Troop sleepers in the Sierras
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Troop sleepers in the Sierras
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Troop sleepers in the Sierras
A Southern Pacific cab-forward 4-8-8-2 leads a long troop train through Northern California's Sierra mountains during World War II. Pullman-Standard built 2,400 boxcar-like troop sleepers between 1943 and 1946. Classic Trains collection