Wyświetlamy sobie obrazki z eszelonami z różnych okresów historycznych, więc dzisiaj wrzucę te starsze.
Pierwsze zdjęcie (mam takich więcej) nosi następujący opis: "Train, loaded with Polish troops and equipment, waiting to move in one of the Polish or Ukrainian railway stations. Soldiers seem to be alarmed with a presence of a British photographer, taking pictures of them. 1919"
Dla wielbicieli 2WŚ, omawiających transport czołgów na platformach mam obrazek - schemat. Pochodzi on z angielskiego tłumaczenia: "Handbook on German military forces Chapter VI:
2. Rail Transportation"
Zapisano w niej (w tej książce - instrukcji), że:
"K-Trains (Kraftfahrzüge) - avg. 51 cars per train, carries c. 250 soldiers, 20 heavy vehicles (but no tanks), 20 light vehicles and other equipment.
S-Trains (Sonderzüge), for tanks - avg. 30 to 35 cars, carries from four to eight tanks, 125 soldiers, and other equipment. Tanks are distributed out along the entire length of the train.
Sp-Trains (Sonderpanzerzüge) - avg. 33 cars, carries approx. 20 medium tanks, as well as personnel and other equipment.
I-Trains (Infanteriezüge) - approx. 55 cars per train, holds about 350 soldiers, 10 light and 10 heavy vehicles, 70 horses, as well as other equipment. Up to 800 men can be carried in this train type if equipment carried is cut back to a minimum."
Komentarz do powyższego: "Maximum vehicle weight in non-S and Sp trains is stated as 22 tons. Additionally, trains would carry Flak flatcars, and a guard (?) car at the end of the train.
For example,
a Sp-Train would consist of locomotive, followed by two 22-foot flatcars, followed by seven 35-foot flatcars, then four 26-foot boxcars, a 22-foot AA car, and finally 18 27,6-foot flatcars with stanchions, finally a 27,6-foot 'guard car' (=caboose with soldiers?) apart from the AA car, this train seems to be made up of standard stock railcars -
the S-Train, on the other hand, would include special 36,7-foot flatcars for 'Tiger' tanks (These are the famous SSYs and SSyms flatcars)".
Na samym końcu właściwy schemat zestawienia składów eszelonów.