The Railway Operating Division (ROD) was a division of the Royal Engineers formed in 1915 to operate railways in the many theatres of the First World War. It was largely composed of railway employees and operated both standard gauge and narrow gauge railways. The ROD operated their first line on a section of the Hazebrouck–Ypres line. The work was carried out by former employees of the London and North Western Railway. They also operated narrow-gauge engines (meter gauge or 600 millimetres (2.0 ft) gauge trains). After the war, requisitioned locomotives returned to their foreign owners.
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| - Le Railway Operating Division ou ROD est une division du corps des « Royal Engineers », les ingénieurs royaux, un des corps de l'armée anglaise. Cette division opéra durant la Première Guerre mondiale. Le ROD est fondé en 1915, il se compose d'employés des chemins de fer anglais et agit sur tous les fronts. Le domaine ferroviaire concerne la voie normale et la voie étroite. (fr)
- Railway Operating Division (ROD) var en division inom Royal Engineers i den brittiska armén under första världskriget. Divisionen bildades tidigt 1915 då det hoppades att Tyskland skulle besegras snabbt och det var ett behov att återställa Belgiens järnvägar till tjänst. Vid krigsslutet var det 18 500 personer delade mellan 48 kompanier i Railway Operating Division på västfronten. Bland ångloken som används av ROD var som var baserat på och byggdes i 521 stycken, varav 305 kom att köras i Frankrike. (sv)
- The Railway Operating Division (ROD) was a division of the Royal Engineers formed in 1915 to operate railways in the many theatres of the First World War. It was largely composed of railway employees and operated both standard gauge and narrow gauge railways. The ROD operated their first line on a section of the Hazebrouck–Ypres line. The work was carried out by former employees of the London and North Western Railway. They also operated narrow-gauge engines (meter gauge or 600 millimetres (2.0 ft) gauge trains). After the war, requisitioned locomotives returned to their foreign owners. (en)
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| - Le Railway Operating Division ou ROD est une division du corps des « Royal Engineers », les ingénieurs royaux, un des corps de l'armée anglaise. Cette division opéra durant la Première Guerre mondiale. Le ROD est fondé en 1915, il se compose d'employés des chemins de fer anglais et agit sur tous les fronts. Le domaine ferroviaire concerne la voie normale et la voie étroite. (fr)
- The Railway Operating Division (ROD) was a division of the Royal Engineers formed in 1915 to operate railways in the many theatres of the First World War. It was largely composed of railway employees and operated both standard gauge and narrow gauge railways. The ROD operated their first line on a section of the Hazebrouck–Ypres line. The work was carried out by former employees of the London and North Western Railway. The ROD requisitioned many diverse locomotives from Britain's railway companies and leased several Belgian locomotives sent to France in 1914, but as the war dragged on adopted the Great Central Railway's Robinson Class 8K 2-8-0 as its standard freight locomotive to become the ROD 2-8-0. Some locomotives were also purchased from Baldwin in the United States. They also operated narrow-gauge engines (meter gauge or 600 millimetres (2.0 ft) gauge trains). After the war, requisitioned locomotives returned to their foreign owners.
* the ROD 2-8-0 were stored in Great Britain and sold to several British companies between 1919 and 1927.
* the Baldwin locomotives were sold as military surplus; most of them ended up in Belgium and France. During the First World War, the Railway Operating Division were assisted in their duties by other army units. The 17th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. The Battalion, a Pals Battalion raised by the North Eastern Railway, began its life as a regular infantry battalion. It later became a Pioneer battalion and, owing to the large number of railwaymen available, became a Railway Pioneer battalion in October 1916 working under General Headquarters (GHQ) Railway Construction Troops. In September 1917, the battalion returned to an infantry battalion but returned to GHQ in November. They finally returned to an infantry battalion in May 1918, where they remained until the end of the war. (en)
- Railway Operating Division (ROD) var en division inom Royal Engineers i den brittiska armén under första världskriget. Divisionen bildades tidigt 1915 då det hoppades att Tyskland skulle besegras snabbt och det var ett behov att återställa Belgiens järnvägar till tjänst. Vid krigsslutet var det 18 500 personer delade mellan 48 kompanier i Railway Operating Division på västfronten. Bland ångloken som används av ROD var som var baserat på och byggdes i 521 stycken, varav 305 kom att köras i Frankrike. (sv)
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