Transport 5 - Trains - Women at War - WWII

Transport 5 - Trains captures British women working on the railways during World War II — driving, maintaining, and operating trains that were the lifeblood of wartime Britain. From 1941, women were called up for war work in roles such as mechanics, engineers, munitions workers, air raid wardens, and bus and fire engine drivers.

By mid-1943, almost 90 per cent of single women and 80 per cent of married women were working in factories, on the land, or in the armed forces — keeping Britain's vital rail network on track.

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