Images Dated 25th February 2014
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American Flag flying from Paddington Station hotel on July 4th 1941
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American troops boarding a train at Swansea Docks, October 1943
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USA S160 2-8-0 locomotive No. 1606 coupled to an ambulance train, 1942
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American S160 Class 2-8-0 locomotive No. 1609 upon arrival at Newport Docks, 1942
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Carriage No. 4329 from US General Dwight D. Eisenhowers Alive train in 1942
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US soldiers embarking a ship in a GWR South Wales Dock, 1942
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A 16 inch gun barrel loaded onto an eighteen wheel gun wagon in 1942
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GWR lorry delivering paintings from the National Gallery to a slate mine in Wales in 1940
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Chevrolet Thornton military trucks lined up at Caerphilly Works, 1941
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Carriage No. 4329 from US General Dwight D. Eisenhowers Alive train in 1942
One 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 General Dwight D. Eisenhower whilst in Britain making preparations for the invasion of Europe. Much secrecy surrounded both the make up and the operation of this train, although some details have emerged during the years following the war, and we know that carriage No. 4329, featured in this image, was one of the sleeping coaches from the Alive train. It is understood that the order for the train was issued in June 1942 and that many additions and improvements were subsequently made over the following years, so making the train a fully equipped and self-contained vehicle from which General Eisenhower and his team could operate. During the latter years of the war the Alive train travelled extensively around Britain, and in December 1944, fully equipped with bullet proof glass, the train was shipped overseas where it operated throughout France and on many occasions travelled close to the enemy line