Hi all,
Thought you guys would like this on. 35 Abrams tanks symboled as NS 057.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=226380&nseq=0
Mark
That’s a pretty good photo under the conditions, Mark.
Dave
I was surprised not to see a boxcar(or something) between the locomotives and first flatcar. Or what is the rule with that?
Thanks Dave.
Mike,
I believe the rules call for at least one buffer car for any dangerous or shiftable cargo, if anyone can help with a better understanding of the rules it would be appreciated.
Mark
Mike,
Sorry, I misunderstood you. There actually is an empty flat car behind the locomotive that is being used as a buffer.
Mark
where di you take the pics at?
Mark
nice picture.olmstead falls is just west of Berea Ohio.wouldn’t want to go there today.hey mark have you ever come over to deshler or fostoria?
stay safe
joe
[tup]
thanks for the photo…did you notice the reporting marks on the flats? Hard to tell from the angle, but it looks a little like TTX…
…Pulled the magnification up to 600% and I still couldn’t see the lettering plain enough. I do know that’s a lot of money riding on those flat cars. I went thru the Armored School at Ft. Knox 50 plus years ago and at that time an equivalent tank cost about $250,000…What, multiply that by 10 times now…
The Wikepedia article on the tank puts the price tag at $2.35 to $4.3 million (depending on options), and notes that over 8,800 have been produced. I recently watched a show on the repair/rebuild program. Very impressive stuff.
Reporting marks are DODX-Department of Defense.
Don’t worry, I am not going to turn anyone in. But, are we allowed to photograph military trains?
Gabe
This isnt world war two… however, if you are on public property or have consent of owner, you can shoot anything with a camera.
Now we are in a time of war and really should not be photographing military moves. However the enemy were fighting are similar to light infantry and not soveriegn states. By the time these foes get up to do something about this target… uh. Train… it’s long gone.
Also these tanks likely are not ready to fight, they will need certain parts reinstalled, upammoed and other procedures done.
Ive seen plenty on the UP line, lots of DOD flats with varied hardware but no shooting on my part. Just memories. It got particularly heavy just prior to the Iraqi Invasion in 2003. I can still hear the screech of empty flats by the hundreds at night.
I say that is a right good photo. Too bad they chose to power such a important train with only one engine instead of two.
actually no only one unit is needed as the tanks are only 2800 tons plus the weight of the cars which is really a light train and in addition they are considered high and wides so they probably don’t even get to get up to 45
Thanks for the great photos.
I was in the artillery, so armor was our natural enemy. Since terrorists have neither armor nor artillery, I would say these tanks are safe. And certainly one locomotive is enough.
I heard they are heading for the border of Canada and U.S.
My sources said they were on loan to Columbia…and when Hugo Chavez saw they were headed down there, they all kissed and made up…[D)]
Hugo’s Military cannot go anywhere without requiring someone to bring them food.
The Columbians fed Hugo’s troops at the border when they stopped the convoys.[;)] They probably went to the border on their own to meet the trucks to eat. Than Chavez says “They did what? Oh… well, that’s because I sent them there, ya’, that’s it, because I sent them. [:-^], Take that, Gringo Imperilist”. 
[(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D]
I was shock to see a short train. They usually are longer… They are going to the port to be ship them to overseas…