It is easy to believe that the only part that Britain's railways
played in the First World War was to carry the soldiers to the
ships that would take them to France. This couldn't be further from
the truth. Without the help from the railways it is unlikely that
the war would have been over as quickly as it was. In _Britain's
Railways in the First World War_ Michael Foley examines how the
railway system and its workers proved to be a vital part of the war
effort, one contemporary writer even commenting that he thought
they were as significant as the navy. The book describes how the
enlistment of railway troops for the Royal Engineers to meet the
increasing transport demands of the military was to bleed the
civilian system dry as skilled railwaymen were sent to work at the
front. In addition, the military commandeered thousands of
Britain's railway vehicles, sending them to each of the theatres of
war, and turned the already stressed railway workshops away from
maintaining what remained of the country's railways and rolling
stock so they could produce armaments for the forces instead. The
book also reveals how the British were so far behind their enemies
and allies in the use of railway support to the front lines that
they had to plead for help from Canada.
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