BNSF US Military (Abrams Tanks) Train over Tehachapi

[@BeauMinnick]

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.

[@Makzimiser]

Very cool!

[@theusconstitution1776]

Who knew that tanks were recyclable? This is the kind of green we all wanna see

[@wilinstonthompson1352]

​@@theusconstitution1776Yeah, that was part of the design, Bradley's got the same process

[@chesslerbooks]

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.

[@debadityasanyal8192]

Yes 97 tanks you are right.

[@a.m.9529]

نعم 97دبابة

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

I counted 97 also !!!

[@westcoaster3763]

I also got 97

[@董文等]

我算是97輛坦克車。97輛坦克車可以佔領一個小國家了 如海地。

[@JawTooth]

Awesome video and I like seeing both sides of the train!

[@Mark-Dibble]

Tanks for posting this cool video.

[@josephthottan2724]

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!

[@peterwiremuormsby9383]

and no bad music either.

[@tractorsmachinesro1405]

Great & epic video as always...I like IT!!! Big like from Romania

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

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!

[@peterwiremuormsby9383]

Why have some of those tanks have two wheels off, and it's the same two wheels?

[@asiakhatun5062]

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[@pinturaikwar8780]

awwwww2

[@MausMasher54]

Headed to Ft Irwin for refurbishment????

[@ranjitsingh9738]

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[@debasishmaitra8857]

I also counted the Numbers of tanks attached with locomotive Engines and found 97.Nice video. 👍

[@theusconstitution1776]

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.

[@EdWhisenantAviation]

That was AWESOME, Huge Like & you have a new subscriber 👍👍

[@hernannavarreterojas5946]

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[@dropship123]

Tanks a lot for the upload 😉

[@Indianlifelines]

hallo my friend, love from kolkata, amazing creation, enjoying so much

[@trevornathasingh6600]

Worked the rail while in the army loved loading and unloading trains.

[@jlet4ever]

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.

[@tm73827]

Yeah right!

[@Beausabre]

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.

[@SAMMOBADEXPRESSTRAIN]

B Sabre nice

[@Beausabre]

@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.

[@d.ferrell9978]

I was thinking the same thing. Some of them looked like they were in pretty rough condition.

[@DonLovell]

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

[@irelandbloke]

Brilliant catch !

[@briancooper562]

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?

[@kruser79]

The US always uses the DODX flat cars to move Abrams tanks. Never seen them moved with ANYTHING else.

[@potatothorn]

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!

[@عبدالباسطالسنهوتي]

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[@davidmedina737]

97 tanks is what I've counted.

[@drobichaud1000]

best video I have ever seen. wow. nice job dude. holy crap what an excellent video. Damn time for a cigarette.

[@yasminkazihossan8074]

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. I enjoyed looking at this video. So amazing.

[@chanderbhan4348]

wowwoww

[@sernajrlouis]

Cool video and channel just subscribed

[@johnbell5068]

A lot were going to Ft Irwin Ca. National training center near Barstow. Many times a year.

[@Mgkalana]

I have never seen such advanced trains. The video is really good

[@sifubongz8197]

One of the best produced train videos I have ever seen. Well done!!!

[@mahibulislam2975]

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[@nhyardlimit]

I LOVE Military Trains!! and this one is fabulous!!

[@jerryeinstandig7996]

every penny spent on machines of destruction robs society of benefits, like universal health care, education, housing.

[@cbrown717]

The physics of locomotives and freight trains never cease to amaze me. All that weight on such little surface area between wheels and rails.

[@محمودالصقر-د4ش]

ذ١نيك ن😍نز

[@richramik2092]

Contact surface is about the size of a dime (wheel to rail) from what I remember!!!!!!

[@cbrown717]

@@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.

[@abhishekbhaskar2931]

@@cbrown717 amazing....

[@mpadmanabha1954]

Really marvellous. Nice powerful train..

[@ronaldhowland4655]

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

[@mabutoo]

Clearly, these are some of the tanks from the mothball yard. They are likely heading for refit so they can be put into service.

[@Arman_khan777]

B CV

[@EdWhizAviationTrains]

Stunning footage, I really enjoyed watching and of coarse I subscribed 👍😎

[@trainsandtrucks]

Great video. So different from where I live (NL) :) Thanks for making and sharing!

[@f.lloydwrong7127]

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

[@patricks_music]

That place looks like an old dirt bike video game map I used to play on.

[@sriraman1981]

Road Rash

[@RajRaj-kl1cj]

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[@CMDRFandragon]

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.

[@Steve-Cross]

Now that is a lot of firepower on that train. Great video. Thanks :-)

[@SAMMOBADEXPRESSTRAIN]

steve cross nice

[@trainsaroundtheworld904]

I love this video. Awesome train. Thanks for posting it.

[@RailwayTV]

❤️ Amazingly beautiful videos. Thank you for sharing.

[@manioaron949]

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[@kenneycooper6199]

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.

[@marcin815]

Many of them appear to be very worn, even damaged.

[@jamescampolo7824]

I saw this train rolling through Kingman, AZ while sitting at Sportsman's bar.

[@francisbusa1074]

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.

[@adinalhadid1233]

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[@gregwarner3753]

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.

[@theusconstitution1776]

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.🙏🏼❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🇺🇸

[@conceyullena]

Great video!! Amazing landscapes and trains! Greetings from Spain

[@prabhulalkumawat5205]

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[@OliverWoodphotography]

Great shots here - good sound too :)

[@jonathanchartrand3351]

Excellent video. I wish some movies today had camera stability with less zooms and big close ups that destroys the scene's perspective.

[@victoriaskinner2748]

Hi I am going to collapse with happiness because I just love trains that much. Thank you for the videos you are an inspiration.

[@kathkmholly5032]

Thank you for making wonderful records .

[@ЖдтранспортРоссии]

Perfect clip!👍👍👍

[@iansutton3176]

I bet we won't see a video like this one again in a long time!

[@T16MGJ]

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.

[@balwindermultani8912]

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[@zsuzsannafekete8431]

Csodás látványt nyújt.🌹🌹

[@alelupo77]

God, bless the USA! Greatings from Russia! M1 Abrams my favorite MBT!

[@charlesnelson4609]

Excellent photography, 5 diesel engines, pulling the entire Military equipments. Hates off⚘👍🙏👌🚦🚦

[@butwere3-0wou]

We should be more thankful for our railways because of this!

[@tractorsmachinesro1405]

Absolute great work....as always!!!! Big big like from Romania 👍👀💖🚂

[@guillermosalazar1283]

Que bonito es el tren es otro mundo saludos a todos los que trabajan en esos ramos DIos me los cuiden

[@timosha21]

Choo choo! I'm a train and I approve this video :)

[@bengaarder2972]

These are 60 ton tanks. Show's you the power of these locomotives.

[@trainsandboatschannel8777]

wow . great video my dear friend. I like it so much . Best regard from Vietnam

[@iankravitz5723]

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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[@robertwilson123]

97 tanks on the last train at current price $8.5m per tank = $ 824m.

[@doug383]

its possible that they may be headed to lima OH or anniston army depot for rebuild M1a2 sep package

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[@FloridaSlayer]

Great catch !!!!

[@thairatcatcher]

Tanks a lot, great video.

[@belabbesbouzidi3240]

I love train it.s nice vidéo iam SNTF from algeria

[@Handlesarestoopid]

Cool. I love M1A1/M1A2 Abrams. Also I love trains

[@irudenathandoreswamy1742]

Amazing. Iam lucky to see such video's.👋👋👋

[@Railfan9743]

Great video!

[@BornAtheist]

Enough to equip a tank division? Maybe.

[@JDsHouseofHobbies]

That's a first for me. I've never seen a tank train before!

[@stupidasso77]

WikdSeafood You must have never partied with your parents.

[@seanhancock3799]

WikdSeafood I was train hopping on one lol

[@nayarnayarg3595]

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[@Prince-gu8or]

Thomas the tank engine

[@gilbertosanchessantiago1683]

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.

[@jeffreywhite4962]

Great video !! A little red caboose would be cool.

[@TheFahadasif]

Beautiful Location .Great Video🇵🇰👍

[@classic59100]

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...

[@cravingsweetyumchannel6597]

Oh..how long that train, amazing,thanks for your nice video..

[@richardpearcy6149]

Was this train headed to Anniston Alabama? Many of those vehicles looked to be in pretty rough share.

[@spiritbuu]

Why is the train blaring it’s horn every 1.5 seconds!!! We can hear the engines alone from miles away.

[@karlggriscti]

its a military train or convoy

[@santhoshkumarpsanthosh4391]

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[@michwood59]

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[@jodiemarieelectrolys]

The town of Caliente has two crossings. The town is a unable to be seen in this video.

[@TNandTXRailfan]

It’s a train, what do you expect dude?

[@E9ONE1]

Aloha~beautiful video..could you tell me type of camera/setting you have used for videos thank you!👍🤙👊

[@rajeshdagar9395]

97 tanks wow

[@edisferreira8047]

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[@billfulgenzi2287]

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!

[@sgtkah07211]

All heading for rebuild/refit.

[@benth162]

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?

[@yasminkazihossan8074]

Never seen a real train before, would love to travel and enjoy these lovely sights of trains

[@shourya-prajapati]

Amazing video very interesting 👌👏👍🙏 Thank you 🙏

[@heavydutyrepair64]

They are probably headed to Anniston army Depot or the Lima army tank plant for rebuiding

[@gordonmusic6936]

John McLaurin. Yes maybe lima tank plant where some of my family worked rip Darrel music or mountain man

[@adamb.1786]

97 Tanks for rebuilding or scrapping. Looked rough missing parts, rust, an overall lack of maintenance.

[@lock8038]

@@adamb.1786 probably scraped, M1 shown pretty much out of date . I think I also saw a couple of M1A1s aswell.

[@foulanchor9537]

Probably sending old M1's to the Marines.

[@jbizzle1966]

Sharpe Army depot maybe?

[@ronhutchcraft2290]

This is a nice Video, I'd give anything to be able to live in those hills and watch trains all day. 👍🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃

[@gtnsteve1]

Nice to hear that the Q signal is still is use! Seems our local freights just toot a couple of times.

[@PasleyAviationPhotography]

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

[@khaderhaji76]

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[@thomasmoran9114]

@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.

[@KARTAVIDEO2TRAINS]

waw. this was just exciting, the battle tanks were transported.

[@Tafazy_Channel]

wow! super Big! my son loves your videos! Like

[@tm73827]

Largest railroad company on the earth supplying the most powerful army on the earth. Bravo!!

[@mahamudomar3225]

kkkkk50km p/hour sorry, what is about china? fast,new,long,model,

[@David-1-33]

We would railhead our battalion (gelnhausen frg) of M60a3s out of leablos frg, nothing like waiting for the manure train to have priority while going to Graf.

[@PraiseTheSun2023]

Looks like it is driving around in circles...

[@DonaldHarrington-uw9ct]

They can shoot while the train moves as well same as howitzers

[@tjbailey29820]

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.

[@Plisko1]

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...

[@torchandhammer]

I like the anticipation.

[@paulthesoundguy1]

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[@NoBody-ht1oh]

Picky pants

[@PC-dc1kv]

torchandhammer Me too!

[@rajsekharvavilla5467]

Unbelievable❤️From India 🇮🇳

[@allenkaczor120]

Relics from the cold war. M1a's with the old 90mm cannon.

[@ruberlemartinez155]

90?

[@minhkhoa445]

*105mm M68

[@ДмитрийУстюжанин-ы1ч]

Просто нет слов. Да просто нет слов.... Точнее они есть, но их нет...

[@franceselainethurston1606]

I was lucky enough to see a train going over Tehachapi.

[@thebeast2746]

Who cares saddo 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@hobbycow5346]

tanks a lot for the video!

[@samcrunkleton3420]

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.

[@clark57225]

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.