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This is a photo of a family settling into the makeshift seats of the freight train provided for the Mennonite immigrants in Chortitza in 1923. The mother is shown with possibly six of her children and another woman.

This photograph shows a long train making its way to Alexandropol along the mountainside on the shores of the sea. The train has been prepared for the transportation of the wounded. There is a Russian note on the reverse of the photograph possibly written by Abram Dick"Dear Family and Relatives, I am sending you a postcard of our train taken by me on the way from Tiflis to Alexandropol in the high mountains near a smelting factory. It is a beautiful area. I am, thank God, alive and well, which I wish you as well. There is nothing new to report. Best wishes to you, your loving son. Goodbye. I have not received a letter after No. 1." This picture also appears in the book Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 78.

Tis photograph shows a train stopped at an open field where a number of Alternative Medical Service men are standing, getting well deserved fresh air. There are mountains in the background. This photograph can also be seen in Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 79.

This photograph shows a train coming around the bend in the distance. Two men are standing alongside the railroad tracks. This picture was taken by the Mennonite medical service men who worked on the trains during World War I. This photograph can also be found in the book by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia on page 82.

This photograph shows a long Medical Service train being disinfected with a pipe attached to each car, as described by the German note written on the reverse of the photograph. "This is a picture of the disinfection operation. Alongside the train you see a pipe, and from this main pipe smaller pipes extend upward to enter each car through the windows. The main pipe is connected to a generator from which it is directed into the cars. Eight cars are disinfected at a time. It takes about twenty minutes. The temperature forced into the cars ia about 60 degrees. The insects all perish." This picture also appears in the book Mennonite Alternative Service in Russia by Lawrence Klippenstein and Jacob Dick, on page 80 where it is identified as Medical Train No. 208 at Baku. This is the same photograph as number 686-85.

This is a photo of cooks, doctors, nurses, nuns and others posing outside a Red Cross train on the tracks. [HR 238]

This is a photo of part of a Red Cross train. [HR 243]