This link has some pictures of the later type of WW2 Whitcomb Diesels in Europe, which are new to me:...
Two more photos of Whitcomb Diesels in WW2 Egypt (Western Desert):...
Steve, You are welcome to use the info and photos in relevant museal displays. Below is a quote from the introduction I wrote for the English...
Steve - thanks for the references to the wonderful and important shots! The photographs I uploaded are from the collection of the Israel Railway...
More pictures of Whitcombs in the Middle East: [ATTACH] Above and below are WD 71201 and 71592, both photographed by Ernie Jones at Beirut on...
I found another WW2 Whitcomb photo in the Israel Railway Museum's archive, this being by Arthur Booker, and shows two of the engines (note...
I have not yet contacted the owners of the photos (there is an email address on the web page) - there are many other very interesting photos for...
The linked (and previously-unseen) selection of photos from WW2 Egypt/Libya also has a very nice shot of a (brand-new?) Whitcomb, 33 seconds into...
By all means! Chen
Steve, You are can certainly use the info I post in your book, with proper credit to The Israel Railway Museum and respective photographers...
Below is a rather poor reproduction made by the late Paul Cotterell from an unknown source, showing three Whitcombs, probably in storage or under...
In the World War 2 Railway Study Group Bulletin for June 2013 (Vol. 23 No. 3) there is a short article by the late Wynford Fear, a military...
The following are excerpts from the memoirs of a soldier in the WW2 Middle East, as collected by Rabbi Dr. Rothschild. The text is a bit of a...
In "The Railways of Palestine and Israel" it is mentioned that the Whitcombs were regularly working freights up the line to Jerusalem, when two...
Steve, the Africa pictures are very interesting, so thanks for these links. Paul Cotterell's book, and his previous one on the subject "The...
Let's try again: [ATTACH] Above is a 1944 view in Beirut, where an un-identified 65-Tonner is juxtaposed with the diminutive looking British (War...
The picture at Az-Zib was found in the collection of the late Paul Cotterell when I took it to the Israel Railway Museum, where I am the current...
Whitcombs in WW2 Yours is a worthy cause, Steve, and wish you all the luck in research and publishing! If you are interested in Whitcomb's WW2...
