MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND PT 2

 

ET44AC 530, the POW/MIA unit, leads a short military train east through Hillsdale Yard during the Memorial Day weekend.

The head end is loaded with M1A2 Abrams tanks. These six-axle trucked flatcars are the only ones capable of carrying a pair of these massive tanks; all other flats are limited to one tank, as they weigh 73.6 tons each!

More tanks on DODX flatcars.

A lone M3 Bradley rides a DODX flat behind the tanks.

More Bradleys follow.

530 shows off her rear POW/MIA decal, while rolling past a waiving track worker.

After the DODX flats with tracked equipment, follow TTX flatcars with a variety of military containers. There is also a special car at the end of the train. All for next week!