Q&A · 48:17-48:53

The RNAS armoured trains receive a cautious postwar answer

The trains' postwar fate remains uncertain, with a dedicated reference work offered for further research.

Question

What happened to the Royal Naval Air Service armoured trains after World War I, and are there books about them?

Short answer

Most were probably converted back to ordinary railway use or sold, although this remains tentative because the subject had not been researched closely.

Notes

Most Royal Naval Air Service armoured trains were probably converted back to normal railway use or sold after the First World War. That recollection is explicitly tentative because the subject had not been researched closely enough for a firm answer. A viewer later supplies Armoured Trains: An Illustrated Encyclopedia as a concrete lead for further research.