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Originally Posted by McCoy
I think the whole idea with armoured trains is a moot point 'cos it's so easy to take ot the tracks...
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Track is relatively easy to repair. Bridges are, of course, another matter. But roads had bridges as well.
German (and most other European) trains ran on a narrower gauge than did Soviet trains. That meant that pretty much all track needed to be relaid as they advanced, and much of it was as trains were what was used for supplying the front line troops.
The same held true for the Soviets as they recaptured their territory and advanced in Poland and Hungary, except in reverse.
See
Deutsche Reichsbahn - The German State Railway in WWII for an excellent review.