3-4. Ensuring the Cargo Reception Capability of Terminals, Continued
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Rail terminals include yard tracks, repair and servicing facilities, accommodations
Rail terminals
for train crews, and railheads. A railhead is a small yard or terminal on or at the
forward end of a military railway where troops, supplies, and equipment are
transferred to other transportation modes for further forward movement. They are
located at originating and terminating points of train operations and at sites
marking the limits the rail operating divisions. With one exception, the senior
railway commander controls the transportation terminal transfer elements
performing the transshipment operation at theater rail terminals. The exception is
when the transportation command controls terminal transfer terminating railheads
in the TA.
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The TTB headquarters provides control when circumstances prevent adequate
Transportation
supervision and coordination of theater terminal operations by one or two
terminal
terminal groups. The TTB is not normally activated unless the size and
brigade (TTB)
complexity of terminal operations makes it necessary. The TTB provides units
used in water terminal operations with--
Command.
Supervision.
Staff planning.
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