File:German rail head captured by Americans near Cierges, France 3rd August 1918. Judging by the locomotives it was the recapture of a formerly French railhead.jpg

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English: German rail head captured by Americans near Cierges, France 3rd August 1918. Judging by the locomotives it was the recapture of a formerly French railhead. Recoloured version of NARA111-SC-021854-ac. The station of the narrow gauge railway at Cierges had three passing tracks (sidings) during World War I and a turning wye. It was probably built by the French, conquered by the Germans and finally captured by the Americans during the Second Battle of the Marne. Old-style German brigade wagons converted into auxiliary hospital wagons are on the left hand side. In the centre are two blown-up Péchot-Bourdon locomotives, behind them a Crochat Locotracteur, followed by a Schneider L G Locotracteur and presumably two more Péchot-Bourdon locomotives. On the far right is a Péchot-Bourdon apparently rendered unusable by blowing up the fireboxes. The overturned wagon is a Decauville Platforme wagon. Behind it a train of 3 Pechot wagons and a row of Decauville Platforme wagons.
Deutsch: Bei Cierges gab es während des Ersten Weltkriegs einen Feldbahn-Betriebspunkt mit einer dreigleisigen Ausweichstelle und einem angeschlossenem Gleisdreieck. Er wurde wurde wohl von den Franzosen angelegt, von den Deutschen erobert und während der Zweiten Schlacht an der Marne schließlich von den Amerikanern erobert. Links stehen zu Hilfslazarettwagen umgebaute Brigadewagen alter Bauart, in der Mitte stehen zwei gesprengte Péchot-Bourdon-Lokomotiven, dahinter ein Crochat Locotracteur, gefolgt einem Schneider L G Locotracteur und vermutlich zwei weitere Péchot-Bourdon-Lokomotiven.Ganz rechts steht eine offensichtlich durch Sprengung der Feuerbüchsen unbrauchbar gemachte Péchot-Bourdon. Der umgekippte Wagen ist ein Decauville Platforme-Wagen. Dahinter ein Zug aus 3 Pechot-Wagen und einer Reihe Decauville Platforme-Wagen.
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