis. The three forms men-
tioned above are prepared as required. The staff personnel in the dispatcher's
office is small in comparison to the amount of record material compiled and
handled.
6. The Towerman, (MDS 3069) located at various points along the
Division, some of which are indicated on the chart, receive instructions and
orders from the dispatcher and transmit them to the train crews as required.
The Towerman also controls the switches and signals in order to route trains
over the main track or to a siding or from one track to another track. The
Dispatchers and towermen must be thoroughly qualified in the operating rules,
as well as in the Signal and Interlocking Rules. Some of the forms pre-
pared by the towermen or block operators are as follows*
WD AGO 55-214 Supt. Telegraphic Report of Accident
WD AGO 55-221 Time Record of Standard Clock
TO AGO 55-222 Set Out Report
WD AGO 55-203 19 Train Order
WD AGO 55-209 Sta. Record of Train Movements and
Operators Transfer
WD AGO 55-200 Clearance Form A
WD AGO 55-210 Arrival and Departure of Trains

The 55-214 and 55-222 forms are the only forms not prepared daily. Also the
forms that are prepared daily are prepared by each trick operator for his
tour of duty. The towermen are billeted at their work locations and do
their own cooking. Rations are normally supplied by a ration train that runs
daily over the division to distribute rations, mail, etc. to all outlying
points*
7. The Station agents (MOS 3069) are located at various stations
and branch line junction points, dumps established by other services, and
any other vantage points deemed necessary by the Division Superintendent, The
Station agent's duties consist in general of such duties as are performed,
normally, by Freight Agent, Passenger Agent or Station agents on a commer-
cial railway, in that they handle the passing reports of trains, waybills
for cars received or dispatched, keep records of tonnage received and dis-
patched at their stations, see that cars are promptly and properly unloaded
or loaded when placed for same, and in general are the rail representative
in that particular area. The Station Agents may also at times be called
upon to operate as a Towerman, and therefore must be qualified in the
Operating Book of Rules and Signal and Interlocking Rules. Normally, the
Station Agent does not operate under the jurisdiction of the Dispatcher, but
may do so when his particular station is also a dispatching point for trains,
or a meeting point for trains.
8. The Road Foreman of Engines (MOS 0720) is assigned to Head-
quarters Company. His duties, however, are entirely with the operation of
locomotives,
9. The Road Foreman of Engines is responsible for the assigning

and training of Locomotive Enginemen, and for the proper handling of trains
and engines by the Enginemen. The Locomotive Firemen are also under the
jurisdiction of the Road Foremen of Engines. There are two (2) Road Foremen
of Engines in the Company, both officers, and usually one (l) Road Foreman
of Engines has Headquarters at each end of the Division. They are continu-
ally traveling over the Division, riding engines to observe the operation or
to instruct enginemen.
10. Dispatching of trains is usually handled by telephonic commu-
nication between the dispatcher and the various towers or junction points on
the division. However, in the case of a unit moving into a forward area
where wire circuits have not yet been restored, it is anticipated that radio
communications will be used temporarily until the restoration of the wire
lines, at which time the use of radio will be discontinued.
11. Very often there are many more towers, junctions and stations
operated on the division than the capabilities in personnel of this company
can staff; under such conditions, one or more of the 55-500 Teams of this
type are utilized.
12. The normal operation of the train movement section is for
the Chief Dispatcher, one of the senior Train Dispatchers and two (2) or
three (3) of the Train Dispatchers to be on duty during the first 12-hour
trick and the Assistant Chief Dispatcher with one of the senior train
dispatchers and two (2) or three (3) of the train dispatchers on duty during
the second 12-hour trick.
13. The Chief Dispatcher is a staff officer on the staff of the
Division Superintendent, and performs directly under the supervision of the
Superintendent.


eHRi-c MAINT. of WAY Co.
TRANSPORTATION RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION
TRANSPORTATION RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION T/O&E 55-227A
MAINTENANCE OF WAY COMPANY (COMPANY A)
1. The Maintenance of Way Company is charged with the responsi-
bility of maintaining in good condition for the safe passage of trains all
the tracks, bridges and tunnels on the Division. This Company also main-
tains all buildings, water stations, fueling stations and the Railway signal
and communication lines.
2. The Company Commander (Superintendent of Maintenance of
Way 0715) is the Division Engineer of the entire Division under the Division
Superintendent. He is on the Division Superintendent's staff and operates
directly under the Superintendent.
3. The Maintenance of Way Company, in particular, depending on the
physical characteristics and work load of the Division is the one Company
Headquarters most likely to be located away from the Battalion Headquarters.
This is to facilitate the maintenance of the Division and supervision of the
maintenance from the Headquarters, also to lessen the time necessary for the
Division Engineer or his staff members to go from Headquarters to the place,
or places, where work is being performed.
U. Company A (Maintenance of Way Company) is necessarily made up
of a great many different types of skills. This is due to the fact that
almost every type of engineering problem is encountered in maintaining the
right-of-way, tracks and structures on a Railway Division. The portion of
the Company assigned a definite responsibility is divided as follows!

Two (2) Track Maintenance Platoons (each commanded by a
Track Supervisor 0715)
One (l) Bridge and Building Platoon (commanded by B&B
Supervisor 0716)
One (l) Signal Platoon (commanded by a Supervisor Telephone
and Signals 0718).
There are in Company Headquarters such other personnel as the
Surveying Crew and draftsmen, whose duties cover the entire division and who
make the engineering surveys and plans, set grade stakes, design and layout
extensions or spur tracks, set stakes for pole line extension or renewal of
poles, lay out water lines, etc. Other personnel include Crane Operators
(MDS 3064), Engineer Equipment Mechanic (IDS 3319), Tractor Operators (M3S
3359) Wrecker Operator (MDS 3319). All of these specialists operate as
individuals and may be attached for duty to any of the other Platoons or sec-
tions as required or, with their equipment may operate alone on such jobs as
ditching, grading, towing, operating track machines, operating cranes lead-
ing or unloading material or equipment, and many other types of work requiring
only the use of a crane, tractor, etc.
5. The Platoon Headquarters are usually maintained at Company
Headquarters for the following reasonsl
One Track Platoon will be assigned to each of two Sub-Divisions
and the Platoon leader or Track Supervisor will be in charge of the sub-
division.
6. The Bridge and Building Platoon is divided into two (2)
Bridge and Building Maintenance Sections, each one of these sections main-
taining approximately half of the Division mileage. The division of respon-
sibility is usually governed, either on a mileage basis or by number of struc-
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tures on the Division to be maintained, or a combination of both. The
Signal Platoon Headquarters are, normally, located at Company Headquarters,
due to the fact that the Signal Platoon maintains the Railway signals and
communications over the entire Division.
7. Track Maintenance Platoonst
As stated above, the Maintenance of Way Company contains
two (2) Track Maintenance Platoons. Each platoon contains three (3) Track
Maintenance Sections composed of a Track Foreman, Assistant Track Foreman
and fifteen (15) Section hands. The Division is therefore divided (either on
a mileage basis or a workload basis, depending on the number of yards, turn-
outs, cross-overs and sidings, or a combination of all of them) into six (6)
sections and one (l) track section is placed in charge of the maintenance of
each of these six (6) sections. This maintenance covers such items as tie
renewals, rail replacing, repairs to switches and frogs, tamping low spots
in the track, raising the track for short or long distances, filling craters
in the roadbed, opening culverts when drainage is impaired, cleaning out
drainage ditches, and in general keeping the track structure and roadbed
safe for the passage of trains. These six track sections are billeted in the
field somewhere along their section and maintain the tracks and right-of-way
in that section, very seldom, if ever, returning to Headquarters. It is
quite possible that should a large derailment or any other trouble of a large
nature occur on one section, the trackmen from the adjoining sections may be
brought in to help clear the obstruction. This is normal practice on a
civilian railroad and is followed in the Military Railway Service. The Track
Supervisor (M3S 0715), together with his Track Section Platoon Foreman

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MDS 1199), are continually traveling over their subdivision to supervise the
track maintenance,
8. Bridge and Building Platoon:
The Bridge and Building Platoon consists of one (l) Bridge and
Building Supervisor (MOS ^716) who has under his jurisdiction two (2) Bridge
and Building Maintenance Sections. Each one of these Sections is assigned a
portion of the Division, either on a mileage or workload basis, and is charged
with the responsibility for the maintenance of bridges, buildings, tunnels,
water stations, fuel stations and miscellaneous other structures on their
portion of the Division. The Headquarters of the Bridge and Building Platoon
is maintained at Company Headquarters due to the fact that there is only one
Bridge and Building Supervisor in the Maintenance of Way Company, who is re-
sponsible for maintenance of the above mentioned structures on the entire
Division. The miscellaneous skills assigned to the Bridge and Building
Platoon, such as Water Supply Specialist (MOS 4727); Welders (MOS 3256);
Blacksmiths (MOS 3024.); Plumbers (MDS 3164.); ete., are all leeated in Platoon
Headquarters, in order that they may be promptly dispatched to whichever
Bridge and Building Maintenance Section requires their services at that parties
ular time. These individuals are not, therefore, assigned to any B&B Mainte-
nance Section, but are more apt to be used in an individual capacity rather
than in a group. The work f the Bridge and Building Platoon is not intended
to include the building of bridges or buildings, but the maintenance thereon,
such as renewal of ties, structural members, stringers, mud sills, caps,
ptsts, etc., together of course with the maintenance of all other types of
rtructures suoh as water stations, ete.

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9 Railway Signal and Communication Platoon:
This Section is commanded by a Supervisor of Signal and Communi-
cation (MOS 0718). The Headquarters of the Signal and Communication Platoon
is usually located at Company Headquarters, due to the fact there is only one
Signal and Communication Supervisor, and this Signal and Communication Platoori
maintains the Railway signals, interlocking plants, any crossing flasher
lights or other forms of signals, as well as the telephone communications over
the entire Division.
10, The Signal and Communication Platoon is a very small organization
for the amount of work required on the Division, particularly if there is
any guerrilla warfare or sabotage in the area, as an open wire communication
line and Railway signals are extremely vulnerable.
11, The Signal Section usually works as a unit and must be kept
mobile a3 their duty requires them to patrol and service the signal systems
over the entire Division.
The Communication Section is responsible for the maintenance
of all of the telephones, telephone connections, telephony drops and wire
lines over the entire division, after the wire line over the division has
been rehabilitated or installed by the Signal Corps.
12, In the event that the workload for Maintenance of Way and
structures on a Division exceeds the capabilities of the personnel supplied
by the T/D&E (which it usually does), T/O&E 55-500 Teams are attached and
placed under the jurisdiction of either the Supervisors of Track, Super-
visor of Bridge and Buildings, or Supervisor of Signals,
13, The officer personnel and enlisted supervision of the Mainte-
nance of 7/ay Company, in order to properly perform their duties, must be
thoroughly qualified in the Operating Book of Rules, as well as the Signal

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and Interlocking Rules.
14. The Maintenance of Way Company personnel, due to the 'face
they are so few in number and the responsibility for maintenance stretched
over so many miles, are usually spread pretty thinly along the right-of-

way and therefore must be kept in the highest degree of mobility.

basis of being capable of maintaining both of these types of power,
5. The Car Repair Platoon is used for repairing and maintaining
freight or passenger cars while in transit or on the rip track, (Rip
track is the name given to the tracks in the Car Repair Yard on which run-
ning repairs are performed). Some of the duties of the car repair platoon
include such items as, repairs to wooden oars, or steel cars, replacing of
a pair of wheels in a car truck or replacing the entire truck under a car,
repacking or oiling the journals of cars, replacing draft gear or couplers,
airbrake piping or hoses, renewal of brake shoes and/or hangers, repainting
and stenciling cars. All of this work is considered running repairs and not
heavy repair work, for which the cars are sent to the car shop, A large
percentage of this work is performed with the car in transit and under load,
sometimes the car is not removed from the train.
The Car Repair Platoon also furnishes the Car Inspectors who are
used in classification yards, at terminals, junction points and certain
other outlying points for the inspection of and performing running repairs
to cars while in transit (as indicated on the Chart), The wreck train with
wrecking orew usually is stabled at Terminal A to be near the Company Head-
quarters and the shop personnel. The wreck train of course is used for the
clearing of wrecks and derailments along the railroad, and also is used for
the handling of extremely heavy commodities or parts in and around the shop
yard. The wreck train may also be used for handling heavy lading at outlying
points. The wrecking crew is capable of performing light maintenance or re-
pair work to cars or locomotives to permit their safe movement over the
railroad from point of derailment to nearest shop.

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6, The Steam Locomotive Repair Platoon is staffed and equipped
'to perform running repairs on steam locomotives and tenders, either at the
engine house or in the engine yard, or at outlying engine terminals on
branch lines. Some of the duties performed by the Steam Locomotive Repair
Platoon and the necessity for the great many skills required can be under-
stood by following a locomotive that comes in off a run until it goes out
again on another run. The locomotive arrives in Yard "A" (on the chart)
with a train from Yard "B", here the locomotive is cut off the train by the
front brakeman of the crew, the engine runs around the train, picks the
caboose off the rear of the train and places the caboose on the caboose track.
The locomotive then proceeds to tho ash pit (in the vicinity of the engine
house) where the locomotive operator leaves the locomotive and the hostler
takes over. While on the ash pit the fires are shaken down, ash pan oleaned
and dumped in the pit, and the ash pan doors closed and secured. The loco-
motive is then moved to the coal docks where the tender is filled with coal
and the sand dome filled with sand - from here the locomotive moves to the
water plug where the tank is filled with water. The hostler then moves the
engine into the enginehouse, where it is inspected by either the Assistant
Steam Locomotive Shop Foreman (l/DS 1112) or one of the Senior Steam Locomotive
Ropairnon (MDS 3112) who inspects for defects in the running gear, throttle
assembly, trucks, frame, valve assembly, side rods, and general overall appear-
ance - and marks all points for repair.
The Senior Boiler Repairman (MDS 3030) inspects the locomotive
for leaky, loose or broken stay bolts in the boiler, steam leaks in or around
the boiler, loose or missing lagging on the outside of the boiler, broken

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grates, tests the water gauges to assure that they are operative, tests
the injectors and the safety valve and marks all points or items needing
repair.
The Senior Airbrake Repairman (MDS 3005) inspects the locomotive
for the operation of the Air pump, airbrake cylinders, airbrakes and the
requirement for brake shoes.
The Electrician (M3S 3078) tests the steam generator and the
firing and lights on the locomotive. This type of inspection is given every
locomotive coming thru the engine house at the end of a run. The work to
be performed as indicated by the inspection given or by the locomotive operator
who brought it in from the run, is then performed by the mechanics, boiler
repairmen, airbrakemen, metal repairman, etc. assigned to the enginehouse.
It must be remembered that there are always a number of engines
going thru the house at the same time so that it is not the case of just
working on one locomotive and then waiting for another locomotive to arrive.
There are certain periodic inspections and work to be performed
such as boiler washing every 30 days (or oftener, depending on the type of
water used in the boiler . A. record of the boiler washes and due dates
is kept in the engine house for each assigned engine. When the due date
arrives, the engine is set over on the boiler wash track and the fires drawn
and boiler emptied of steam and the boiler washedj this is all in addition
to the normal inspections as outlined above. It should be noted that with the
number of assigned locomotives, there are always some due each day for
boiler washing.
After the locomotive has been inspected, and all repairs made, it
then leaves the house and is placed on the Ready Track, to be assigned to an

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outbound train. This is a continuous, 24-hour per day performance. At
times, certain of the enginehouse personnel will accompany the wreck train
when locomotives are involved in the wreck. If there are branch lines from
the main line on which locomotives and cars are operating, it is necessary
to provide at the terminal point of the branch line locomotive mechanics,
car repairmen and Diesel-Electric Repairmen (in the event Diesel locomotives
are used on the branch) in order to provide the turn-around servicing neces-
sary (see chart).
7. The Diesel-Electric Platoon is staffed and equipped to make
running repairs to Diesel Locomotives that are in operation on the Division
or passing over the Division. This includes servicing such as fuel oil, sand
and lube oil. Diesel-Electric locomotives are usually maintained and serv-
iced in a building apart from the engine house housing steam locomotives, due
to the fact that the smoke and gas from the steam locomotives are injurious
to mechanical parts and electrical assemblies of a Diesel-Electric locomotive.
The inspection and repair procedure on the Diesel-Electric
locomotives is somewhat different than that for the Steam locomotive.
When the Diesel-Electric locomotive comes in from a run it is
placed on a separate track where it is serviced (filled with fuel oil, lube
oil and sand). The Diesel-Electric locomotive is then thoroughly inspected
by the Diesel-Electric Electrician (MOS 3135), the Diesel-Electric Repairman
(MOS 3180) and the Air Brake Repairman (MOS 3005). After a complete inspec-
tion the locomotive is then turned over to the various crafts in the Diesel-
Electric Platoons to carry out the repairs or work necessary.
There are certain periodic inspections necessary which are based

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TRANSPORTATION RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION T/O&E 55-229A (COMPANY C)
1. The Transportation Company (Company C) of the Operating
Battalion is charged with the responsibility for the operation of the
trains over the Division, as well as the operation of all yards and termi-
nals within the limits of the Division. This Company is equipped to furn-
ish, normally, forty (4.0 train crews per day in a 24-hour period. Also in-
cluded are the crews required for operation of classification yards, at termi-
nals or outlying yards such as Yard C and Yard D (shown on the Chart).
2. The Company Commander of the Transportation Company is the
Division Trainmaster (MDS 0706), Under the Trainmaster are four (4)
Yardmasters (MDS 0730) and Two (2) Assistant Trainmasters (MDS 0706).
3. The Company Headquarters is usually located at Battalion
Headquarters or Terminal A (as shown on the Chart). There is usually an
Assistant Trainmaster at Terminal A and Terminal B in order to provide super-
vision at those points. The four (4) Yardmasters (MDS o703) are placed in
charge of each of the yards, Yard A, Yard B, Yard C and Yard D. The staff
of the Yardmaster at each of these points includes at Yard A and Yard B
a Senior Yardmaster and an Assistant Yardmaster; and Yard C and Yard D
two (2) Assistant Yardmasters; at each of the yards one yard clerk, one
senior Crew Dispatcher and one Crew Dispatcher. At each of Terminals A and
B there are one (l) Senior Assistant Road Foreman of Engines and one (l)
Assistant Road Foreman of Engines (MDS 1110). These individuals work under
the jurisdiction of the Road Foreman of Engines and continuously cover the
Division to check on the operation of locomotives and the instruction of
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4. The Transportation Company includes fifty (50) train crews
who operate under the supervision of the Trainmaster, and if working in
yards operate under the direct supervision of the Yardmaster or Assistant
Yardmaster. The train crews are composed of five (5) men each - one (l)
conductor, two (2) brakemen, one (l) engineman and one (l) fireman.
The duties of the train crew involve the following: The
train crew reporting for a run (less engineman and fireman) signs the
register in the office of the Crew Dispatcher (MDS 3047), checks the Bulletin
Board for notices, general orders, etc., compares watches with the Standard
Clock which is located in the Crew Dispatcher's Office, the Brakemen
(l/DS 3035) then proceed to the track on which their train is made up,
in order to check over the train, test the air, place the marker lamps
and prepare to depart. The conductor goes to the yard office, picks up the
waybills for the cars in his train, gets any instruction from the Yardmaster
as to high and wide loads in the train, or any other restrictions that may
be imposed. After completion at the yard office the Conductor then goes
to the train, compares timetable, orders, notices, and watches with the
engineman. Returning to the rear of the train the Conductor signals the
Engineman to proceed, which he does provided he has a clear signal.
The Engine Crew reporting for work, signs the register in the
Crew Dispatcher's Office in the Enginehouse (a separate office from the
Crew Dispatcher's office where the train crew signs up), checks watch
with the standard clock, checks Bulletin Board for new General Orders, or
Special Notices, and proceeds to the ready track where they take over
their locomotive. While the fireman dresses down the coal pile, sees that
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over his locomotive, as to steam pressure, boiler water height, lubrication,
etc., the engineman then moves the locomotive from the ready track to the
caboose track, picks up his crew's caboose and attaches it to the rear of
his train, then proceeds to the front end of the train and with the assist-
ance of the front brakeman, couples the engine thereto, makes an applica-
tion of the air brakes to test them, releases the brakes and allows the
air pressure to build up in the train line and is now ready to proceed
upon signal from the conductor.
The above system of reporting and starting are repeated at
each terminal point from which trains are dispatched with new crews. It will
be noted that the train crew (Conductor, Brakeman and Flagman) report and
sign up at a place different than the engine crew (Engineman and Fireman);
the train crew sign-up place is usually in the Yardmaster's Office as it is
near to the location of the train - while the Engine Crew sign up at an
office in the Enginehouse because they get their engine from the ready track
at the Enginehouse.
5, The Train and Engine crews may be headquartered at one or at
each end of the Division, depending on the number of trains operated out of
that terminal. They are also distributed to yards such as Yard A, Yard B,
Yard C and Yard D, and operate within those yard limits (as shown on the
Chart).
6, It is also possible that if the branches from the main line are
long enough (point X to Yard C and Point Y to Yard D) train crews will
operate solely between those points without running over the main line.
To operate in this manner may require the acquisition of additional train
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7. It is quite possible that the physical characteristics of the
Railway Division will be of such proportions that it will include many
outlying yards, junction points and several branches so that it is necessary
to augment the company personnel by the addition of one or more train
operating teams, yard operating teams or terminal operating teams from the
T/O&E 55-500 group.
8, It might be explained here that the Trainmaster is in full
charge of all the train operation on the Division, with the exception of
scheduling and dispatching, of course, under the direct supervision of the
Superintendent. The Assistant Trainmaster acts for the Trainmaster, either
in the absence of the Trainmaster or as assigned by the Trainmaster. The
Yardmasters operate under the jurisdiction of the Trainmaster and are solely
responsible for the entire operation within their yard limits. At times,
however, they will be responsible for the operation at points outlying from
their own yard but within a certain radius thereof (in other words, there
may be two (2) or more yards within the same city district, or there may be
one yard in a city or town, and several outlying loading points within a cer-
tain radius of the towns). These of course would be under the jurisdiction

of the Yardmaster in charge of the yard in that particular district.
FOREWORD
The Transportation Railway Shop Battalion is a compact fixed
type Battalion. Each component Company is interdependent on the other
company or some portion of it.
The Shop Battalion is spread over a wide area in operating a
Back Shop set-up as can be seen by the layout on the chart. Many buildings
are utilized and it is impossible to expect the mechanics or personnel of
one Section to also operate as personnel of another Section. While it is
true that some of the Sections contain identical skills or crafts and
therefore MDS's, nevertheless the work is being carried out in all Sections
simultaneously and therefore the personnel are required in their own Section
and cannot work back and forth between two or more Sections.
The same line of reasoning applies to the tools and machines
provided this Battalion.
It should be noted that the personnel assigned to the Battalion
are much less in numbers than provided by a commercial railroad for the
same operation. This is permissible due to the fact that the Shop Battalion
does not operate under the same restrictions, such as Hours of Labor Laws,
craft and skill separation, etc., as do the employees of a civilian rail-
road.
The personnel provided in the T/O&E of a Shop Battalion are just
adequate to perform the. required mission and any deviation in the numbers
of mechanics or allied crafts will automatically reflect in the capabilities
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TRANSPORTATION RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION T/O&E 55-235A
1. The Transportation Railway Shop Battalion may be compared to
a large manufacturing company, engaged in the manufacture of locomotives
and cars, except that, it is operated similar to a "Back Shop" operation
on a commercial railroad, in that locomotives and cars are stripped down
and rebuilt, rather than assembled from newly manufactured parts.
2. The Transportation Railway Shop Battalion, like the Back
Shop operation on a civilian railroad is divided into various departments
to specialize in the handling of various types of work requirements and
skills of personnel.
3. These Departments of the Transportation Railway Shop Battalion,
unlike their counterpart on the civilian railroad, are referred to as com-
ponent companies. The companies of the Transportation Railway Shop
Battalion are as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
Machine and Erecting Shop - (Company A)
Boiler and Smith Shop - (Company B;
Car Repair Company - (Company C)
Diesel-Electric Repair Co. (Company D)
Um It must be understood that the Transportation Railway Shop
Battalion performs no light or running repairs, on any equipment, nor
does it provide inspection service for any equipment other than that
which is being handled in the shops of the Battalion. The Battalion
operates no engine houses nor rip tracks, all work performed by the Shop
Battalion are heavy repairs or re-builds.
5. An understanding may be had, therefore as to the requirement
of the great number of skills necessary in such an operation, for each
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with some other company or alone.
6. In order to get a clear picture of the operation of the
Transportation Railway Shop Battalion, let us review the duties of each
company and later we will study each company separately.
7. Headquarters Companyt
The Headquarters Company is the administrative and housekeeping
department of the Battalion. This also includes all the shop maintenance
required to keep the shops in operation. Included also in the Headquarters
Company is that section which compares to the Storekeepers Department in the
Back Shop operation on the civilian railroad, this is the Supply Section
of the Headquarters Company. The Supply Section procures all materials,
parts, supplies, fuel, etc. required in all departments or companies for use
in carrying out their duties. There is no storekeeper in the component
companies only stock room attendants who draw their requirements from the
main storeroom.
The inspection section in this company is for the sole purpose
of making inspection and tests on the completed work of the Battalion before
the locomotives and cars are returned to service. This section does not
perform any outside (divisional) inspections on equipment.
Battalion mess is operated by the Headquarters Company, as is
personnel administrarion. The motor pool is operated on Battalion level
by the Headquarters Company.
The Battalion Commander (Railway Shop Superintendent NDS 4.850)
and Executive Officer (Asst. Railway Shop Superintendent MOS 4.850) are
both located at Battalion Headquarters.

The headquarters of the Transportation Railway Shop Battalion
is usually set up in the Shop Area.
8. Machine and Erecting Shop (Company A)
The Machine and Erecting Shop (Company A) T/O&E 55-237A,
is the department in which the locomotive first arrives and also the de-
partment from which it leaves the shop.
In this shop the locomotives are received, stripped of their
component parts, the parts distributed- to other shops for rebuild or repair
and returned to this shop for reassembling or erecting. The machine shop
performs repair work as well as manufacturing new parts.
The locomotive is re-assembled in this shop and leaves the
area from here.
9. Boiler and Smith Shpp
The Boiler and Smith Shop (Company B) is the shop in which loco-
motive boilers are repaired and also in which the Blacksmith and Foundry work
is performed.
10. Car Repair Shop:
The Car Repair Shop (Company C) unlike the car repair platoon
in the Maintenance of Equipment Company (Company B) of the Transportation
Railway Operating Battalion does not perform Rip Track work, or running
repairs to cars. This company completely rebuilds cars from the wheels
up. Cars coming into this shop are usually damaged from wreoks, derail-
ments, bombing, straffing, etc.
The Car Repair Shop also is equipped to assemble cars in an
active theatre, which arrive from the ZI in a "knocked down and packaged'1,
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11. Diesel-Electric Repair Company:
The Diesel-Electric Repair Company (Company D) is the shop
handling all Diesel-Electric locomotive re-builds. This shop is separate
from the steam locomotive shop due to the nature of the work performed.
Like the other shops in the Transportation Railway Shop Battalion, this shop
does not perform any maintenance or running repairs to the Diesel Locomotives,
hut only heavy repairs or rebuilds.
12. The Transportation Railway Shop Battalion is a fixed type unit
as each Company is dependent on the other Company for some type of assist-
ance in the performance of their mission. This will be amplified in the
narration on each separate company.
In the narration on the separate companies, we will not consider
the Headquarters Company as the above description of this Company and its
personnel and function are considered sufficient.

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TRANSPORTATION RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION MACHINE AND ERECTING SHOP
COMPANY A - T/O&E 55-237A
1. The Machine and Erecting Shop (Company A) of the Transportation
Railway Shop Battalion (outlined in blue on the chart) encompasses the work
of three distinct shops or operations. Due to the nature of work performed
in this company there are many skills and crafts involved. A breakdown
and explanation of this company by sections is as follows!
The Stripping Section receives the locomotive into the shop
for heavy repairs and strips the locomotive of all of its component parts
sending these parts to various other shops within the company or Battalion
for repairs or re-working. The personnel of the Stripping Section includes
the followingI
Steam Boiler Inspector (MOS 1030) inspects and marks defects
of boiler for repairs as dismantling is carried out.
Steam Locomotive Section Foreman (MOS 1112) in charge of the
dismantling crews in the Stripping Section.
Assistant Steam Boiler Inspector (MOS 1030) assists the
Boiler Inspector in his duties.
Senior Railway Locomotive Metal worker (MOS 3030) takes charge
of removing the metal casing from around the boiler, removing the cab and
also marking for repair any items required. In addition, makes a complete
inspection of the locomotive tender to determine what repairs are required.
Steam Locomotive Repairman (MOS 3112), Boiler Repairman
(MOS 303t) and their helpers are all required and used in the dismantling
operation.

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Machine Shop Section:
This Section performs machine work on parts removed from the loco-
motives or on parts manufactured in other shops in the Battalion, such as
the Blacksmith Shop or the Foundry. Also performs machine work for the
Car Shop Company and the Diesel-Electric Locomotive Repair Company, and
if necessary performs machine work for the Plant Maintenance Section of
Headquarters Company.
The Machine Shop is usually divided into two sections - the Repair
Section and the Manufacturing Section. The Repair Section performs machine
work on used parts or parts removed from locomotives which require machin-
ing to new clearances or tolerances, or parts removed from cars and re-
quiring the same type of repair. The Manufacturing Section performs maohine
work on newly manufactured parts or blanks, or on parts received from the
Blacksmith Shop or Foundry which have been stamped or cast and require
machining.
The Machine Shop Section is staffed entirely by machinists
(MOS 3U2) whose duty it is to operate the various types of machine used in
the Shop such as lathes, planers, shapers, punches, shears, wheel lathes,
grinders, etc.
The Machine Shop operating as such performs work for every other
company in the Battalion.
There are two (2) welders (MDS 3256) assigned the Maohine Shop
Section for the purpose of repairing parts, building up bolts, rivet heads,
welding plates or shapes for the machinists and a multiplicity of other
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The Erection Section
The Erecting Section assembles the component parts of the locomotive
which have been cleaned, repaired or rebuilt, or are entirely new parts,
and having assembled these parts erects the locomotive completely. Some
of the skills used in the Erecting Section are as follows!
Steam Locomotive Repairman (MDS 3112), Railway Locomotive
Metal Worker (MDS 3030), Welders (MDS 3256), Electrician (MDS 3078) and
their helpers, are all required in the assembly of the locomotive. There
are many more of each type of skill required in the Erecting Section than
in the Stripping Section, due to the fact that many more man hours are re-
quired to assemble the locomotive than are required to dismantle it.
Tool Room Seotiofli
The Tool Room Section consists of Tool makers (MDS 1114 and
MDS 3114-) and Tool Room Keeper. This is a very important part of the Machine
Shop operation; it provides machine tools, it manufactures certain hand
tools, repairs tools and stocks machine tools for the use of all machinists.
Air Brake Section:
The Air Brake Section is used in the dismantling of Air Pump,
reservoir and Air Brake Systems from the locomotive and tender in the
Stripping Shop. This Section also cleans and repairs the Air Brake Equip-
ment and re-installs it on the re-assembled locomotives in the Erecting
Shop.
Erecting Shop Platoon Headquarters
This Headquarters includes two (2) skills that are used with any
other shop or company in the Battalion; these are the crane operator
(MDS 3112) and the Railway Locomotive Fireman (MDS 3110).

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The Crane operators are available for operating the Gantry Crane
in the Stripping and Erecting Shop or they may operate crawler cranes
in the Shop or Shop Yard. A Gantry crane or a crawler crane (capacity
10 to 15 tons) is an absolute necessity to the operation of the Erecting
and Machine Shop Company. The crane should be of the largest capacity
possible to acquire. Most Erecting and Machine Shops having a Gantry
Crane have one of. up to 150 ton capacity as the lifting of locomotive
boilers and frames - or locomotive tenders requires a crane of large
capacity. If it is impossible to provide a crane of sufficient capaoity
then only sections of boilers, frames, etc. can be handled at one time.
The Railway Locomotive Firemen (MOS 3110) are used as Locomotive
hostlers for moving locomotives around the Shop Yard, and also in pre-
paring and tending fires in locomotives.
From the above outline it can be seen that the Machine and Erect-
ing Shop (Company A) is the first and last company of the Battalion to
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TRANSPORTATION RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION T/O&E 55-238A
BOILER AND SMITH SHOP (COMPANY B)
1. The Boiler and Smith Shop Company (Company B) is responsible
for and performs work in connection with the repair and re-building includ-
ing the re-tubing of locomotive boilers. This company also rebuilds the
locomotive tenders, and performs all Blacksmith and Foundry work for the
Shop Battalion.
2. Some of the details of the work performed by the Boiler Sec-
tion are as followsI
In stripping down the locomotive (performed by the Stripping
Section in Co. A) the Boiler is removed from the locomotive frame and trans-
ported to the Boiler Shop where it is completely cleaned of scale and sedi-
ment, the smoke box is cleaned and scraped, the boiler is checked for loose,
broken, or leaky staybolts, the firebox is checked for broken or warped
grates and any broken or missing firebrick replaced.
IVhile the above is being carried out, the flues are checked
and burned, pitted, cracked or warped flues are cut out and new flues are
installed and the ends rolled and crimped.
Any cracks in the sidewalls cf the boiler or smokebox are
welded, where possible.
In most cases the boiler is completely re-built.
3. The Tank Section, working in another area in the Boiler Shop
makes heavy repairs and overhauls to the locomotive tenders; this includes
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The Tank Repair Foreman (MDS 1C3C) is in charge of the work
in the Shop.
The other skills and crafts, such as Railway Car Repairman
(NDS 3048), Railway Locomotive Metal Worker (MDS 3030), Railway Car
Carpenter (MDS 3048), and their helpers, are all required in the re-building
of the tenders. It is customary (and nearly always necessary) that when
the locomotive is going thru class repairs, its tender is also due for
class repairs and that is the time to make them so that the entire locomotive
is not taken out of service at a later date for repairs to the tender.
4 The Welding Section performs the welding work for the entire
Hoiler and Smith Shop set-up. The welding personnel are qualified to work
on boilers, flues, fireboxes, and all types of Blacksmith and Foundry items.
5. The Smith Shop Platoon composed of a Shop Foreman (MDS 1302),
Blacksmiths (MDS 3024), Hammersmiths (MDS 3024) Forging Press Operators
(MDS 3024) Heat Treater (MDS 3024), Tool Dresser (MDS 3024) and Steam
Hammer Operator (MDS 3D24) are used on the many forges, presses and hammers
in the Blacksmith Shop.
The Blacksmith Shop performs all the smith and forging work
for the entire Shop Battalion such as stampings, straightening side-rods,
links, pins, repairing broken or cracked metal items. Parts repaired or
stamped out in the Blacksmith Shop are machined to their final and required
fit and dimension by the Machine Shop in Company A.
The Blacksmith Shop is very necessary to the operation of
the Shop Battalion, because in an active theatre many parts that are re-

quired to return locomotives and cars to service are not available and the
time required to procure them froia ZI or other sources is excessive,
therefore this shop is equipped to manufacture them and the Machine Shop
to finish them, hence, the necessity for amount of equipment and number
of personnel in this shop.
6. The Pipe and Tin Shop supplies the pipe fitters (MDS 3030)
for use in the Stripping and Erecting Shop, and provides the pipe bending
and threading and cutting machines to form the pipe into lengths and shapes
required for various uses.
The Railway Metal Workers (MOS 304.8 are used in performing
the many duties in connection with the re-building of locomotive cabs, in-
stallation of boiler coverings and banding and repairs or rebuilding of
locomotive tenders. Machine tools common to this operation are the
Tinsmith Sets, Metal Breaks, Shears and Punches.
This Section also carries the Foundrymen or Molders (MDS 3129)
who make the castings required and which are not readily obtainable, such
items as Brake Shoes for locomotives and cars are also cast by this Section.
7. The Boiler and Smith Shop Company (Company B) is a very
necessary part of the Shop Battalion and as can be seen by the above, per-
forms work not only for its own mission but also in support of all other
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TRANSPORTATION RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION
CAR REPAIR COMPANY (COMPANY C)
T/O&E 55-239A
1. The Car Repair Company, in its operation may be said to
function in a manner similar to the Erecting and Machine Shop Company, with
the exception of the duties of the Machine Shop. This is realized when it
is pointed out that this Company does not perform maintenance on cars but
completely rebuilds them, therefore it has a stripping and erecting sec-
tion.
The Section which would be a counterpart of the Machine Shop
in Company A, would be the Woodworking & Machine Section, in which car
parts are fabricated, car sides are framed, lumber is prepared and cut to
length for sides, floors and roofs. The Wheel Shop also comes under this
Section.
The finishing platoon is divided into two sections, the
Passenger Car Section, which contains skills and crafts for the finishing
processes of passenger carsj and the Freight Car Section, in which skills
and crafts required in this field are provided.
2. The Car Repair Company is responsible for the heavy repair
or rebuilding of all cars, passenger and freight, in the territory assigned,
and requiring such type of repairs. These repairs are usually required
due to obsolescence, wrecks, derailments, bombings, straffings, etc.
The mortality rate on railroad rolling stock in an active
theatre of operation is usually very high, and therefore the Car Repair
Company of the Shop Battalion is one of the busiest units of the Battalion.
This can very well be understood when it is realized that a train accident,

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shopping one locomotive, will probably shop twenty to thirty cars, de-
pending of course on the type and severity of the accident.
3. Due to the type of work performed, there are many skills and
crafts required in the company, some similar crafts showing up in two or
more of the Sections. The work of the various sections is carried out
simultaneously and at different locations within the Car Shop Area, and
therefore these individuals could not be combined and used in more than
one Section. The tool and machine tool situation is identical, in that ma-
chines of like type must be located in separate areas of the Car Shop as
a whole, in order to economically perform the required duties.
4. The duties of the various sections do not conflict nor do
they overlap each other. We shall review the duties and requirements of
each of the sections of the Car Repair Company below.
5 Company Headquarters:
The Company Commander (Car Shop Superintendent MDS 4851)
and Executive (his Assistant) (JDS 4.851), together with the Company ad-
ministration and Company supply, are carried in this section. The Crane
Operators (MDS 3112) are carried in company headquarters as their duties
may be with any section in the Company which requires the use of cranes.
6. The Stripping and Erecting Platoon:
Stripping Section - This Section receives the cars into the
shop and strips them down preparatory to the repair or renewal of compo-
nent parts and the re-assembly. Parts needing repair, or worth salvage
and repair, are sent to other parts of the shop such as the Machine Shop,
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Good parts are sorted out and returned to stocks for re-use. The MDS's,
Railway Car Carpenter (3048), Railway Car Mechanic (304-8) and Welder (3256)
are all crafts common to this type of work.
7. The Erecting Section:
This section usually operates in an assembly line fashion,
in that the trucks are first placed and spotted on the erection track, the
car bed frame is then set on the trucks, next sides are placed on the frame
and temporarily bolted, as are also the car ends; while this erection
work is going on the air brake pipes and cylinders are being bolted (with
temporary bolts) to the underside of the frame. As the roof is installed
and temporarily bolted the car passes from the Erecting Section to the
Finishing Section for final riveting, adjusting connection of air brake
piping to cylinders and brake rigging, painting and stenciling. This
applies to Freight Cars.
8. The Finishing Platoon and its two sections - Passenger Car
Section and Freight Car Section - is the unit in which all finishing and
final work on the cars is performed.
The Freight Car Section (finishing) takes over when the
Erection Section moves the car down the assembly track after having
assembled and temporarily bolted it. When the car is completely riveted
and air brake installed, the car is then placed on the paint track to be
spray painted and stenciled; this is also part of the finishing process.
The Passenger Car Section - This Section usually works in a
shop building or under cover. While it is considered as part of the
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Good parts are sorted out and returned to stocks for re-use. The MDS's,
Railway Car Carpenter (3048), Railway Car Mechanic (304-8) and Welder (3256)
are all crafts common to this type of work.
7. The Erecting Section:
This section usually operates in an assembly line fashion,
in that the trucks are first placed and spotted on the erection track, the
car bed frame is then set on the trucks, next sides are placed on the frame
and temporarily bolted, as are also the car ends; while this erection
work is going on the air brake pipes and cylinders are being bolted (with
temporary bolts) to the underside of the frame. As the roof is installed
and temporarily bolted the car passes from the Erecting Section to the
Finishing Section for final riveting, adjusting connection of air brake
piping to cylinders and brake rigging, painting and stenciling. This
applies to Freight Cars.
8. The Finishing Platoon and its two sections - Passenger Car
Section and Freight Car Section - is the unit in which all finishing and
final work on the cars is performed.
The Freight Car Section (finishing) takes over when the
Erection Section moves the car down the assembly track after having
assembled and temporarily bolted it. When the car is completely riveted
and air brake installed, the car is then placed on the paint track to be
spray painted and stenciled; this is also part of the finishing process.
The Passenger Car Section - This Section usually works in a
shop building or under cover. While it is considered as part of the
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TRANSPORTATION SHOP BATTALION T/O&E 55-2A7
DIESEL-ELECTRIC LOCOE/DTIVE REPAIR COMPANY
1. The Diesel-Electric Locomotive Company is a unit used in per-
forming heavy repairs or'class repairs to Diesel-Electric Locomotives.
This unit performs no running or light repair.
The company is divided into two platoons, a Diesel-Engine
Platoon and a Diesel Electrical Platoon, each platoon operating in a separate
section of the shop and performing different jobs.
2. The Diesel-Electric Company is dependent upon Company A for
Machine Shop work, upon Company B for Blacksmithing, Forging work, Pipe-
fitters and Welders, also Car Metal Workers; and upon Company C for Carpen-
ters and any additional Airbrake men required as well as Painters.
3. In order to get a better picture of the operating of this
Company, let us follow a Diesel-Electric locomotive coming into the shop
for class repairs:
There are certain conditions under which the Diesel Engine
is repaired without removing it from the locomotive, however, under normal
conditions a spare Diesel Engine is kept on hand and when the locomotive
comes into the Shop, the Diesel Engine is lifted out of the locomotive and
the spare engine installed, thus cutting.down the time the locomotive is in
the Shop. The engine removed from the locomotive is then worked on by the
Shop personnel.
The Diesel-Electric Locomotive Repairmen dismantle the Diesel
Engine, making repairs and renewals of component parts as required; and
parts that need machining are sent to Company A Machine Shop; Blacksmith

work or Foundry work is sent to Company B.
4. The Diesel Engine Platoon is responsible for the repair of
the Diesel Engine of the locomotive, tearing down, repairing, renewing
parts, rebuilding, and replacing the Diesel Engine in the locomotive.
When the Diesel Engine is completely repaired it is re-set in
the locomotive or returned to stock.
The crafts utilized in this work are those utilized on a com-
mercial railroad such as, Diesel-Electric Locomotive Repairman, and
Airbrake Repairmen; the bulk of the work is performed by the Diesel-Electric
Locomotive Repairman, however, the Airbrake Repairmen are used in repairing
the locomotive trucks, and in removing and replacing the airbrake mechan-
isms on the trucks and air cylinders on the locomotive.
5. The Diesel-Electrical Platoon is responsible for the repair of
the electrical portions of the Diesel-Electric Locomotive such as the
generators, traction motors, control circuits, relays, contactors, etc.
Usually, spare traction motors are kept in stock and when a
locomotive arrives, the traction motors are replaced with traction motors
from stock. The traction motors removed from the locomotive are then re-
paired and placed in stock for later use.
This platoon includes Diesel-Electric Locomotive Electricians,
and Diesel-Electric Locomotive Motor Repairmen, of course under the super-
vision of a foreman.
6. The crane operators and hostlers carried in the Company Head-
quarters are used by both Platoons as necessary.
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set up in a separate building suitable for this type of work and apart
from buildings housing steam locomotives due to the fact that coal gas fumes
and smoke are to an extent injurious to the electrical assemblies of a
Diesel-Electric Locomotive - in an emergency, almost any type of building,
with a thru track on which to spot the locomotives can be used. There
must also be an overhead crane or if that is not possible a crawler crane
of sufficient capacity to lift an engine out of a locomotive.

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under the Theatre Transportation Officer.
The Chart is prepared to show a typical layout of the territorial
responsibility of a Transportation Railway Grand Division.
The first division of railroad operated, after the landing would
be from Point (a) gradually expanding to point. (B) with the establishment
of a Shop Battalion as shown by (s) at point (B).
As the forward movement progresses other divisions of railroad
operation are established such as (B) to (E),(C) to (H), (D) to (M), (E) to
(F), with an additional Shop Battalion at (S) on the division (C) to (E),
during this time and when the Second Operating Battalion was brought in,
the Transportation Railway Grand Division was placed (X) as this was the
point nearest the center of the area which this Transportation Railway Grand
Division would ultimately control.
The Transportation Railway Grand Division while supervising the
operation and coordinating the activities of the various Operating
Battalions and Shop Battalions under it, also must compile and maintain
all of the records pertaining to the operation and maintenance of the
entire territory which it controls.
Some of the records include tonnago hauled over each division daily,
loaded cars handled daily in trains, number of trains operated daily over
each division, number of empty cars handled daily by each division, number
of empty cars spotted daily for loading per division, number of loaded
cars spotted daily for unloading per division, number of locomotives shopped
for running repairs, number of locomotives shopped for heavy repairs, number
of locomotives turned out by the Shop daily, number of cars shopped daily,

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number of cars repaired daily, number of derailments or wrecks with
location and cause and results of investigation, including amount of
damage, number of ties replaced in track, including their location,
amount of "new" or "fit" rail laid in track showing location, number of
switches and/or frogs laid or replaced in tracks, including their location,
number of bridges rehabilitated or repaired, including their locations,
number of miscellaneous structures rehabilitated, repaired or installed
together with their description, location and amount of work performed.
The above records are all of vital importance in preparing Debit
and Credit Sheets and in making final settlement with the government or
governments concerned for the military use of the railroads.
There have been in use, several different types of contracts
under which the Military Forces operated the railroads of other countries
during war time or occupation, and while all of the above records and re-
ports are necessary, the form of the report or record may vary.
The Transportation Railway Grand Division is required to com-
pile and keep these records due to the fact that when a Transportation
Railway Grand Division takes over an area, that area is likely to remain
under the control of that Transportation Railway Grand Division, whereas
a Transportation Railway Operating Battalion or a Transportation Railway
Shop Battalion may be moved to another location to operate a more forward
division, or another Shop that has been acquired.
The officer personnel and enlisted supervisory personnel in the
Engineering, Mechanical, and Operating Sections are almost entirely on the
road covering the operation and maintenance performed by the subordinate

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battalions, investigating failures, setting up moves or work loads, or
coordinating between the various rail divisions.
The Transportation Railway Grand Division, when it is the highest
echelon of Military Railway Service in the theatre, maintains liaison with
the Corps of Engineers and the Signal Corps, in order to advise these two
services which lines are to be restored and to lend any assistance necessary
to the restoration of those lines to service.
While the headquarters of the Transportation Railway Grand
Division is fixed and very usually stays fixed at one point, the personnel
of the Transportation Railway Grand Division are and must be mobile in order
to accomplish their mission.

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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARr

The Transportation Railway Operating Battalion

The Transportation Railway Shop Battalion,

The Transportation Railway Grand Division

1. The Transportation Railway Operating Battalion.

2. The Headquarters and Headquarters Conpany (Trans-

portation Railway Operating Battalion).

3. The Maintenance of Way Company (Company k) (Trans-

portation Railway Operating Battalion).

4* The Maintenance of Equipment Company (Company B) (Trans-

portation Railway Operating Battalion;.

5 The Transportation Company (Company C) (Transporta-

tion Railway Operating Battalion).

6. The Transportation Railway Shop Battalion

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7% The Transportation Railway Grand Division.

The Transportation Railway Operating Battalion

The Transportation Railway Shop Battalion,

The Transportation Railway Grand Division

1. The Transportation Railway Operating Battalion.

2. The Headquarters and Headquarters Conpany (Trans-

portation Railway Operating Battalion).

3. The Maintenance of Way Company (Company k) (Trans-

portation Railway Operating Battalion).

4* The Maintenance of Equipment Company (Company B) (Trans-

portation Railway Operating Battalion;.

5 The Transportation Company (Company C) (Transporta-

tion Railway Operating Battalion).

6. The Transportation Railway Shop Battalion

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7% The Transportation Railway Grand Division.

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TRANSPORTATION RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION T/O&E 55-225A

1. The Transportation Railway Operating Battalion composed of

four (4) companies (Headquarters Company, Company A, Company B and

Company C)is organized along lines parallel to a commercial railroad

2. The Transportation Railway Operating Battalion is capable of

operating and maintaining 90 to 150 miles of railroad, including the furn-

switching. The Battalion Headquarters is usually established at the initial

terminal (Terminal A on the chart),

3. The Battalion Commander, who is in reality the Division

Superintendent MDS 0750, is usually located at Battalion Headquarters,

Executive Officer, who is the Assistant Superintendent of the Division

at that end of the line, depending on the density of traffic.

4. The division of railway operated by the Transportation Rail-

way Operating Battalion, may be a single track main line or a multiple

for various distances from the main line.

5. The operation of trains, yard switching, track motor cars,

jurisdiction of the Division Superintendent, as are the maintenance of way and

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6. The Battalion Commander's Staff (Division Superintendent)

located at Battalion Headquarters, is identical in every respect to the

staff of a Division Superintendent on a commercial railroad for the reason

tion of his division.

7. Any difference in operation between the Military Railway Service

railroad division and a Commercial Railroad division can be accounted for by

guerrilla warfare, bombings, strafings, sabotage to facilities, etc. and

where on a civilian railroad the Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent

tendent usually must rely entirely on other means of transportation, such as

jeep, helicopter, etc. to go to points where interruptions to traffic occur.

8. The Battalion Commander and Battalion Executive Officer

(Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent MDS 0750) should normally be

in civilian life, a Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent or Trainmaster,

with years of experience in operations on a civilian railroad.

9. The 90 to 150 miles of railroad which the Battalion is capable

of operating, is a figure arrived at, based on what are considered normal