A small selection indicating the various uses of railways during the First World War.
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Enormous gun sits on railway track while soldiers crank the barrel up.
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Light railway brings shells up to the Front.
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Huge guns on warship and on armoured railway wagon.
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New recruits to French army depart on train during WW1.
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French Army regiments travel by train.
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Makeshift canteen for soldiers in a railway station.
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Guns mounted on armoured cars on track.
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Footage of wrecked train burning fiercely.
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Soldiers attach wireless installation to train carriage.
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Soldiers embark on train.
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French cavalry load train before embarking.
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80 dismantled Belgian train engines sent on trains from France to Russia.
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Russian soldiers arrive by steam train at unidentified location.
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