 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokupinda kweAnglo-Soviet muIranmuna 1941, iyi Persian Corridor yakava imwe yenzira dzekutengesa zvinhu zvehondo kuSoviet Union muHondo Yenyika II Railway maitiro muIran. Mauto eBritain akavaka nzira yokuyambuka nayo kubva pabhiriji raiva pamusoro peRwizi rwaKarun muAhvaz kuenda kuchiteshi chitsva chokumaodzanyemba kuKhorramshahr parwizi rwaArvand Rud. Muna 1943, varwi veAmerica 3,473 veMasoja Railway Service vakatanga kumhanya nezvitima pakati pePersian Gulf neCaspian Sea vachishandisa ALCO RS-1 locomotives yakavakwazve nemarori matatu-axle uye yakasarudzwa RSD-1. VaAmerica vakagadzira dzimbahwe muAhvaz, asi vakanga vasingakwanisi kutsungirira kupisa kwemasikati, uye kazhinji vaishandisa njanji yacho usiku. Dare rePersian Gulf Command raishandisa zvitima masikati nousiku. 