Western Railroad Discussion > Military Train over Tehachapi 9/24

I always start my days on Tehachapi by rolling down Truxtun Ave in Bakersfield. It lets you see the day's line up and gives you a chance to roll up edison in hopes of catching something East/South bound. As I was passing the Amtrak station I noticed something interesting heading east. I got a chance to catch the military train with almost 200 armored vehicles. They seemed used and abused (Probably home from Iraq), so I am guessing that they are headed for storage somethere.

The train left Bakersfield at 11:15am. Made it to Bena at noon and sat until the work window ended. I got the train at Bealville around sunset. The Bakersfield crew died on the clock before the train even made the loop.

1. Approaching Sandcut - 11:45am
2. Getting a red at Bena - The work window has begun - Noon
3. Finally getting a yellow at Bealville to move east. (There were two North/West bound doubled up on the Bealville siding when the train finally got the clear) 6:30pm

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If these vehicles were returning from the middle east, then transported by BNSF, where were they disembarked on the West Coast?  Seattle/Tacoma? 
Destination in CONUS? TX?
Nice shots, and bless our troops!
Grafvonb49

Many that run the West coast interchange with UP with a destination of YERMO.

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I sure miss that cantilever signal at Sandcut.  

Those are the much loved/not so loved MRAP's (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected).
Big heavy beasts with a fairly high center of gravity. They'll protect you from an IED while beating you to death from their bumpy ride.

Coach,

I agree. Thouse super zoom shots just aren't the same. It will forever be missed

I got a sneak preview of your shots on your SLR's LCD screen... nice picks! 

grafvonb49 Wrote:
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> If these vehicles were returning from the middle
> east, then transported by BNSF, where were they
> disembarked on the West Coast?
>  Seattle/Tacoma? 
> Destination in CONUS? TX?
> Nice shots, and bless our troops!
> Grafvonb49


Typically the port of Galveston. 

More likely Port of Beaumont?
JB