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Steam & Excursion > Villa Rides ! ... by railDate: 08/09/20 18:33 Villa Rides ! ... by rail Author: WrongWayMurphy Steam water stop (sorry no steam engine here) in early 1916 south of Juarez gives Villas troops a chance to rest a bit.
Pqncho Villa liked using trains to haul his troops and his horses, and this mobile use of transport often surprised the Federales.  Date: 08/09/20 21:17 Re: Villa Rides ! ... by rail Author: tomstp Very interesting photo. Can not see any guns on the men but there had to be a lot of them somewhere, maybe the box cars.
Date: 08/09/20 21:53 Re: Villa Rides ! ... by rail Author: MojaveBill I had a great-great uncle who fought on our side in that war...
Not my idea of a troop train. Bill Deaver Tehachapi, CA Date: 08/10/20 04:11 Re: Villa Rides ! ... by rail Author: WrongWayMurphy tomstp Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Very interesting photo. Can not see any guns on > the men but there had to be a lot of them > somewhere, maybe the box cars. They are in friendly territory so probably no threat nearby, and of course not like in the movies. Date: 08/10/20 08:19 Re: Villa Rides ! ... by rail Author: wcamp1472 Interesting to note the car capacity in both Metric & English units..
That was even was a "thing", one hundred years ago.. "KGS" is for Kilo-grams, or a unit of measure = the weight of 1,000 grams. A single gram weighs about the same as a postage stamp.. W. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/10/20 10:00 by wcamp1472. |