When I was in the US army I deployed to Bosnia in mid winter. The unit put most of the unit on a train with all of the equipment, ambulances and the unit gear. Our job was to protect and meet the rest of the Unit in Hungary.
As we were approaching the train station in Hungary, they had to use our train’s engine to move other trains, they park the train I was on, in a siding.
We were left on that siding for 20 hours.
Once they disconnected the engine, the train lost all electrical power. So no heaters or light. We had to make sure no one stole anything off the train via foot patrols around the train.
Trains are deceiving because when you ride them you are only aware of the single car that you are in. When you have to walk up and down a train you get an appreciation for how fucking long those things are.
We alternated between freezing our asses off protecting the equipment and freezing our asses off inside the cold dark train.
When I was in the US army I deployed to Bosnia in mid winter. The unit put most of the unit on a train with all of the equipment, ambulances and the unit gear. Our job was to protect and meet the rest of the Unit in Hungary.
As we were approaching the train station in Hungary, they had to use our train’s engine to move other trains, they park the train I was on, in a siding.
We were left on that siding for 20 hours.
Once they disconnected the engine, the train lost all electrical power. So no heaters or light. We had to make sure no one stole anything off the train via foot patrols around the train.
Trains are deceiving because when you ride them you are only aware of the single car that you are in. When you have to walk up and down a train you get an appreciation for how fucking long those things are.
We alternated between freezing our asses off protecting the equipment and freezing our asses off inside the cold dark train.