A HUGE Military Train At Kern Junction 

Hey Mark! The trucks you mentioned about with the suspension being cinched down are JLTV’s. They have an airbag suspension that allows for different ride heights and lowering the vehicle profile when needed. The nearly identical looking, but larger trucks(only about 6-8) were M-ATV Guntrucks. Majority of the other trucks were HMMWV’s, both unarmored and up-armored. Along with logistics, fuel, and Stryker (LAV) Light-Armored Vehicles.

You talk about plus other people , about people breaking into containers on the top of a double stack. I’m a retired heavy duty diesel equipment mechanic. I don’t know if my idea would ever stop all thefts from containers but it might stop a lot of thrifts ; but this is a vary simple idea . Take a piece of steel flat bar 1.50 inches wide by 3 / 8 inch thick by maybe 8 inches long or a little longer. Weld it securely in the middle of the right side door then when you close the right side door last that piece of flat bar should overlap the left side door then put down 3 tach welds about 1 / 2 long one on the top , side and bottom. In doing so it’s my opinion you’d never put enough heat into the door to effect the inside cargo. Then the reciever would have to cut the tach welds to open the door. It sounds complicated but it’s not. A competent individual with minor metal working experience with a 5 inch die grinder could cut through the tack welds pretty easily. Then just a little clean up on where the tack welds were and it’s ready for the next customer. It would be dam well impossible for someone out in nowhere to cut those tach welds. I used to work for a mining equipment manufacturer and when we shipped a order of equipment into Russia we’d weld 1 / 8 inch steel plate over all access parts of the machine and tack weld it but our tack welds where longer. It works . If it will detour thieves in Russia, it will work here to. The investment in welding and metal working equipment is minimal compared to the product thief loose inquired. I suppose a few might try it but I’d say it would stop 99% of it.

A very long Train for a military move. I have not seen one this long in years. Thanks Mark.

The U.S. Army has the Fort Irwin (National Training Center) in the Death Valley area for desert warfare training located not terribly far from Yermo where we offloaded and then convoyed to NTC. We "rail-headed" all the vehicles in our Brigade from Fort Hood, Texas when I was in the 1st Cavalry Division. Also, the U.S. Army sometimes rotates combat vehicles/units in and out of both Kuwait and South Korea (via the Port of San Diego, California). I see long militarily trains every now and then coming through downtown San Diego. Many times they have M-2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles and M-1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks loaded on heavy-duty 6 axel DOD flat cars.🇺🇲🪖

I've subscribed to your channel right from the beginning. I live on the east coast so i really enjoy seeing the trains in a different setting/landscape than where i railfan. Keep the great videos coming.

Wow. That train must be more than miles long. Never saw that before. Great👍

Cool video. Thank you for posting.

great catch! Thanks Mark!

Excellent Presentation 💐

Great action Ty

Yep....UP/BNSF have been running milvans and equipment for years....between Yermo (29 Palms and Ft. Irwin) and Ft. Lewis-McChord....even to Camp Roberts on the Cali coast.

Some super cool catches and your great commentary! I always enjoy your videos Mark! Have a Great day our friend! (Dave).

Was watching a video on Cajon Pass last year, and they seem to have the special agent on call, pulling people off the trains, and re-sealing open container doors. Never ending problem.

Thank You from La Pine Oregon.

Lots of aerodynamic drag on a train like that military train!

My dad used to watch the trains there before he died in 1999. Don Mozier.

Excellent presentation Mark. You had a good day 😊👍😎

Great vidio, like the loads, nice shot and info about the chained down loads for modeling.Thanks for the morning coffee...

I saw the consist with the 2 Norfolk southerns and the ferromex and the military train I saw the military train at my school in the 21st of May hope to see you soon mark!

Good morning!!!! Awesome video to wake up to. 😊

Hey Mark that was a cool video. I enjoyed all the train action and I really enjoyed seeing that military train. Have a blessed Happy Father’s Day and hope you get to feeling better. 👍❤️🙏

Loved the military train! Hope you got over what ever was troubling your health at that time.😊

Glad your feeling better

never give up,never surrender.

Nice coverage. A bit shaky. Even a monopod would help. Also a wind muff. They even have them for cellphones. It'll make a big difference in your product! As we used to say on our railroad back east, "Practice safe CSX!"

great video sir ❤❤😍😍

another reason Military equipment is on the move is for units transiting to or from the National Training Center outside of El Paso TX.

Despite you not feeling very well thanks for sharing ok 😮

Awesome

Hi Mark & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Mark & Friends Randy & Super Cool Video Mark Thanks Friends Randy

They're getting ready for something.

Nice catch Mark 2 NS's and ferromex

Great mix of stuff, THX Cheers, Mark (PS I am also a Mark)

Interesting what you said about he lower containers not being broken into. I noticed that all of the Amazon containers were in the lower position. Perhaps the old type of well car that had high ends would protect the top containers from being broken into?

Military vehicle types indicate that it was an engineering battalion, likely headed back to Ft. Lewis. Nice catch of BNSF’s hottest train: Z NBYWSP 1. That’s a BFL crew on a scheduled turn to Needles. Usually they run that in 6.5 hours with a 1,000 mile inspection stop in Barstow. Nothing but clear signals once they get on home tracks.

I've seen 4 military moves through here in the last two months.

The troops are flowen out to the training grounds an there stuff go out there on trains

8 locomotives hauling inter-modal train wow incredible 😢😮

A sheet over doors, a blank seal every container loaded or empty. Seals bolt ones all handles!!!

If they brought back the original double stack container car it would stop the people from breaking in for those of you who remember what the original double stack container cars used to look like I believe they’ve originally built for Sealand

Wow that's a long military train isn't 😮😊

Exploding dye packets might be a deterrent to rail theft.

Hi Mark, On the first consist where all 8 locomotives working? Or were some dead in tow living in South Wales I really enjoy watching your videos & learning about American Freight 🛠️

Notice the equipment is changing to the forest green from desert tan. Must be a clue where they will be needed next🤔

Yermo depot NTC training

When deployed to Iraq all our stuff got sent to Ft Hood from California via rail, then sent by rail again to Houston loaded on the ship to Kuwait.

The free hand shit

There is a huge D.O.D. Supply Depot at Dagget.

Does anyone know where all the military equipment is coming from, where it is going and for what purpose?

Thank You Military Trains For Your Services. 🫡🇺🇸🚂🚄

You went to the train event at union station I wanted to go to that

Why can't they break into lower containers on double stcks? The well blocks the doors?

Coming or going to/from the Sierra army depot

Open the door and get a surprise.😂

I believe the Alphabet Agencies are involved in this work.

Mark where do they have Auctions at

There has been lots of Military Trains Because of the Tensions Between United States and Russia I love ❤️ Watching your Tehachapi RU-vid Videos Mark 💯💯💯💯💯💯❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

The BNSF container was head ro head with the manifest that stopped. The first train must have held the eastbound.

Some trains are slow today aren't they 😢😮

I want to get back up there I won't be able to anytime soon

Someone told me the bnsf with yellow letters is not a H1

it is true military trains have priority over all other freight trains..?

I posted the picture of the bn paint derailment on my community page if you want to look at it

Why is it called Cable?

What is the gradient on Sandcut?

What's a Ferromex diesel doing at the head of an American consist?

I won't be able to see the big boy

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Filming a military train would get you arrested in many countries!

Change out the crow

These are not military trains. They are all third party logistic company containers. The other is called a manfest train. How do l know.l worked in this industry for 40 years.

Slava Ukraine🇺🇸🇺🇦

So this guy expects us to believe that the government just spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year moving vast amounts of military vehicles back and forth across the U.S. is just a normal logistics training exercise? He must think we are as stupid as he is.

Please these are not for Ukraine

He talks too much.moves camara too much also.😷