Invisible Tanks
Tanks are now being carried by “invisible” routes to Britain’s ports on special waggons in trainloads of 24 at a lime. Production is so arranged that batches of them are ready at _ night, when they are loaded on the trains and sent to the ports by special routes so as to arrive there in the dark. The result is that very few people in Britain have an inkling of this “invisible” traffic.
The new “reclank,” or flat waggon on which two heavy Valentines can be carried, is a special feature of these tank trains. Where there is not a loading dock a ramp is used, but the tanks can, if necessary. climb aboard themselves. Worked out by the railway operations experts in conjunction with the War Office, these “rectanks” allow Ihe full width of the railway gauge to be used so that with the larger tanks there are only inches to spare. Facts from the British Railways Press Office.
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Northern Advocate, 11 June 1942, Page 6
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161Invisible Tanks Northern Advocate, 11 June 1942, Page 6
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