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USA S160 2-8-0 locomotive No. 1606 coupled to an ambulance train, 1942Once the USA joined the war following the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941 the GWR became involved in the provision of rolling stock for use by the American Army
Carriage No. 4329 from US General Dwight D. Eisenhowers Alive train in 1942One of the most important areas in which the GWR was asked to support both the war effort and the US army was in the provision of what was codenamed the Alive train which was to be used by the US
Motor landing craft built by the GWR at Swindon Works, 1942In August 1941 the GWR began building the first of a large number of motor landing craft in the Carriage and Wagon shops at Swindon. No. 13, Wagon Frame Shop was where this work took place