Pictured are a few passenger type railroad cars next to the taxiway at Gia Lam Airport in Hanoi, North Vietnam- 1973 post ceasefire. There were a string of about 6 identical coaches that appeared windowless and featured fresh, somewhat amateurish camouflage paint jobs. Did not seem like there were any seats in the cars either. No locomotive or any other train depot structures were to be seen in the area. Given the strategic position of the train next to runway, I wonder if this may have been staged for our benefit to project an impression of a healthy infrastructure … maybe not ... BTW we were one of the first US aircraft to land in North
Vietnam (post Linebacker II over Christmas) as part of peace negotiations and POW exchanges.
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