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Well you are certainly on the right track in regards to logistics. I don't want to give you the answers here, but I have a bunch of sources I can throw your way!
As a starting point, I would highly suggest ”Armored Trains” by Steven J. Zaloga and ”Engines of War” by Christian Wolmar. Both are accessible and geared towards the lay reader. The former is more on the use of trains as a weapon itself, while the latter looks more at the questions you bring up here.
A few other good books to look for would be:
“German Armored Trains in World War II”, “German Armored Trains in World War II Vol. II 1939-1945” and “German Armored Trains on the Russian Front 1941-1944” all by Wolfgang Sawodny. He is considered to be the expert on German trains, and every other source cites him constantly. His most comprehensive work, apparently, is “German Armored Trains 1904-1945” which I unfortunately have not been able to get my hands on as it is insanely expensive :(
”Armored Trains of the Soviet Union 1917-1945” by Wilfried Kopenhagen
”American Civil War Railroad Tactics,” by Robert R. Hodges, Jr.
"United States Military Railway Service: America's Soldier-Railroaders in WWII" by Don DeNevi
You mention you aren't in college yet, so I don't know if you have access to academic archives like JSTOR or Proquest, but if so, try to check these papers out.
“Forging the red thunderbolt: Armored trains provided mobile firepower during the Russian Revolution and after” by Alan. R. Koenig, in “Armor”, Vol. 110, No. 3 (May/June, 2001)
”Armored Trains a Success” from “The Science News-Letter”, Vol. 43, No. 7 (February, 13, 1943)
Hope that helps!