South Vietnam Railroads during the Vietnam War

[dmdrake]

Hello all. I am helping a friend with some research on the Vietnam War. He and I both served in the same battalion and have stayed in touch for 40 years. He needs info on the railroads of South Vietnam during the period 1967-1968 when we served there. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Dave

 

[Pencil42]

I found a site once - it's gone now, but still accessible through the wayback machine. Try http://web.archive.org/web/20041107141219/http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~jakuma/index.html

Good luck!

 

[rjhowie1]

Can't be any help nut i do recall a tv programme here in the UK and it included the railway and said the line was functioning today between Hanoi and what used to be Saigon. It gave the impression that this was the only line though?

 

[colhad]

I've done a few Google searches for Vietnamese railways and there isn't much to go by. I've wondered what trains run in that country, types of locos, rollingstock etc.

I have seen pics of a small green GE loco hauling passenger coaches.

Wikipedia has some info, both 1000mm and 1435mm gauges run in Vietnam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Railways

 

[Pencil42]

Found another site on the wayback machine: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.dnaco.net/~gelwood/other/viet.html

Another site here: http://134.198.33.115/railops/railops2.htm

This site seems to cover around the year 2000, but might have some use: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/transport/vm-rail.htm

These links are from a discussion here: http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,573065

Hope that helps!

 

[NorfolkSouthern9708]

I'm from vietnam but have no clue on the railroads, I was over for three months then came over to the US under 13.