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16 photos tagged railwaygun, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.

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• artillery
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• railroadgun
• wwi
• worldwarone
• thegreatwar
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• firstworldwar
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• artillerymen
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• jamesfaye
• baldwinlocomotiveworks
• 14inchgun
• soldiers
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• 19141918
• thefirstworldwar
• frencharmy
• arméedeterre

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• SDASM Archives 6 photos
• The Library of Congress 4 photos
• U.S. National Archives 2 photos
• Université de Caen Normandie 2 photos
• Smithsonian Institution 1 photo
• National Library of Scotland 1 photo

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from SDASM Archives

• TVL1970 said:

  As per the Imperial War Museum (IWM): "A long range 12 inch howitzer on railway mounting ('Peeping Tom') of the Royal Garrison Artillery firing near Queant, 27 September 1918."

Big gun (just finished firing) being covered up prior to moving

from National Library of Scotland

• Nick Baxter said:

  points of interest: rail spiked straight to the sleepers,loco buffers on 1st wagon, continental screw coupling on first wagon. last vehicle continental make.

U.S. Railway Ordnance (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• TVL1970 said:

  A 14-inch/50-caliber gun and Mark I Army Railway Mount built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14%22/50_caliber_railway_gun See: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/32432654791/