Railway reconstruction Italy September 1943 - January 1946 Central Mediterranean Force

Rome : Tipo-Litografia Ferrovie dello Stato, 1946.
Pagine 228. Cm. 21x30.

Indice
Chapter I. ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION EFFORT
Section I. Staff and service organisation	5
1. M.R.S. Organisation and its relation to the Staff	5
a) Early Independent Organisations	5
b) Unification of Tn. resources in Italy, and integration with M.R.S.	5
c) M.R.S. under British Control	6
2. Allied Commission	7
3. Italian State Railways	8
4. Allied Railway Board	9
Section II. Regimental Organisation	10
1. Construction Groups	10
2. Mechanical Equipment Units	11
3. Signal Formations	11
4. Railway Operating Units	12
5. Italian Railway Engineer Units	12
6. Engineer Units	13
7. R.A.S.C. Transport Units	13
8. Labour	14
9. Prisoners of War and Surrendered Personnel	14
Section III. Stores Supply	15
1. General	15
2. Phasing stores for initial assault	15
3. Provisioning for further requirements	15
4. Control of stores	15
5. Location of stores depots	16
6. Feeding stores forward from depots to units in the field	16
Chapter II. DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES
Section I. Introduction	19
Section II. Railway Construction in relation to the campaign as a whole	20
1. Initial stages - East Italy	20
2. Initial stages - West Italy	20
3. Consolidation and development	21
4. The Allied Offensive, May 1944 and the fall of Rome	23
5. The Winter Campaign 1944/45	24
6. Preparation for the Spring Offensive 1945	25
7. The Spring Offensive and the German surrender	27
8. Final phase	27
Section III. Railway Construction considered in relation to the ultimate Railway system	29
1. Base development	29
2. Line 86 - The East Coast Route. Lecce-Brindisi-Bari-Foggia-Pescara-Ancona-Bologna	30
a) Bridges over Rivers Ofanto and Cervaro between Barletta and Foggia	33
b) Bridge over River Fortore at Ripalta	34
c) Bridges over Rivers Trigno and Sangro between Termoli and Ortona	34
d) Moro Tunnel
e) Pescara River Bridge at Pescara	36
f) Del Castellano Tunnel - Ancona	37
g) Bridges over Rivers Cesano and Metauro between Ancona and Pesaro	37
h) Bridge over River Foglia at Pesaro	40
3. Line 89 - Rome-Naples Direttissima. Rome-Formia-Naples	42
a) Volturno Bridge - Cancello Arnone	44
b) Massico Tunnel	50
c) Garigliano Bridge - Minturno	53
4. Line 90 - Rome-Cassino-Naples	54
a) Volturno Bridge at Capua	55
b) Peccia Viaduct at Mignano	55
c) Bridge over River Liri at Isoletta	58
d) Other works of interests on this Line are showen in figures 39, 40, 41 & 42
5. Line 50 - The West Coast Route. Rome-Genoa-Turin-Modane	61
a) Description of Line	61
b) Scale of Demolitions	62
c) The Repair of the Line	62
d) Repair of Section Rome-Civitavecchia	62
e) Repair of Section Bussoleno to Modane	63
6. Line 65 - The Main Italian North-South Route. Rome-Florence-Bologna-Milan	64
a) Bridge over River Tiber at Civita Castellana	67
b) Bridge over River Tiber at Bassano	67
c) Bridge over River Tiber at Castiglione in Teverina	71
d) Prato-Bologna Section	73
e) Bologna-Milan Section	82
7. Line 87 - Cross Country Route. Orte-Foligno-Falconara	83
a) Repairs to Bridge over River Tiber at Orte Station	84
b) Balduini Tunnel - South of Spoleto	84
c) Bridge over River Esino near Serra San Quirico	85
8. Line 91 - Main connection to East Coast from Naples, Naples-Benevento-Foggia	88
9. Line 217/8 - Pisa-Pistoia-Prato	91
a) Bridge over River Arno at Pisa	91
b) Serravalle Tunnel	92
10. Line 219 - Pisa-Empoli-Florence	95
11. Line 71 - Mestre-Conegliano-Udine-Pontebba-Tarvisio- Austrian Border	100
Description of Line	100
Demolitions	100
Repair of the Line	100
1) Mestre-Udine	101
The Piave Bridge	101
The Livenza Bridge	101
The Meduna Bridge	101
The Tagliamento Bridge	103
2) Udine-Gemona-Pontebba-Tarvisio-Frontier	103
12. Line 85 - Bologna-Ferrara-Padua	104
Description of Line	104
Demolitions	104
Repair of the Line	104
The Adige Bridge	106
Chapter III. INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Section I. Fortore Bridge	113
1) Introduction	113
2) Description of site	113
3) Plans for Reconstruction	114
4) Clearing the site	114
5) Raising the bridge from the River bed	115
6) Subsequent Developments	117
Section II. Tiber Bridge-Orte	120
1) Introduction	120
2) Description of site	120
3) Considerations	121
4) Reconstruction	121
Section III. Appenine Tunnel	128
1) Introduction	128
2) Description of site	128
3) First stage of reconstruction of South Portal	129
4) Second stage of reconstruction of South Portal	134
5) General Technical points in connection with work at South Portal	137
6) Clearance and Repairs to Demolition at North Portal	139
6) Clearance and Repairs to Precedenza Station in the Middle of the tunnel. Km. 46,85	140
Section IV. Peraria Bridge	142
1) Introduction	142
2) Description of site	142
3) Reconstruction	142
4) Additional works	148
Section V. Dogna Viaduct	149
1) Introduction	149
2) Description of site	149
3) The first repair	149
4) The second repair	152
Section VI. River Po Bridge-Ostiglia	154
1) Introduction	154
2) Description of site	154
3) Construction of the new bridge	154
4) Protection Works	157
5) Permanent repairs	157
Section VII. River Po Bridge-Piacenza	158
1) Introduction	158
2) Description of site	158
3) Reconstruction of the bridge	159
Section VIII. Mount Cenis Tunnel	161
1) Introduction	161
2) Description of site	161
3) Works - South (Italian) End	161
4) Works - North (French) End	163
Section IX. River Po Bridge-Pontelagoscuro	166
1) Introduction	166
2) Description of the site	166
3) Construction of the new bridge	167
Chapter IV. GENERAL TECHNICAL ASPECTS
Section I. Planning	171
1. Intelligence	171
2. Correlation of the results of Intelligence Study with Army requirements to form a final plan	173
3. Detailing the plan	174
4. Stores planning	174
Section II. Reconnaissance	176
1. General	176
2. Air reconnaissance	176
3. Ground reconnaissance	176
4. Reconnaissance reports	176
Section III. Scale of Destruction	178
1. General	178
2. Bridges	178
3. Tunnels	180
4. Track	181
5. Station Installations	184
Section IV. Mines, Booby traps and unexploded bombs	186
1. General	186
2. Mines	186
3. Booby traps	187
4. Unfired demolitions charges	187
5. Unexploded bombs	187
6. Unexpended ammunition	187
Section V. Standards of repair and expedients	189
1. General	189
2. Earth fills	191
3. Tunnel	193
4. Deviations	193
5. Track	194
Section VI. Materials of Construction	196
1. Standard W.D. bridge materials	196
2. Bridging materials other than W.D. standard	197
Section VII. Criticism of Standard equipment	200
1. W.D. Standard bridging	200
2. Trestling	201
3. Bridge erection and launching equipment	202
4. Compressors and concrete mixers	202
5. Unit equipment	202
Section VIII. Unusual methods of Launching or erecting steel bridge spans	204
1. General	204
2. Continuous launch	204
3. Low Level continuous launch	205
4. Use of cranes	207
5. Placing spans by direct lift on to bridge from ground level	208
6. Falsework	208
7. Launching of lattice girders	210
8. 40 ft. sectional welded plate girder span	210
Section IX. Stabilisation of Unsupported Arches	211
1. General	211
2. Elimination of the arch	211
3. Use of relieving spans	211
4. Strutting	212
5. Buttressing	213
6. Tie rod systems	213
7. Centering	214
Chapter V. COMMUNICATIONS
Section I. Railway Telegraph Company Organisation and its relation to Railway Construction	217
Section II. Telephone, Telegraph and Teletype Facilities for purposes other than Train Control	218
Section III. Italian State Railways Telegraph and Telephone Network Prewar	220
Section IV. Damage sustained by Italian Railway Communications during the War	221
Section V. Repairs	222
1. Nature of facilities provided	222
2. Standard of repairs adopted	222
3. Action taken to raise the standard of repairs subsequent to the opening of the line	223
4. The constructional work of the Railway Telegraph Companies	223
APPENDIX I. Military Railway Service Units Engaged on Railway construction in Italy during period September 1943 - January 1946.
APPENDIX II. Statistical summaries
APPENDIX III. Plates

Dove si trova in biblioteca	Città	Prov.	Segnatura	Fonte
Biblioteca privata	Milano	MI		AT

Soggetti
Ferrovie > Ponti
Ferrovie > Guerre > Seconda guerra mondiale > Ricostruzione
Ferrovie > Guerre > Seconda guerra mondiale
Ferrovie > Guerre

Le informazioni contenute in questa pagina sono fornite senza alcuna garanzia di accuratezza, completezza o correttezza.