Large cargo train routes operational on mainland Europe for example during world wars. I am aware there were armour and turrets on the trains themselves but how were long stretches of rail protected from sabotage?
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Railroad tracks, let alone moving trains were very hard to strike from the air with the unguided bombs used in WW2. That, along with the relative ease of repairs made them unproductive targets to the most part.
My father spent time guarding rails in the war on the eastern front. I know very little details since he wouldn’t talk about it. But I know he had to kill a man in hand-to-hand combat who was trying to conduct sabotage.
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