Lenin negotiated peace with Germany and therefore an end to Russia's role in World War One. However he could ... Trotsky travelled in an armoured train to the front lines to encourage troops.

Shanghai, Jan. 29: That the departure of Chin-Sieh-Yuan to Japan has practically ended hostilities is borne out by the fact that an armoured train containing fifty of Lu-Yung-Siang’s white ...

However, as the Civil War developed, the White Armies began ... As Commissar for War, he was able to visit the battlefronts in an armoured train, and to take personal command.