Also, the railroad can only handle trains of a certian tonnage as well as
length...More than 50 of these cars would require a second train to be run.
Trust me on this...I work on the military railroad at Ft. Hood!
>
>so on the "low estimate" you have 4000 ft (under a mile) divided by 40 ft.
>(flatcar) = 100, X2 would make that about 1.5 miles...
>
>200 x 2 per flatcar = 400...
>
>which imho is _WAY_ more hardware than ft lewis would have on hand... ??
>
>they're not desert camo yet..
>
>>I'm in the Army reserve, so every time I get over by Ft Lewis, which isn't
>>very often, I always like to stop by and just drive around the post and see
>>what there is to see. Especially stuff like a train load of tanks. The wife
>>doesn't much care for it.
>
>yeah, but this was along i-5.. I was standing on the shoulder about 10 feet
>from that trainload. and it was on the opposite side of the freeway and
>like 5 miles south of ft lewis...
>
>>However I have a 8 & 5 year old sons & they love it
>>too, so she's out numbered. She seems to think that we need a couple of
>>daughters to even things up. If so, I'll just have to hook them on MVs
at an
>>early age too. :-) :-)
>
>chicks dig guys in uniform, and honor, so getting them into mil-veh's might
>not actually be all that much of a stretch.. :)
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