Shadow Train Service
(Rec. 1 p.m.) LONDON, January 21. British railways, in collaboration with the fighting services, have built up a complete “shadow service”, of freight trains, any of which can be put on a line at short notice if material from ordnance depots or stores dispersed throughout the country is required at any of the many ports. A total of probable journeys running into thousands has been classified, routed and timed. Each train in the shadow service has a code number., Railway experts know, foh instance, the A.B.C. 4217 means that a locomotive and 40 trucks must be at a certain depot to load up ready to leave at 3 p.m. on a given day, go by a prescribed route, and arriving at 6 a.m. next day. Railway authorities point out that as more armies go overseas, the demand for shadow trains will increase.
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Northern Advocate, 22 January 1944, Page 3
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145Shadow Train Service Northern Advocate, 22 January 1944, Page 3
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