it becomes stalingrad. today, it is volgagrad. the delivery of the relief proves to be a tremendous logistical challenge. when you look back and you see how many things could have gone wrong, this mission could have easily failed instead of becoming the crowning achievement of hoover relief in wartime and post-world war ii period. the obstacles to success were many. it starts with this. the key physical obstacle, aside from the russian winter, the state of russia's railroads, european russia is scarred with what the americans call locomotive graveyards, like this. rows of rusted and dilapidated locomotives. they had gone unused for years, the tinders are they are resting there like sleeping monsters. at one point in march of 1922, there is near disastrous jam up of corn trains. you can do this. corn trains here. you see the backup going, and especially right here. the railway lines cannot handle the load. hoover anticipated this. he worried about this. the central drama is how against all odds, and after that nearly disastrous jam