Military Locos?

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To the best of my knowledge, locos owned by branches of the military, in  the 
U.S., only were operated on military posts except under extraordinary  
circumstances.  
 
One possible exception that I'm aware of is a derailment the C&O had at  Lee 
Hall, VA near where they interchanged with the Ft. Eustis (Army) rail  
connection.  The 714th Railway Operating Battalion owned a heavy duty  wrecking 
crane, which assisted the C&O in cleaning up.  I suspect one  of the Army locos 
brought it out.  I don't remember the exact date of the  incident, so anyone who 
does please chime in.
 
There may have been other exceptions to the general rule, of course.
 
Dave Phelps
 
In a message dated 8/15/2005 10:23:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

Several manufacturers have released loco model with U.S.  Army lettering. 
Does anyone know if any USA locos would have been used on the  country's 
mainlines or would they have been used only around army  bases?

I would think that each road would want to use their own motive  power for 
military movements, but I've never seen anything written about  them.
Jimmy Lisle  

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