| Caption | German Tiger I heavy tank of the German 'Großdeutschland' Division being transported by railroad, Romania, 1944 ww2dbase | ||||
| Photographer | Pfeiffer | ||||
| Source | ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives | ||||
| Identification Code | Bild 101I-732-0133-34 | ||||
| More on... |
| ||||
| Photo Size | 557 x 800 pixels | ||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
| Licensing | Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).
See Bild 101I-732-0133-34 on Wikimedia Commons According to the German Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv), as of 21 Jul 2010, photographs can be reproduced with if these preconditions are met: - add the signature of the pictures and - of name of the originator, i.e. the photographer. ... You also can use fotos from the Federal Archives for free on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bundesarchiv Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
Please consider supporting us on Patreon. Even $1 per month will go a long way! Thank you. Please help us spread the word: Stay updated with WW2DB: |
Visitor Submitted Comments
2. 
Bill says:
10 Feb 2011 06:00:29 PM
ANOTHER TIGER TAKES THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO:
Hurry up and wait, same in any army.
First photo shows the Bergepanzer-Tiger on
the first flatcar walking down the line, we see another Tiger on the flatcar behind it.
Look close, and you can see this Tiger has its outer roadwheels removed for transport.
The soft skinned vehicle next to the Tiger is
the Steyer 1500A/01 4x4 light truck.
Bill says:10 Feb 2011 06:00:29 PM
ANOTHER TIGER TAKES THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO:
Hurry up and wait, same in any army.
First photo shows the Bergepanzer-Tiger on
the first flatcar walking down the line, we see another Tiger on the flatcar behind it.
Look close, and you can see this Tiger has its outer roadwheels removed for transport.
The soft skinned vehicle next to the Tiger is
the Steyer 1500A/01 4x4 light truck.
All visitor submitted comments are opinions of those making the submissions and do not reflect views of WW2DB.
Change View
Desktop ViewSearch WW2DB
News
- » Wreck of M-49 Found (10 Apr 2025)
- » Japanese Emperor Visited Iwoto (Iwo Jima) (8 Apr 2025)
- » Race, Holocaust, and African-American WW2 Histories Removed from the US Naval Academy Library (7 Apr 2025)
- » US Government Plans to Purge WW2 Information (17 Mar 2025)
- » See all news
Random Photograph
Current Site Statistics
- » 1,167 biographies
- » 337 events
- » 44,606 timeline entries
- » 1,243 ships
- » 350 aircraft models
- » 207 vehicle models
- » 376 weapon models
- » 123 historical documents
- » 261 facilities
- » 470 book reviews
- » 28,506 photos
- » 365 maps
Famous WW2 Quote
"With Germany arming at breakneck speed, England lost in a pacifist dream, France corrupt and torn by dissension, America remote and indifferent... do you not tremble for your children?"Winston Churchill, 1935
14 Mar 2010 05:37:03 PM
One night I watched a documentary on Railroads on the History Channel and it mentioned the German invasion of Russia.
All of Russia's railroads had wider locomotives axles, rail car axles and tracks.
Either the Germans had to change the width of the rails, which they did for thousands of miles or transfer their cargoes to captured Russian trains.
The documentary showed the Germans moving one side of the rails over to their own standard width.
They used a gages to keep the width correct and moved the rail mile after mile.
The number 5,000 miles seems to stick with me, and after the war all the rails had to be reset to the Russian width again.
At the time I worked with a few Railroad enthusiasts. They knew about the Russian and German issues during the war and relocating the rails.