Western Railroad Discussion > Holloman AFB

The rail line into Historic Holloman AFB has been ripped up.
Just think...  How may parts of our military secrets were transported on those rails at one time.
Remember "Ham"?  He was named after "Holloman Areo Medical". Also part of the missle heritage of this area.

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It was that way back in 2008, so, It's been a while since they had rail service

Do they still have a rocket sled track there?
 

Would this be the one the Mythbusters folks used a couple of times??
Regards,DK
wjpyper Wrote:
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> Do they still have a rocket sled track there?
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Anybody know what happened to "TED-RED- OGDEN" in Utah? We used to get all kinds of engines and complete trains from them in the late 60s. (Army-Air Force- Navy- Etc.)
 Everything was covered in that "Grease" to preserve them. 

Do they still have "Stuff" ?

Nudge

spnudge Wrote:
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> Anybody know what happened to "TED-RED- OGDEN" in
> Utah? We used to get all kinds of engines and
> complete trains from them in the late 60s.
> (Army-Air Force- Navy- Etc.)
>  Everything was covered in that "Grease" to
> preserve them. 
>
> Do they still have "Stuff" ?
>
> Nudge


Located at Hill AFB in Ogden, UT are the Army's Rail Shops, in the past, they were under the nearest Army Base which was the Tooele Army Depot , in Tooele, UT
So Army & Air Force RR equipment gets marked with TEAD==Tooele Army Depot
The Rail Shops at Hill Field are still Busy, However, Hill AFB , no longer operates it's own RR

wjpyper Wrote:
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> Do they still have a rocket sled track there?
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I thought that was China Lake Naval Station which had/has several sled tracks.
It's RR long gone also (SP Lone Pine branch)

When was the last time you saw a USAF locomotive or rolling stock? USAF has hardly used rail in the last 30 years, maybe a handful of bases and labs might still be connected.

BobP Wrote:
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> wjpyper Wrote:
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> > Do they still have a rocket sled track there?
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> I thought that was China Lake Naval Station which
> had/has several sled tracks.
> It's RR long gone also (SP Lone Pine branch)

When I was in the USAF at Edwards AFB in 1962 there was a rocket-sled track at Edwards and one at Holloman.
 

loopy7764 Wrote:
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> When was the last time you saw a USAF locomotive
> or rolling stock? USAF has hardly used rail in the
> last 30 years, maybe a handful of bases and labs
> might still be connected.

The USAF still has a RR at Beale AFB, CA and Ankorage, Alaska
On April 15th 1993, I took this photo at The Rail Shops at Hill AFB  Ogden , UT
Fresh from a Rebuild

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Lackland AFB on San Antonio's west side had a branch from the Sunset Route at at point called Cadet, Texas.
I hiked it back in 1963 when I was in Basic Training there.
Does it still operate?

James R.(Jim) Baker
Whittier, CA

DKay Wrote:

> Would this be the one the Mythbusters folks used a
> couple of times??

The one the Mythbusters used belongs to New Mexico Tech and is in the mountains west of Socorro.  Holloman AFB is quite a ways to the south and east near Alamogordo, NM.

Clear Air Force Site (Clear AK), Eielson AFB AFB (Fairbanks AK) and Beale AFB (Yuba City CA) still have active Air Force Railroads.

loopy7764 Wrote:
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> When was the last time you saw a USAF locomotive
> or rolling stock? USAF has hardly used rail in the
> last 30 years, maybe a handful of bases and labs
> might still be connected.

wjpyper Wrote:
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> Do they still have a rocket sled track there?
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Yes, one of several in New Mexico (NM Tech, Sandia, Los Alamos).

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I was stationed at Holloman and got to see the test sled launch a few times.  Twice from the range safety helicopter.

When did Pope AFB stop receiving fuel by rail?