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.
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!
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.
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!
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i used to work for sp signal here in the 1980s. what a amazing exciting place. non stop trains 24/7 365. probably one of the best places in america for rail fans, (also cajon pass about 100 miles southeast of here on interstate 15) this is no place for inexperienced engineers and conductors. very easy to stringline a train out here. (pulling lighter weight cars off the tracks around a curve if there is too much weight on the back of the train. generally a train should be loaded heaviest cargo front. a 4500' train will cross over itself here on the over pass. i worked out of palmdale but loved it when we had jobs in mojave and tehachapi
I lived near the Cajon pass and have seen some of the longest trains I've ever seen there. I once seen a train that had at least 80 striker fighting vehicles on it, it was very cool.
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!
probably God forgot about America .... it is especially clearly visible - with COVID-19 as an example! Life is life! The dream remains on the pillow, and tough reality pulls jeans pockets M1 Abrams - burned well in Iraq
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.
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
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.
Wow! A real train. I live in Calgary Alberta where we see DPU and 200car trains all the time all the time, not down east, where a 60 car consist is “spectacular” . Absolutely great job!
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.
Indian railway development is excellent and giving service to the rich and poor people with reasonable cost journey with all facilities. Thank you for the Indian railway department and for your kind co-operation with great humanity.....
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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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Largest railroad company on the earth supplying the most powerful army on the earth. Bravo!!
Great video. So different from where I live (NL) :)
Thanks for making and sharing!
Stunning footage, I really enjoyed watching and of coarse I subscribed 👍😎
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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Great & epic video as always...I like IT!!! Big like from Romania
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Jeffrey Barkey wow thats cool. Perfect video for you.
Cool. Thank you for your service
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We should be more thankful for our railways because of this!
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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Headed to Ft Irwin for refurbishment????
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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.
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Really marvellous. Nice powerful train..
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Worked the rail while in the army loved loading and unloading trains.
A lot were going to Ft Irwin Ca. National training center near Barstow. Many times a year.
Por rieles y durmientes centenarios, van galopando los trenes de antaño.... Que vivirán en mi, mas allá de los tiempos y distancias.... En los recuerdos de mi temprana Infancia. Hernan navarrete rojas...... Hijo de los rieles....... Un humilde samurai...... Productor cultural.... Artista fotógrafo.... Poeta.... Declamador.... Cronista...... El poeta de las glorias de chile....... El hombre Valparaíso........ Comentarista de... Historia.... Arte... Y.. Literatura....
i used to work for sp signal here in the 1980s. what a amazing exciting place. non stop trains 24/7 365. probably one of the best places in america for rail fans, (also cajon pass about 100 miles southeast of here on interstate 15) this is no place for inexperienced engineers and conductors. very easy to stringline a train out here. (pulling lighter weight cars off the tracks around a curve if there is too much weight on the back of the train. generally a train should be loaded heaviest cargo front. a 4500' train will cross over itself here on the over pass. i worked out of palmdale but loved it when we had jobs in mojave and tehachapi
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I lived near the Cajon pass and have seen some of the longest trains I've ever seen there. I once seen a train that had at least 80 striker fighting vehicles on it, it was very cool.
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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.
I also counted the Numbers of tanks attached with locomotive Engines and found 97.Nice video. 👍
Excellent photography, 5 diesel engines, pulling the entire Military equipments.
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its possible that they may be headed to lima OH or anniston army depot for rebuild M1a2 sep package
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That's what I counted myself unless I counted wrong. Very nice catch of video. Don't see those everyday. Thanks for sharing
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I bet we won't see a video like this one again in a long time!
This is a nice Video, I'd give anything to be able to live in those hills and watch trains all day. 👍🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃
That place looks like an old dirt bike video game map I used to play on.
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just saw a train entering and exiting Yuma, AZ to California with about 100 cars with all military vehicles, including about 30 tanks.
I LOVE Military Trains!! and this one is fabulous!!
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97 tanks!
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It could have carried 13 more tanks totalling 110 tanks
One of the best produced train videos I have ever seen. Well done!!!
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Cool. I love M1A1/M1A2 Abrams. Also I love trains
They are probably headed to Anniston army Depot or the Lima army tank plant for rebuiding
John McLaurin. Yes maybe lima tank plant where some of my family worked rip Darrel music or mountain man
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?
Many of them appear to be very worn, even damaged.
Hi I am going to collapse with happiness because I just love trains that much. Thank you for the videos you are an inspiration.
God, bless the USA!
Greatings from Russia! M1 Abrams my favorite MBT!
probably God forgot about America .... it is especially clearly visible - with COVID-19 as an example! Life is life! The dream remains on the pillow, and tough reality pulls jeans pockets
M1 Abrams - burned well in Iraq
I saw something like this going through glacier park ..2001 i think ...was neat
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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.
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Perfect clip!👍👍👍
Great shots here - good sound too :)
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.
❤️ Amazingly beautiful videos. Thank you for sharing.
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Tanks a lot for the upload 😉
waw. this was just exciting, the battle tanks were transported.
Was this train headed to Anniston Alabama? Many of those vehicles looked to be in pretty rough share.
M1 Abrams IP ?
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. I enjoyed looking at this video. So amazing.
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I had railhead with this type of convoy while in the army and very impresive to see and be part of it.The rain conductors are very awsome GBUS.
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
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.
Wow! A real train. I live in Calgary Alberta where we see DPU and 200car trains all the time all the time, not down east, where a 60 car consist is “spectacular” . Absolutely great job!
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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.
Nice view coming around that curve.
Indian railway development is excellent and giving service to the rich and poor people with reasonable cost journey with all facilities.
Thank you for the Indian railway department and for your kind co-operation with great humanity.....
"on the bombay express" by paul theraux is required reading.
Great video!! Amazing landscapes and trains! Greetings from Spain
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All heading for rebuild/refit.
Never seen a real train before, would love to travel and enjoy these lovely sights of trains
Oh..how long that train, amazing,thanks for your nice video..
That's a first for me. I've never seen a tank train before!
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WikdSeafood I was train hopping on one lol
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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.
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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
How do they determine how many engines they need? Why there were two engines in the middle?
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That was the most interesting train I've seen in a while
Are the tanks going to the Army depot in Alabama to be refurbished ?
Im guessing the troops are transported by planes now? In my dad's day they went right with the vehicles
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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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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when i was stationed in Germany in 70, we often hauled our vehicles by train
Tanks for posting this cool video.
These are 60 ton tanks. Show's you the power of these locomotives.
Where these going to be scrapped or refitted and updated? I almost wanted to salute them :)
Hopefully back to a depot for rebuild and upgrades... lots of road wheels missing on some
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How many tanks were on the train? I counted 105!
Great video! Awesome location!
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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Now that is a lot of firepower on that train. Great video. Thanks :-)
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M1s with the original 105mm main gun.
I was lucky enough to see a train going over Tehachapi.
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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.
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wow 97 tanks, awesome
maybe 97 Tanks???
fcdunrite1 that's my count too!
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I got 96
I counted exactly 100 ( ONE HUNDRED ) tank and 4+2 Lokomotives.
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Amazing. Iam lucky to see such video's.👋👋👋
Very impressive !
Looks like it is driving around in circles...
What happened to the 4th wheel on so many tanks? There were some precious metals?
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I love this video. Awesome train. Thanks for posting it.
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How many tanks were tranported?
Nice to hear that the Q signal is still is use! Seems our local freights just toot a couple of times.
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.
How much total weight is the train pulling???
Where are they going?