Eastern Railroad Discussion > Military Train in Folkston, Georgia

CSX S130 (Jacksonville, FL to Fort Stewart, GA) on Thursday, 12/04/25.  Full day's action on YouTube Channel "RV Railfan Videos"

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That train has millions of dollars of cargo. Interesting. Although I cannot see any presence of armed guards, you can be sure the train with its cargo is being very closely monitored. And and probably not just from the ground.

Yes on being closely monitored.  I suspect the CSX dispatchers aren't going to put this train in the hole for a few days. Just keep it moving.

Very high security  Navy cargo on railroads was (is?) accompanied by Special Service Marines. I used to see them occasionally on shipments from the Naval Weapons station Earle NJ to the Leonardo ammo dock.

I wonder if it ran 25 mph all the way. 

It's approximately 125 miles to Ft Stewart from Jacksonville.  This has to be one of the shortest military moves on record.  Granted the equipment doesn't travel 55 mph on highways but the trip for a few hours is doable.  In the time it took to load the train, units could have reached their destination via Interstate 95!

boejoe Wrote:
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> It's approximately 125 miles to Ft Stewart from
> Jacksonville.  This has to be one of the shortest
> military moves on record.  Granted the equipment
> doesn't travel 55 mph on highways but the trip for
> a few hours is doable.  In the time it took to
> load the train, units could have reached their
> destination via Interstate 95!

Perhaps, but this is also used as a training scenario for the Army both at the port and at Fort Stewart. It gives them experience in loading and unloading as well as working with the railroad. There were also a few lessons learned on making sure cut levers were properly secured and brakes were serviced.

They normally do not have any escort personnel for these moves. If so, we would have definitely seen them when they had the train separation.


Westbound Wrote:
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> That train has millions of dollars of cargo.
> Interesting. Although I cannot see any presence of
> armed guards, you can be sure the train with its
> cargo is being very closely monitored. And and
> probably not just from the ground.

Wasn't there a case in the past few years where two carloads of military ammo and rifles were hit by thieves?

Left in a yard overnight

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Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> Wasn't there a case in the past few years where
> two carloads of military ammo and rifles were hit
> by thieves?
>
> Left in a yard overnight
>
> Posted from Android

Not sure they were military but in Aug-2021 I recall 50 or so guns were stolen from a train movement in LA.

Back in 2012 there was a military shipment broken into in Atlanta?