Here is a good look at DODX 39497, the Department of Defense's nuke cask heavyweight flatcar designed to carry spent nuclear fuel rods. It stopped by the yard in Denver for a few days.
The Train That Struck Fear Into Los Angeles. Traversing the southern end of the ex-SP coast line, an eastbound military train, heavily laden with tanks, passes the Santa Susana Depot and Mu... (more)
DODX flats loaded with Stryker combat vehicles crosses the fill between Tunnel Nos. 14 and 15 as a westbound Union Pacific military train climbs through the Tunnel District just east of Crescent, ... (more)
On the afternoon of June 16, 2017, a long train of military equipment from Fort Carson, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, heading to Yermo, California, is westbound on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunn... (more)
A heavy train of military equipment from Fort Carson, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, heading to Yermo, California, is westbound on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on June 16, 2017. I... (more)
Over 8,000 tones of worn Abrams tanks are seen being slugged upgrade into Woodford on a warm afternoon on Tehachapi. Making a somewhat rare appearance on a DODX train, two mid-train DPU's can be s... (more)
Tanks a lot! 6 axle flatcars are rare, even more so when there are tanks aboard. DODX 40284 is part of a westbound CNW freight as is rumbles thru Blairstown, IA in May of 1991.
Westbound on a BNSF freight in the Columbia River Gorge is a pair of Department of Defense flatcars loaded with six new Stryker armored combat vehicles on September 24, 2016. This overhead view is... (more)
A number of these army vehicles were on the head end of this BNSF (MRL) westbound exiting the tunnel at the summit of Bozeman Pass.
UFOs on the rail! Empty nuclear rod cars enter Enola yard off the Pittsburgh line
Now that's what I call a Tank Car
A cut of heavy-duty Department of Defense flatcars loaded with M1 Abrams tanks are on an eastbound Santa Fe (early BNSF) freight curving through Crozier Canyon near Valentine, Arizona, on the afte... (more)
As the B29 (H GALCWY) cleared, we were shocked to see this DODX caboose at the rear!
Anyone know what this is? Looks to be some kind of booster. This is car 12 on a 16 car manifest up the 3% track on Cajon, sure did catch my eye.
A surprise from the Department of Defense brings up the rear of this BNSF mixed freight as it enters the Northtown Yard.