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[juanprado]

Military train derailed recently and some cool vintage footage. Is that a 5 ton high railer in the yard?

 

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BNSF WB Military Train from Ft. Cavazos, TX bound for Ft. Irwin, CA, and NTC (youtube.com)

 

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BNSF - Union Pacific Military Train - 8/2/15 (youtube.com)

 

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Army Railroad at Camp Claiborne - 1940's Military Trains - CharlieDeanArchives / Archival Footage (youtube.com) Military Trains in WW2.

 

[juanprado]

Army Railroad at Camp Claiborne - 1940's Military Trains - CharlieDeanArchives / Archival Footage (youtube.com) Military Trains in WW2.

The southern forest heritage museum close to Alexandria, LA highlights the history of Camp Claiborne and the training grounds for the WWII troops that trained to run the railroads on Europe.

Lots of WWII memorabilia and exhibits in the main museum and surrounding buildings. Also cool forestry, logging saw mill, and rail equipment of the era.

Cool place to visit if your travels on I-49 take you through South Alexandria.

 

[msgjd]

BNSF - Union Pacific Military Train - 8/2/15 (youtube.com)

lotsa soft targets there,,,, until the dozers showed up

 

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TRAIN ON FIRE!!! BNSF RAILWAY DPU catches fire in Tehachapi! Full Video with footage of firefight !! (youtube.com) I apologize it's not a military train but a railroading event worth watching.

 

[Junkyard Wars Crusher]

Just reviving an old thread to add some pictures.

I was passing through Williams, Arizona recently when I spotted this.

 

[Junkyard Wars Crusher]

Here are a couple more to add to the collection. I took these pictures on a bike ride in 2019. ( Near or part of Hocking Valley Scenic Railroad, Nelsonville, Ohio )

 

[G744]

My dad was a Southern Pacific employee from 1939 to 1980.

He saw a lot of changes in railroading...

I remember seeing those Army railcars last time I was in Kingman, too.

 

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Transforming the Battlefield: Trains as War Machines | FD Engineering (youtube.com) Lots of info here on railways in time of war.

 

[ranchhopper]

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Flying across the flatlands...

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I kind of like that centennial in the line up helping out.

 

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Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 Over Donner Pass (youtube.com) UP Big Boy 4014 was out this way over the weekend running to Sparks/Reno and over Donner Pass.

 

[M813rc]

Is that a 5 ton high railer in the yard?

Looks like an M52, perhaps. Almost certainly M39-series based. Pretty cool, never seen one of those before.

Cheers

 

[msgjd]

Looks like an M52, perhaps. Almost certainly M39-series based. Pretty cool, never seen one of those before.

Cheers

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yes you are correct it is a M52(a1 or a2) .. short wheelbase, 55g tank(s), and the trailer air hose/elec rack can be seen alongside the tell-tale vertical pioneer rack ...

never seen one myself, would be interesting to know whether this was a specific TAACOM build, or a shop mod .. I wonder what's in the weight box .. Cement? Lead? ilmenite? Gold?

 

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yes you are correct it is a M52(a1 or a2) .. short wheelbase, 55g tank(s), and the trailer air hose/elec rack can be seen alongside the tell-tale vertical pioneer rack ...

never seen one myself, would be interesting to know whether this was a specific TAACOM build, or a shop mod .. I wonder what's in the weight box .. Cement? Lead? ilmenite? Gold?

msgjd, several years ago, one of our members posted some pictures of these converted M52 rail trucks taken in South Korea when he was stationed there.