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!
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!
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!
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.
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! 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.
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
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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...
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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.
It appeared that you put in extra sound, because that train horn would not have been that loud from almost two miles away from where your camera was located. Did you?
For the first 1.15 minutes I thought that the train was if fact a "stealth train". No train only horns, maybe a shade better editing on the front. But the video was fantastic. With a train approaching 10,000 tons in weight it would be positively scary if that monster got out of control. The Tehachapi has had that happen in the past with catastrophic results. Surely with the military value of those tanks there was armed security somewhere close? ...and yes I did subscribe!
Kornami notice @ the head end for 13 cars it’s a single tank? I’m guessing either a low load limit flat which doesn’t make much sense, an attempt to keep the head end weight down, should there be an accident, less armor to clean up off the ground, or more likely less weight up front to keep the head engines from pulling out a draw bar.
Well,you can doubt all you want,but happens in other countries as well,not sure if was abrams tanks,but came from Esbjerg to one of the baltic states through DK,didnt drive so slow though,but also not so many!
@niels lund They are probably headed for the Sierra Army Depot for storage. The Army regularly upgrades and rebuilds them to new condition at the Anniston Army Depot in Alabama and the Lima, Ohio tank plant. There has been no new production in years.
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.
Stunning footage, I really enjoyed watching and of coarse I subscribed 👍😎
Great video. So different from where I live (NL) :)
Thanks for making and sharing!
Great & epic video as always...I like IT!!! Big like from Romania
That was AWESOME, Huge Like & you have a new subscriber 👍👍
One of the best produced train videos I have ever seen. Well done!!!
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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.
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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We should be more thankful for our railways because of this!
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..
Largest railroad company on the earth supplying the most powerful army on the earth. Bravo!!
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 video!! Amazing landscapes and trains! Greetings from Spain
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Great shots here - good sound too :)
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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Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. I enjoyed looking at this video. So amazing.
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I bet we won't see a video like this one again in a long time!
Now that is a lot of firepower on that train. Great video. Thanks :-)
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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
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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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I also counted the Numbers of tanks attached with locomotive Engines and found 97.Nice video. 👍
Worked the rail while in the army loved loading and unloading trains.
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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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.
Cool. I love M1A1/M1A2 Abrams. Also I love trains
Oh..how long that train, amazing,thanks for your nice video..
That was the most interesting train I've seen in a while
I LOVE Military Trains!! and this one is fabulous!!
every penny spent on machines of destruction robs society of benefits, like universal health care, education, housing.
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.
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.
That place looks like an old dirt bike video game map I used to play on.
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A lot were going to Ft Irwin Ca. National training center near Barstow. Many times a year.
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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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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?
Tanks for posting this cool video.
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
Brilliant catch !
I saw something like this going through glacier park ..2001 i think ...was neat
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Great video! Enjoyed it very much, thanks for posting.
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I love this video. Awesome train. Thanks for posting it.
I was lucky enough to see a train going over Tehachapi.
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Great video! Awesome location!
These are 60 ton tanks. Show's you the power of these locomotives.
Many of them appear to be very worn, even damaged.
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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Great catch !!!!
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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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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M1s with the original 105mm main gun.
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Was this train headed to Anniston Alabama? Many of those vehicles looked to be in pretty rough share.
Never seen a real train before, would love to travel and enjoy these lovely sights of trains
That's a first for me. I've never seen a tank train before!
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I have never seen such advanced trains. The video is really good
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waw. this was just exciting, the battle tanks were transported.
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.
Looks like it is driving around in circles...
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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All heading for rebuild/refit.
Nice to hear that the Q signal is still is use! Seems our local freights just toot a couple of times.
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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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Momentum & velocity always in the same direction. How amazing.
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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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It appeared that you put in extra sound, because that train horn would not have been that loud from almost two miles away from where your camera was located. Did you?
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It could have carried 13 more tanks totalling 110 tanks
Tanks a lot, great video.
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when i was stationed in Germany in 70, we often hauled our vehicles by train
That's a whole tank battalion on that train
Early minutes of the video until the train coming on the screen just make me think like l am in watching intro of the movie
Amazing. Iam lucky to see such video's.👋👋👋
For the first 1.15 minutes I thought that the train was if fact a "stealth train". No train only horns, maybe a shade better editing on the front. But the video was fantastic. With a train approaching 10,000 tons in weight it would be positively scary if that monster got out of control. The Tehachapi has had that happen in the past with catastrophic results. Surely with the military value of those tanks there was armed security somewhere close? ...and yes I did subscribe!
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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I was surprised they put two tanks on one the flatbed car. Each tank weighs around 135,000 lbs. and they put two on a car. Wow!
Kornami notice @ the head end for 13 cars it’s a single tank? I’m guessing either a low load limit flat which doesn’t make much sense, an attempt to keep the head end weight down, should there be an accident, less armor to clean up off the ground, or more likely less weight up front to keep the head engines from pulling out a draw bar.
Totally awesome!
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Super cool ! , I doubt I'll ever see this any where else. I have some trains that run through the nearby area and find them impressive .
Well,you can doubt all you want,but happens in other countries as well,not sure if was abrams tanks,but came from Esbjerg to one of the baltic states through DK,didnt drive so slow though,but also not so many!
do they use a helicopter to unload the military vehicles from the train? sorry for getting off topic.
Cool video and channel just subscribed
Like others have said, definitely going for updating, those are some of the oldest m1a1's i have seen and all in various states of disrepair
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@niels lund They are probably headed for the Sierra Army Depot for storage. The Army regularly upgrades and rebuilds them to new condition at the Anniston Army Depot in Alabama and the Lima, Ohio tank plant. There has been no new production in years.