Union Pacific Military Train

[Benjy5997]

Considering the current conflicts that America is involved in. I find it amusing that only one of the tanks was in dessert paint

[TrainAsia]

The UP engines with American flags and cargo full of M1s ..... the sight and sound of the sweet freedom .... America, are you aware of that?

[MrDeerecub1977]

millions of dollars

[TrainAsia]

@MrDeerecub1977 - millions? you mean BILLIONS!!!! hahaha!

[michaelpham12]

There is a tank missing on one of the flat beds 0:28

[Paperairpain]

@michaelpham12 If you look its not a 6 axle car, that's all that one could hold.

[tyrannysouls]

They actually look tiny next to those two locomotives.Never really realized just how big a train was until compared to an M1 Abrams.

[wampaAWESOMEsauce]

ahh my equipment arrives....

[VinylToVideo]

Not something you'd see in Canada.

[BOXAXIU]

WOW Thats A locomotives power!!!

[ashlandrailroad]

ther coming from Lima Ohio probely

[crazycatman26]

THAT WAS RARE!!!!!

[2403328]

thats over 8 million pounds of solid steele sex appeal (i know what theyre made of, its a saying)

[guilford681]

Nothing like roarin emds and abrams tanks!! America is number 1!!!

[svinehunden]

does anybody know if any company makes those 6-axle cars in h0 scale?

[darkyoda]

You'd probably have to kitbash them. It might be doable using an existing ttc flat and the trucks from a depressed center car...

[acsoldier18]

33 million dollars each

[UAL4ever]

i bet they lock down those Abrams good so no civilian can get inside one of those tanks

[amtrakrailfan]

I bet the engines loved hauling those 70 tons of just 1 tank!!!!!

[Graham987654]

@amtrakrailfan with 8800 HP you can haul damn near anything

[N330AA]

@Graham987654 HP = speed, not haulage.

[Graham987654]

@N330AA that may be partly right, but try hauling 20 railcars with 2000 HP, then haul the same amount with a 4000 HP locomotive, then try saying HP has nothing to do with it, I do that every day, more HP means more tractive effort means you can haul a lot of just about anything

[N330AA]

@Graham987654 Your average 2000HP loco should be able to move a 2000t train so that would probably validate my point that HP = speed. There's not necessarily a strict relationship between STE and horsepower, gearing and traction motor performance can skew it all. I get what you are saying though, in general a higher HP loco designed for the same purpose has the potential to be able to move more of the US's "big stick" than a similar but less powerful one.

[Graham987654]

@N330AA all i'm really trying to say is the power of our locomotives is measured in horsepower and, since the engine doesn't directly power the wheels (it charges electric drive motors as i'm sure you know), the higher the HP rating on the engine the faster it can charge the motors, and the better the motors can transfer that power to the wheels, better the power transfer, the better you can get a train moving, well you see where i'm going with this

[Graham987654]

@N330AA Impressive i might add that you know the 1:1 power ratio, that mostly applies to level ground though where i work in western Canada we have too many hills so we usually use more, higher power locomotives to run shorter trains

[N330AA]

@Graham987654 Well West Canada is certainly a nice part of the world to be riding the iron road.

The old BC rail is my favorite.

[Raytard124]

gotta love the usa, 68 tanks half way around the world.....easy as pie

[Deputydog1956]

great footage, good train video !

[DaveRingle]

68!

[HallPassExpired]

@DaveRingle One car only had One tank, total of 67