These are M1s, and M1IPs being taken out of long storage in the high desert. They are on their way to Aniston Alabama to be broken down for rebuild. Once broken down they will be retrained and sent to Lima Ohio to become M1A2SEPV3s.
I counted 95 tanks. I'm back, 3 years later, September 2023, still counting. This time I count 97 tanks, and about 14 are single oads in the front of the train, the rest double loads.
Former Abrams operator here. Never got to see the trains travel between bases, as I was at either end waiting for them. I also became the UMO (Unit Movement Officer) who's job is to supervise and plan the rail movement of the vehicles. Every one of those tanks has fuel (not much admittedly) and is capable of being driven for a good distance. All ammo and installed weapons like the mounted machine guns are not present however for obvious reasons. The most back breaking part is doing the tiedown thing, and after that guiding the vehicles just so onto the cars is much harder than you think. Another important thing to note is that Abrams tanks (and Bradley IFV's) aren't driven everywhere. We transport them via truck (HEMTT) to the loading and unloading zones. Driving the vehicle is only done in short distances for maintenance or fueling, longer distances are only traveled for training exercises and proper war. I could keep going, but congrats for reading this far! Best job I ever had!
On a previous video of tanks being transported east bound over Tehachapi the tanks where transported on 6 axle flat wagons. These proved extremely noisy as the flanges squealed due to there being no lateral 'give' in the 3 axle trucks round sharp corners. I cannot see, because of the shadows, if these wagons are 4 or 6 axle, I would assume the double loads (124 ton) are 6 axle, unless the tanks are stripped out, and the single loads 4 axle?
Those all look like older model M1's. Like M1A1. None have the independent commander's sight found on the M1A2, and several are missing road wheels - most commonly the middle two. Also looking at the variety of paint schemes (tan, olive, and three-color NATO) I think that these are all older model tanks going to disposal or possibly remanufacture into newer versions.
@nowonyuno They use modified M113's at the NTC to represent threat vehicles. M1's would be horribly expensive to run as OPFOR vehicles due to the cost of running their turbine engines.
Well captured. Three different angles and different places. No shaking of camera. Never a dull moment for the train enthusiasts. The sirens in the beginning and no train visible, add drama to the incoming giant! Great video!
If you look at the tanks they look like they are going to be refurbished, because there are no mounts for a .59 caliber machine gone by the the tank commander's hatch or no antennas
I was 19K way back in the 1980s. These old girls served us well for many years. Looks like the lot or some of them are on their way to the boneyard this time around. RIP
So the horsepower of those engines can be measured in Abrams tanks? Those tanks have jet engines and some of them probably most of them and those tanks combined far far out muscle or train just amazing how that stuff works.
Just assorted Abrams variants going to the Lima plant to be overhauled? Only once seen something like that coming from Arizona to Michigan, the train, I think, had Bradleys on it. Saw it somewhere in the desert, passed over the bridge and only got a quick glance.
Back in the '90s we and our friends used to drive up to the loop and sit and watch for the train. I counted 97 Abrams, close to the number required for a Second Division Armored Brigade, I believe. That's supposed to be about 116 MBTs. This train was hauling about 6300 tons of MBTs.
Aren't the M1s going to get that long-overdue A2 upgrade/rebuild/refit, I heard about, or something? 6:06 - That would explain why I don't see the diesel or original equipment jet turbine engine modules that hang off the back side (just behind the treads) of any of them!
Guessing they are headed for the mothball division or being scrapped, older M1 variant, smaller gun, and many are covered in rust..I like to observe things carefully...
I was wondering? When these vehicles are being transported is there added security to make sure that the train could not be taken over by the wrong people? I imagine so. It's just that in today world I don't imagine that anything is impossible.
There’s no need for Adam Security. You can’t really steal a train. And even if you did where would you go? It’s not like you’re going to take it somewhere and hide it. If anyone were to hijack the train there are countless ways they could stop the train
I saw a similar train leaving the ALCO Plant in Schenectady, NY loaded with Patton tanks headed for Korea in the early 19590's. Just part of our Forever War.
My dad was in Korea waiting on those tanks! Corporal Steven C Lasko, July 18, 1950 to June 22, 1951. He walked from Pohang dung South Korea to the Chinese border and back😳well ……he said he hitched a ride on a couple of tanks here and there. Fighting for your life In -30 without windchill😔 🙏🏼 God bless all the men who go to war.🙏🏼❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥🇺🇸
Lifelong UK Railway enthusiast enjoyed watching all twelve plus minutes of that. Thanks for posting. Maybe an illusion created by the lens, considering the size of the USA, what surprised me was to see the very tight radii of some of the curved parts of those sections of track. Here in little old UK, such tight curves are rare. We have long freight trains in the UK ~ helps keep freight off our traffic laden Roads and Motorways, but nowhere near as long as you have over there. Impressive stuff.
wow wow WOW this is Awesome. Ive been there a few times, seen lots of great trains there and along 58 but nothing like this / So Cool you share it with us thank you!
97? I counted 97 on this train. I see them all the time on flatbed trucks around York PA. They are coming from a BAE local plant (in York anyway). Clearly these are in California.
11,640,000 pounds of tanks (not including the train). Also, looks like the center wheel section goes out more often than the others and they are apparently scavenged quite often.
That is a lot of used tanks, looks like M60s and M1 Abrams. Now I am hearing the train, but where is it? 1:22-oh, there it is, probably heading to a scrap yard.
Just seen this same convoy in spokane about 40 days ago, coming from west, seattle, and was heading east towards idaho panhandle.. 7/29/22. Today's date, approximately 6/15/22 Ish
Correct me if I'm wrong 97 tanks ? 4 freight trains ? Why did those vehicles down under not stop to watch those warmachines being towed as if ww3 has just begun.?
Seems to me a catastrophic derailment occurred in this area because the heaviest cars were placed in the aft end of the train, and the lighter cars forward of them were derailed. It appears this train is violating the rules here. WTH?
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Nice video, my only suggestion is to edit out the parts where there is only track to view. As an example, it is a full 67 seconds in the beginning before the first engine appears.
THM SGR yeah... too bad there isn't also some sort of software that lets you trim your videos so that the viewer doesn't need to do your job for you.... oh wait...
Nice catch! Some thoughts about how this consist was put together: I find it strange that the heavier loads is at the end of the train instead of directly behind the leading locos. Each tank weights in between 60-70t, so you have almost double weight cars (heavier than a single engine!) in the end of the train which might results in derailing if this trains go down a grade and has to turn at the same time. But since there is no helpers at the end, I conclude this train only went up grade.
These are M1s, and M1IPs being taken out of long storage in the high desert. They are on their way to Aniston Alabama to be broken down for rebuild. Once broken down they will be retrained and sent to Lima Ohio to become M1A2SEPV3s.
Very cool!
Who knew that tanks were recyclable? This is the kind of green we all wanna see
@@theusconstitution1776Yeah, that was part of the design, Bradley's got the same process
I counted 95 tanks. I'm back, 3 years later, September 2023, still counting. This time I count 97 tanks, and about 14 are single oads in the front of the train, the rest double loads.
Yes 97 tanks you are right.
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I counted 97 also !!!
I also got 97
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Former Abrams operator here. Never got to see the trains travel between bases, as I was at either end waiting for them. I also became the UMO (Unit Movement Officer) who's job is to supervise and plan the rail movement of the vehicles. Every one of those tanks has fuel (not much admittedly) and is capable of being driven for a good distance. All ammo and installed weapons like the mounted machine guns are not present however for obvious reasons. The most back breaking part is doing the tiedown thing, and after that guiding the vehicles just so onto the cars is much harder than you think. Another important thing to note is that Abrams tanks (and Bradley IFV's) aren't driven everywhere. We transport them via truck (HEMTT) to the loading and unloading zones. Driving the vehicle is only done in short distances for maintenance or fueling, longer distances are only traveled for training exercises and proper war. I could keep going, but congrats for reading this far! Best job I ever had!
Why have some of those tanks have two wheels off, and it's the same two wheels?
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On a previous video of tanks being transported east bound over Tehachapi the tanks where transported on 6 axle flat wagons. These proved extremely noisy as the flanges squealed due to there being no lateral 'give' in the 3 axle trucks round sharp corners. I cannot see, because of the shadows, if these wagons are 4 or 6 axle, I would assume the double loads (124 ton) are 6 axle, unless the tanks are stripped out, and the single loads 4 axle?
The US always uses the DODX flat cars to move Abrams tanks. Never seen them moved with ANYTHING else.
Those all look like older model M1's. Like M1A1. None have the independent commander's sight found on the M1A2, and several are missing road wheels - most commonly the middle two. Also looking at the variety of paint schemes (tan, olive, and three-color NATO) I think that these are all older model tanks going to disposal or possibly remanufacture into newer versions.
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@nowonyuno They use modified M113's at the NTC to represent threat vehicles. M1's would be horribly expensive to run as OPFOR vehicles due to the cost of running their turbine engines.
I was thinking the same thing. Some of them looked like they were in pretty rough condition.
Well captured. Three different angles and different places. No shaking of camera. Never a dull moment for the train enthusiasts. The sirens in the beginning and no train visible, add drama to the incoming giant! Great video!
and no bad music either.
Tanks for posting this cool video.
If you look at the tanks they look like they are going to be refurbished, because there are no mounts for a .59 caliber machine gone by the the tank commander's hatch or no antennas
its possible that they may be headed to lima OH or anniston army depot for rebuild M1a2 sep package
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Awesome video and I like seeing both sides of the train!
I hoped on a tank and rode a few hrs in a train not too long ago. No security or green berets or anyone was around . Our military. Gotta love em.
Yeah right!
A lot were going to Ft Irwin Ca. National training center near Barstow. Many times a year.
I was 19K way back in the 1980s. These old girls served us well for many years. Looks like the lot or some of them are on their way to the boneyard this time around. RIP
Clearly, these are some of the tanks from the mothball yard. They are likely heading for refit so they can be put into service.
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I also counted the Numbers of tanks attached with locomotive Engines and found 97.Nice video. 👍
So the horsepower of those engines can be measured in Abrams tanks? Those tanks have jet engines and some of them probably most of them and those tanks combined far far out muscle or train just amazing how that stuff works.
The physics of locomotives and freight trains never cease to amaze me. All that weight on such little surface area between wheels and rails.
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Contact surface is about the size of a dime (wheel to rail) from what I remember!!!!!!
@@richramik2092 it's crazy isn't it! Tons and tons and tons of train sitting on the surface area of the size of a dining room table.
@@cbrown717 amazing....
Really marvellous. Nice powerful train..
Just assorted Abrams variants going to the Lima plant to be overhauled?
Only once seen something like that coming from Arizona to Michigan, the train, I think, had Bradleys on it. Saw it somewhere in the desert, passed over the bridge and only got a quick glance.
Why is the train blaring it’s horn every 1.5 seconds!!! We can hear the engines alone from miles away.
its a military train or convoy
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The town of Caliente has two crossings. The town is a unable to be seen in this video.
It’s a train, what do you expect dude?
Enough to equip a tank division? Maybe.
That place looks like an old dirt bike video game map I used to play on.
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Fast forward to 2:20 then some tanks on a train that looked unloved and Rusty or is that how they should look ?
Great & epic video as always...I like IT!!! Big like from Romania
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best video I have ever seen. wow. nice job dude. holy crap what an excellent video. Damn time for a cigarette.
Back in the '90s we and our friends used to drive up to the loop and sit and watch for the train.
I counted 97 Abrams, close to the number required for a Second Division Armored Brigade, I believe. That's supposed to be about 116 MBTs.
This train was hauling about 6300 tons of MBTs.
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Aren't the M1s going to get that long-overdue A2 upgrade/rebuild/refit, I heard about, or something? 6:06 - That would explain why I don't see the diesel or original equipment jet turbine engine modules that hang off the back side (just behind the treads) of any of them!
They are probably headed to Anniston army Depot or the Lima army tank plant for rebuiding
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97 Tanks for rebuilding or scrapping. Looked rough missing parts, rust, an overall lack of maintenance.
@@adamb.1786 probably scraped, M1 shown pretty much out of date . I think I also saw a couple of M1A1s aswell.
Probably sending old M1's to the Marines.
Sharpe Army depot maybe?
Guessing they are headed for the mothball division or being scrapped, older M1 variant, smaller gun, and many are covered in rust..I like to observe things carefully...
Many of them appear to be very worn, even damaged.
Are the tanks going to the Army depot in Alabama to be refurbished ?
Worked the rail while in the army loved loading and unloading trains.
I was wondering? When these vehicles are being transported is there added security to make sure that the train could not be taken over by the wrong people? I imagine so. It's just that in today world I don't imagine that anything is impossible.
There’s no need for Adam Security. You can’t really steal a train. And even if you did where would you go? It’s not like you’re going to take it somewhere and hide it. If anyone were to hijack the train there are countless ways they could stop the train
I saw a similar train leaving the ALCO Plant in Schenectady, NY loaded with Patton tanks headed for Korea in the early 19590's. Just part of our Forever War.
My dad was in Korea waiting on those tanks! Corporal Steven C Lasko, July 18, 1950 to June 22, 1951. He walked from Pohang dung South Korea to the Chinese border and back😳well ……he said he hitched a ride on a couple of tanks here and there. Fighting for your life In -30 without windchill😔
🙏🏼 God bless all the men who go to war.🙏🏼❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥🇺🇸
Im guessing the troops are transported by planes now? In my dad's day they went right with the vehicles
Lifelong UK Railway enthusiast enjoyed watching all twelve plus minutes of that. Thanks for posting.
Maybe an illusion created by the lens, considering the size of the USA, what surprised me was to see the very tight radii of some of the curved parts of those sections of track. Here in little old UK, such tight curves are rare. We have long freight trains in the UK ~ helps keep freight off our traffic laden Roads and Motorways, but nowhere near as long as you have over there. Impressive stuff.
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This is the horseshoe curve at Caliente. I believe he’s going east to Tehachapi pulling the hill. I always enjoyed my visit in the area.
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. I enjoyed looking at this video. So amazing.
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Was this train headed to Anniston Alabama? Many of those vehicles looked to be in pretty rough share.
wow wow WOW this is Awesome. Ive been there a few times, seen lots of great trains there and along 58 but nothing like this / So Cool you share it with us thank you!
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97 tanks is what I've counted.
How many watching this awesome video counted the number of Abrams Tanks? I counted 93.
There were 97 tanks on the train!!!
One of the best produced train videos I have ever seen. Well done!!!
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97? I counted 97 on this train. I see them all the time on flatbed trucks around York PA. They are coming from a BAE local plant (in York anyway). Clearly these are in California.
11,640,000 pounds of tanks (not including the train). Also, looks like the center wheel section goes out more often than the others and they are apparently scavenged quite often.
I got 12,028,000 lb. (97 tanks x 62 tons x 2,000 lb. per ton). Oops, you're right. Some of them were missing road wheels and side plates.
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My guess is they're on the way to the boneyard for long term storage. A lot of them look old and need to be retired.
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That is a lot of used tanks, looks like M60s and M1 Abrams. Now I am hearing the train, but where is it?
1:22-oh, there it is, probably heading to a scrap yard.
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Just seen this same convoy in spokane about 40 days ago, coming from west, seattle, and was heading east towards idaho panhandle.. 7/29/22. Today's date, approximately 6/15/22 Ish
These are 60 ton tanks. Show's you the power of these locomotives.
Some of these tanks look pretty rough. I wonder where or who they're being dumped on.
I LOVE Military Trains!! and this one is fabulous!!
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are these tanks off to be scrapped ..they dont look fit for much else.
That's 97 used tanks in different stages of decay. I hope they were headed to a rebuild facility and not a scrap yard.
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I could count 97 tanks , don't know correct or not . Are all of them Abraham tanks ?
Tanks a lot for the upload 😉
Correct me if I'm wrong 97 tanks ? 4 freight trains ? Why did those vehicles down under not stop to watch those warmachines being towed as if ww3 has just begun.?
God, bless the USA!
Greatings from Russia! M1 Abrams my favorite MBT!
The train doesn't come into view until 2:00. Those 2 minutes should be deleted
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All heading for rebuild/refit.
Are those tanks going to the Philippines ? Iran ? India,? Or Ukraine? Or Taiwan?
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I saw this train rolling through Kingman, AZ while sitting at Sportsman's bar.
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Seems to me a catastrophic derailment occurred in this area because the heaviest cars were placed in the aft end of the train, and the lighter cars forward of them were derailed. It appears this train is violating the rules here. WTH?
That's a first for me. I've never seen a tank train before!
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Q presumen maldito gobierno si asu población la tienen muerta de ambre fabricarán cosas más importantes no chingaderas si el creador quisiera con ese mismo armamento moriría. Ustedes mismos q tienes mierda en la cabeza malditos corruptos.
They can shoot while the train moves as well same as howitzers
Nice to hear that the Q signal is still is use! Seems our local freights just toot a couple of times.
So if I hear those kinds of horn blasts I'll expect that trains are coming towing tanks howitzers missile artillery guns bombs . ?
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Are these tanks going for scrap? They look badly worn.
Brought me attention that some of the tanks lacks some wheels.
I wonder why.
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We should be more thankful for our railways because of this!
What does that lot weigh?
Now that is a lot of firepower on that train. Great video. Thanks :-)
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Excellent video. I wish some movies today had camera stability with less zooms and big close ups that destroys the scene's perspective.
That's roughly 5335t of tank (97 @55t ) not a bad pull by BNSF !
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Early M1s look already semi-stripped for parts..; Going for training/target use, or scrap/resale ?... peace
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Why do the first few cars only have one tank per car? Is it to raise braking force per lb of weight? That's my guess?
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I counted exactly 100 ( ONE HUNDRED ) tank and 4+2 Lokomotives.
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Wow all of those Abrams are very old and beaten up Im guessing they are on their way to be refurbished into a more modern variant
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How much total weight is the train pulling???
Nice video, my only suggestion is to edit out the parts where there is only track to view. As an example, it is a full 67 seconds in the beginning before the first engine appears.
THM SGR yeah... too bad there isn't also some sort of software that lets you trim your videos so that the viewer doesn't need to do your job for you.... oh wait...
I like the anticipation.
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a lot of these were missing wheels and parts, still in the green camo paint...these are not battle ready tanks.
Never seen a real train before, would love to travel and enjoy these lovely sights of trains
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Looks like it is driving around in circles...
Are those tanks going to a military base and gonna go to Afghanistan?
Nice catch!
Some thoughts about how this consist was put together: I find it strange that the heavier loads is at the end of the train instead of directly behind the leading locos. Each tank weights in between 60-70t, so you have almost double weight cars (heavier than a single engine!) in the end of the train which might results in derailing if this trains go down a grade and has to turn at the same time. But since there is no helpers at the end, I conclude this train only went up grade.
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Single engine is 210 tons.
Is it true military trains always have right of way over all others.?
Great video. So different from where I live (NL) :)
Thanks for making and sharing!
How do they determine how many engines they need? Why there were two engines in the middle?
I love this video. Awesome train. Thanks for posting it.
Is there any logic to when and where a train blows it's horn?
In the country where I live, you rarely hear it, unless there is animals on the track
Every road crossing and if they need to do warn people, animals, whatever by tracks
Brilliant catch !