A HUGE Military Train At Kern Junction

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Ай бұрын

There are actually three trains and a hi-rail in this video. A manifest and and intermodal on Sandcut Hill, and the military train at Kern Junction in Bakersfield. I was feeling very unwell on this day, but I wanted to get the military train for all of you, so here it is!
Kern Jct 35d 22' 29"N 118d 58' 53"W
Sandcut Hill 35d 19' 45"N 118d 45' 55"W

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@frankdemski7242 Ай бұрын

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

@MrMopar413 Ай бұрын

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.

@TheMrDarius 7 күн бұрын

I could see that working and I could also see that generating more jobs in the railroad industry and that's straight money in our pockets.

@Espeelover Ай бұрын

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.

@jimdimwitty8740 Ай бұрын

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.🇺🇲🪖

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

Thanks for the information! We lived in Kileen briefly when I was in 7th grade (1971) while my stepdad was stationed at Ft. Hood. It was an awesome base!

@echohunter4199 Ай бұрын

You’re quite correct sir. I’m a retired 11H/11B (1983-2009) and I’ve seen a lot of videos like this where folks often think we’re moving vehicles for some deployment but it’s usually just units rotating through Irwin for their fun-filled desert warfare training session, lol. As you know, we do these unit moves so the unit can gain experience in strategic deployment with rail and often aircraft and that way a unit can be somewhat certified for a while.

@TheBuckeyeJeff Ай бұрын

I use to be stationed at Ft Irwin as OPFOR (Opposing Force) right after we came back from Desert Storm where they put us through russian military tactics and procedures school and we fought as russians against US Army units who were coming in monthly with different Brigades to fight against us in a huge laser tag style warfare. I was also at Ft. Hood and deployed to Iraq from there the 2nd time around in 2004. I ended up retiring from the 101st at Ft Campbell after a tour in Afghanistan.

@jimdimwitty8740 Ай бұрын

@echohunter4199 Thank you for your service. I'm a former 11A and commanded a Mechanized Platoon with the 2nd Armored Division (Forward) based out of Germany and we were attached to the 1st Infantry Division as their 3rd Maneuver Brigade during Operation Desert Storm 🇺🇲👍

@TheBuckeyeJeff Ай бұрын

@@jimdimwitty8740 I went with 1st Armored Division, 69th Chemical Company, smoke platoon mech.

@tonyczuleger4591 Ай бұрын

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

@MrGrumblier 12 күн бұрын

War is coming.

@danstrunk8828 Ай бұрын

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.

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

Thank you sir! It is my pleasure to share my corner of the world with you!

@StormySkyRailProductions Ай бұрын

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

@johnnytwotimez 28 күн бұрын

Great day to be out, glad you had a good one. Thaks for posting!

@dmorgan28 Ай бұрын

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. 👍❤️🙏

@iiigraghu Ай бұрын

Excellent Presentation 💐

@icosthop9998 9 күн бұрын

Beautiful view of that up hill *S* Bend. 👍

@HobbesBaxter Ай бұрын

great catch! Thanks Mark!

@rvierra7235 Ай бұрын

Cool video. Thank you for posting.

@dcmkris 14 күн бұрын

Excellent video that consists on the first train was awesome! The military train was equipment from 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team; 2nd Infantry Division from Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA returning from the National Training Center (Training) Rotation 24-07 @ Fort Irwin, CA

@randydobson1863 Ай бұрын

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

@caseyvillemodelrailroad3877 Ай бұрын

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

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for checking it out!

@MRRAILFANVON Ай бұрын

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!

@ccrx6700 Ай бұрын

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

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

Thank you, sir! I just wish I'd felt better!

@turkfiles Ай бұрын

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

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm feeling MUCH better!

@haljackson4064 19 күн бұрын

Looks like you were out by the Bena Landfill. Many years ago I used to haul water out of Yermo and it was very interesting to read the names solders put on the tank barrels. At Yermo they take all kinds of things apart and make them new again.

@scottwilkins3577 Күн бұрын

Hey Mark i hope you’re okay out there, keep your head down, fingers crossed no after shocks.

@bradleyjanes2949 Ай бұрын

Great action Ty

@corycampbell9811 Ай бұрын

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

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@oisiaa Ай бұрын

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

@howardnielsen6220 Ай бұрын

Thank You from La Pine Oregon.

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for checking it out!

@Merv-Bob Ай бұрын

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

@trevormaxwell8134 Ай бұрын

Despite you not feeling very well thanks for sharing ok 😮

@michaelmorgan7893 Ай бұрын

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.

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

Tehachapi has a "rapid responder" who closes up containers if they're reported. They usually stop at Summit or Edison, but they don't deal with the actual thieves.

@chessiecat619 Ай бұрын

Glad your feeling better

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

Me TOO!

@chessiecat619 Ай бұрын

Nice catch Mark 2 NS's and ferromex

@EntertainmentWorldz Ай бұрын

great video sir ❤❤😍😍

@KutWrite Ай бұрын

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!"

@sameemas1723 24 күн бұрын

Thats a cool hang out spot during the winter . Summer time theres rattle snakes . . . Me and my Daughter go out there in the winter time to fly our drones and drive our remote control cars . . . If you drive further down theres that railroad bridge , when it rains it like a mini river through there but a cool spot to fly drones and enjoy City Sandwich cold sandwiches with the Kid

@samueldelozier2227 8 күн бұрын

Hello sir. My name is Sam DeLozier and I recently started watching your KZfaq channel becase use of my interest in old railroads . And as I was going through your older videos I saw you did a video on Cantill Calif a few years back. In your video you visited the old Cantill school and an old abandon ranch with a two story Spanish style ranch house on it. I think you called it a hacienda. Well sir that was our ranch the Thunderbird Ranch many years ago and my father John Delozier built that house himself. And we lived there for many years until life took it's many turns and we moved on. I went to that Red Rock school and there were 3 grades all in one classroom. The old building you thought might be a living quarters was a classroom. The building was brought there by mile team in 1920 And the old Koehn ranch was a rock house later owned by Pancho barns the Aviator who had the bar the Happy bottom riding club at Edwards Air Force Base which is shown in the old movie the right stuff. Just wanted to share that with you for you own knowledge. The piece on Cantill brought back a lot of old memories and it's good to see someone keeping the history alive. Enjoy your channel

@MarkClayMcGowan 3 күн бұрын

WOW! What cool information! I knew Pancho Barnes had lived out there, but wasn't sure exactly where. Thanks for sharing that, and thanks for checking it out!

@PCBill0622 Ай бұрын

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.

@JohnnyCarroll-wi6tx Ай бұрын

never give up,never surrender.

@nscalestation Ай бұрын

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?

@paulkalff6408 Ай бұрын

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.

@sc8243 Ай бұрын

They're getting ready for something.

@jakerazmataz852 16 күн бұрын

Training.

@Morpheus187 9 күн бұрын

They’re headed for Mar lago to arrest trump for treason !

@russeljavier Ай бұрын

Looks like it's heading west which likely means it's a brigade out of Fort Lewis, WA and returning from a rotation at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin.

@ronaldpiper4812 Ай бұрын

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

@user-et2om3ug2j Ай бұрын

I lived upby the Roseville yard when i was younger in 1961

@lordsherifftakari4127 Ай бұрын

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

@oldgysgt 18 күн бұрын

Or the National Desert Training Center at Fort Irwin California. It's just North East of Barstow. 30 miles or so.

@garykcs5532 Ай бұрын

Awesome

@MrRockydee07 27 күн бұрын

Great video, How many train loads of equipment did we leave behind in Afghanistan.....thanks

@joshthetrainfan Ай бұрын

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

@thomasdeturk5142 Ай бұрын

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

@remylopez4821 Ай бұрын

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

@kenrosser8160 Ай бұрын

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

@trevormaxwell8134 Ай бұрын

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

@corycampbell9811 Ай бұрын

Exploding dye packets might be a deterrent to rail theft.

@michaelmorgan7893 Ай бұрын

Might make it easier to locate suspects too, since denial isn't an option.

@trevormaxwell8134 Ай бұрын

8 locomotives hauling inter-modal train wow incredible 😢😮

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

When that many are in a consist, some are generally just being moved around and are not even running. It sure looks cool though, huh?!

@TheMrDarius 7 күн бұрын

Where the trains stopped is the area where the Bena landfill is. I know exactly where you recorded this 😁

@alexschmollinger6576 Ай бұрын

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

@Robert-bp7gm Ай бұрын

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

@johnboughton7451 Ай бұрын

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 🛠️

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

I wasn't paying attention, but there are rarely more than four running in a consist like that. Thanks for checking it out!

@contracostaexpert Ай бұрын

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

@danoc51 Ай бұрын

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

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

These are logistics training moves, and are done fairly regularly. There are many logistics bases in the west, so there's no telling where it originates and terminates. Possibly from Yermo (east of Barstow) to a port facility. There's just no telling. Thanks for checking it out.

@chessiecat619 Ай бұрын

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

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

Yes, we did. It was pretty cool, but VERY crowded!

Ай бұрын

Coming or going to/from the Sierra army depot

@bigcatauna Ай бұрын

Yermo depot NTC training

@vincentcalvelli6452 Ай бұрын

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

@MikeT-TheRetiredColonel Ай бұрын

Marine Corps Logistics Base - for the West Coast deployed USMC units, Camp Pendleton, Twentynine Palms, among others

@chiefjim8178 Ай бұрын

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

@oldgysgt 18 күн бұрын

No, unless they are going to be delayed, they usually leave them in what ever paint the unit received them in.

@bjjt-nu9dx Ай бұрын

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

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

Yes, the doors won't open

@billyhunter2161 13 күн бұрын

What are those green crops in that area? They sure are green

@MarkClayMcGowan 12 күн бұрын

Oranges and grapes. The San Joaquin Valley produces most of the fruit, vegetables and nuts in America, and this is the southern end of it.

@mikemissel7785 Ай бұрын

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.

@CodeResp Ай бұрын

The free hand shit

@chessiecat619 Ай бұрын

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

@corycampbell9811 Ай бұрын

Open the door and get a surprise.😂

@SPICY_BEAR Ай бұрын

RAMBO 😎

@Zulutime44 27 күн бұрын

The idea counter to thievery at parked RR cars is a special agent operating a large FPV drone armed with speaker, microphone and pepper spray. Oh yeah

@lathamarea1437 Ай бұрын

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

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

I don't know, but I've never seen one sitting in a siding!

@chessiecat619 Ай бұрын

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

@curtisharlan9230 Ай бұрын

Mark where do they have Auctions at

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

Auctions?

@oldgysgt 18 күн бұрын

Barstow, at the Marine Corps Logistics Base. But I think you can bid online.

@chessiecat619 Ай бұрын

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

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

If you head this way again, have someone let me know and I'll give you all a tour of the mountain!

@chessiecat619 Ай бұрын

@@MarkClayMcGowan ok

@WaltANelsonPHD Ай бұрын

What is the gradient on Sandcut?

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

While it isn't specified in the timetable, I've been told it is 2%

@WaltANelsonPHD Ай бұрын

@@MarkClayMcGowan Thank you. The video made it look pretty steep (telephoto lense effect). Best wishes.

@TimAndyMik Ай бұрын

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

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

They put them where it is easiest to do when making up the train. It was probably the last unit in the consist going the other direction. I see CP and CN units heading all the time.

@trevormaxwell8134 Ай бұрын

Some trains are slow today aren't they 😢😮

@oldgysgt 18 күн бұрын

They go slow going over the Tehachapi Pass. Once they get North of Bakersfield or East of Mojave, they they can pickup speed.

@paulmurray3837 Ай бұрын

Why is it called Cable?

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

No one really knows. The hill where the Hwy. 202 exit is located is called Cable Hill, but we don't know which came first!

@chessiecat619 Ай бұрын

I won't be able to see the big boy

@user-vh1uc6in7b Ай бұрын

☕

@MrDavil43 Ай бұрын

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

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

That's one of the reasons I love America. Our might is on display for everyone to see. If they don't want us to see it, we won't!

@dogman490 Ай бұрын

I believe the Alphabet Agencies are involved in this work.

@anthonydouglas1169 Ай бұрын

Change out the crow

@charlesrmcintyre1698 Ай бұрын

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.

@Espeelover Ай бұрын

The last train was 100% a military (US Army equipment) train movement. There was no 3rd party log, majority being Stryker, HMMWV, and JLTV trucks.

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

Ummm...So did I. I retired in 2019. That WAS a military train and they run them all the time and have since I hired out in 1979. I also know the difference between a manifest, a Z, an I, and a MoW train.

@PatrickCrossfire. Ай бұрын

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.

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

They've been doing it since I began with the railroad in 1979, and I'm sure they were doing it before that. I am actually much more informed than you on every subject you could possibly come up with, including how the military conducts training exercises, on land, sea and air, as I have had many friends and acquaintances in each branch who have been part of these types of movements, while all you have is an uninformed opinion. Keep on guessing. The world needs people like you.

@PatrickCrossfire. Ай бұрын

@@MarkClayMcGowan Does not matter if they have been doing this for years. Its a titanic waste of money and fuel to keep moving this stuff everywhere all the time. Incredibly wasteful. Why not just leave all these vehicles at their training bases? Why keep moving them around and upsetting the general public that has paid for them? Did you even consider that? No you have not. Just another example of the the U.S. government spending billions and billions of BORROWED dollars and sqaundering it again and again. And by the way Trains are my passion. I was born in the 60's and we hardly ever saw these military vehicle trains until the late 1990's. So i disagree with your statemate they have been doing this since 1979.

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

So, you say that no one should believe me when I say that this is SOP for military training involving the railroad, THEN you say you know it is happening but are asking why. Make up your mind. Either you believe it or you don't. Yes, the government squanders money. What do you want me to do about it? I just made a video of a train going by. You want change? Stop bitching and whining to me and go do it to your elected representatives. And your knowledge of railroading as well as military training stems from what? Your opinion? Your military service? What you happen to see during whatever time you have to go watch trains go by? Trains may be your passion, but they were my career, and they are what sustains my channel. I guarantee you that I have a much more intimate knowledge than you about what the railroads have and haven't been doing since you were born. Also, the billions the government have wasted in the last 3.5 years wasn't borrowed, it was simply printed. That's why inflation is killing the dollar. Building Back Better. Let's Go BRANDON!

@PatrickCrossfire. Ай бұрын

@@MarkClayMcGowan We know why. Pre-positioned equipment put everywhere. They were caught red-handed in AZ in 2019 off loading at 2 am and driving them all into the mountains where no known facility exist but they disappeared. We want YOU to realize this. Sure they are logistics ops movements. But they have secretly prepositioned a lot of equipment and store it underground in mostly remote rural locations that are unknown to the public as well in every State. But your videos give the public the impression that theres nothing to worry about when all lot of people are worried about this. Thats whats irritating. They have everything in place for Marshall Law. Thats the problem.

@robertmaltbie1188 Ай бұрын

Slava Ukraine🇺🇸🇺🇦

@jimpikoulis6726 Ай бұрын

Please these are not for Ukraine

@Alberto-ed3xo Ай бұрын

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

@MarkClayMcGowan Ай бұрын

Feel free to not watch, but if you're going to watch, don't complain. This ain't National Geographic. If that's what you prefer though, check out this guy's channel. No talking, high quality video with one angle, and expensive editing www.youtube.com/@spencerhughes2255