Saw this train this morning headed for San Antonio. Most impressive trainload of weaponry I've ever seen. Very cool experience watching this bad boy go by. Anyone else seeing this kind of activity recently?
My Sisiter In Law saw something just like it. She gets out and takes pictures of it cause she thought it was cool. When she goes to pic up the pictures back in 35 mm days, there were no pictures of the train. This was the summer before Desert Storm.
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Yes, I saw a couple of trains like that headed through Eastern Oregon going East last early spring-late winter. We figured they were Oregon or Washington Guard units headed to Cali for training. But they could have also been units returning from overseas.
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I'm sure they are going to NTC. When I was at Ft. Hood, we would have to go load our stuff on the train to ship it out there about a month in advance. At least once a year there's an internet forum with pics and videos of a train full of equipment going to NTC.
3 locomotives. Is that normal for a train in your part of Texas. I know it was heavy for such a short train, but I see That around here on big coal trains, plus helpers for the bigger mountains.
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NTC bound probably. I don't remember how many trains it took for my brigade when we went but it was quite a few. That was one brigade of a Motorized Infantry Division. Stands to reason an Armored brigade would load even more. There's a reason for the quotation about great Generals studying logistics rather than tactics! 7mm
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3 locomotives. Is that normal for a train in your part of Texas. I know it was heavy for such a short train, but I see That around here on big coal trains, plus helpers for the bigger mountains.
Lots of HMMVS, no MRAPS, likely a National Guard Brigade Combat Team equipment. One guess would be one of the BCTs out of Louisiana or Mississippi that are part of the 36th Inf Div, but can't see any of the bumper markings that would ID the units. June is a pretty popular month for National Guard training rotations.
Not going to JRTC, that's in Louisiana and for light infantry. Maybe headed to FT Bliss or NTC/FT Irwin. Or could turn north and head to FT Hood. Don't remember if there are any Guard facilities in that direction large enough for a heavy Brigade Combat Team to maneuver.
Lots of HMMVS, no MRAPS, likely a National Guard Brigade Combat Team equipment. One guess would be one of the BCTs out of Louisiana or Mississippi that are part of the 36th Inf Div, but can't see any of the bumper markings that would ID the units. June is a pretty popular month for National Guard training rotations.
Not going to JRTC, that's in Louisiana and for light infantry. Maybe headed to FT Bliss or NTC/FT Irwin. Or could turn north and head to FT Hood. Don't remember if there are any Guard facilities in that direction large enough for a heavy Brigade Combat Team to maneuver.
Thanks to those of you who are ID'ing what was on the train.
It's good to know and other than "tanks and Humvees" I sure as hell had no clue.
