Resting on the Drakestrasse overpass on a warm summer day, just east of the Rail Transportation Office, a sleeping car of the Duty Train proudly displays the crest of the U.S. Army Transportation Corps. Signs below show that clearances are restricted on the roadway. The sign at right indicates that the underpass is "Closed to Double-decker buses" - and therefore bus Rte 11 which ran between Lichterfelde West and the Berlin Brigade headquarters was assigned single-deckers.
Read more about the Duty Trains.
Read a story of the Berlin Military Trains.
Read about the Flag Orders needed for travel through the Soviet Zone.
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