War's Impact On the Country's Railroads

From the March 25, 2014, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Back Then." //// During the war, homefront travel was adversely affected thanks to tire shortages and gas rationing. But that was not the only travel-related industry affected, At the 44th meeting of the American Railway Engineering Association, it was reported that 270,000 railroad workers had been drafted into the military with another 50,000 expected to be later, leaving the railroad lines with aa critical shortage of manpower. //// --GreGen