REQ: American railway guns in WWII

[sgt_G]

Hey everybody interested to know any info on US railway guns during the1920's to the WWII era.

I know California had a handful but cannot find any info on types and what the consist was (types of cars for the trains and stuff)

Iv'e tried my google-fu and my wiki-fu and both have come up fail

[Ought Six]

Eight inch U.S. Navy railway gun, I think at New Battery Laie, Hawaii.

http://i53.tinypic.com/nmjnme.jpg

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4526/8inchnavygunm1railwaymoef9.jpg


http://i53.tinypic.com/23r507r.jpg

http://img523.imageshack.us/f/8inchrailwaygunbatteryhfk9.jpg/

http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/hi-north.html


This is a 12 inch railway gun preserved at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Virginia .

http://i55.tinypic.com/28icgwp.jpg

http://usforting.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dahlgren-12-inch-railroad-gun-4.jpg

http://usforting.com/tag/fort-mchenry/


The last surviving Bethlehem 177 railway gun at Museu Militar Conde de Linhares in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

http://i54.tinypic.com/1nxsfc.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Bethlehem177.JPG

http://www.museumstuff.com/learn/topics/Railway_gun::sub::History

[Cal_Zephyr]

Lots of good images on this site:

http://www.december7.com/1941/Fort_Barrette_Gate/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_inch_Mk._VI_railway_gun

http://www.nps.gov/gate/historyculture/betweenwars.htm


http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/uploads//monthly_04_2010/post-11381-1272070109.jpg

http://andy_bennett.home.mindspring.com/images/8INCHFIRING.jpg

[ayanami_tard]

i thought this thread is about rail gun...

[Magister]

i thought this thread is about rail gun...

..of which there were so many in World War 2 ;)