Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ruined Train Cars

Ruined Rail Cars

Original - While trains were used to transport U.S. Soldiers and their equipment during the Korean War, trains in North Korea were targets of attack by U.S. and other U.N. forces. Here, U.S. forces target rail cars south of Wonsan, North Korea, an east coast port city.

Reason

Intersting photograph of railcars under attack in a time of war, and as the photograph shows these rail cars apparently do more than simply derail if struck. According to the article it got to the point where North Korean trains were kept in tunnels during the day to keep the attacks on the railcars to a minimum.

Articles this image appears in

Korean War

Creator

United States Army

• Support as nominator TomStar81 (Talk) 08:23, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support very dramatic - how was this taken? From the bomber? de Bivort 13:43, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Actually the low altitude makes me wonder if it was taken from a helicopter. The image descripition doesn't say, so we may never know. TomStar81 (Talk) 18:37, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support Encyclopedic image, very informative about the war and tactics it depicts. Good quality resolution and scan. Slightly artifacted, but not enough to raise objections. Durova^Charge! 20:36, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support If I'm not mistaken, napalm was first widely used in the Korean War. I wonder if napalm bombs were used on those rail cars. --Sharkface217 00:16, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Could be. It is also possible that the cars are being shelled by somthing offshore; this was taken at Wonson, a costal city shelled by UN forces during the war. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:21, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support, very nice and very encyclopedic. --Golbez (talk) 05:02, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Spikebrennan (talk) 15:54, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Korean War, train attack.jpg MER-C 02:54, 29 January 2008 (UTC)