From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Mon Jul 26 2004 - 10:44:26 PDT
Video! Video! Where's the video?????
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Ternes" <racecadet@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 12:31 PM
Subject: [MV] Convoy train spotted with 200 MV's, Boulder CO
> Howdy list,
>
> I have to relate a fantastic experience I had on
> Saturday here in lovely (though lately rainy) Boulder
> CO. The convoy train passed through town, and I
> finally had the good fortune to catch it this time!
> I've been told by friends of instances of a train
> loaded up with railcar after railcar of MV's passing
> through town (always with a "You would have loved it"
> tacked on), and I finally caught it.
>
> I sped past it in my Grand Cherokee, and then,
> realizing there was a crossing a few miles up, took a
> left off the highway onto a road crossing the tracks,
> straight up to the blinking arms of a crossing just as
> the train started to go by.
>
> We're talking 100 or so HMMWV's of all configurations
> (alot of ambulance bodies), followed by a few deuces,
> then some more hummers, some dozers, a few of the
> newer deuces with a CTIS system (and it looked to be
> the newer style axles, based on pumpkin style, these
> must be the A3's? ), some CUCV's, a newer IFS chevy
> "CUCV" that looked like a lost Forest Service truck
> among the big daddies, some of the Mog lookalikes
> (Portal axled things), some refueler dueces, some
> bowed-back deuces towing trailers, and to top it off,
> a few 8x8's on the back-most flatcars (some with what
> looked to be powered trailers!).
>
> In all, I saw about 200 milvehs all at once, most of
> which looked to be more "supply train" or
> support-oriented. It was total overload for a truck
> lover such as myself. The capper is that there was a
> HEMTT driving up and down route 119 between Boulder
> and Longmont. drool. There's something about those
> 16r20 Michelin XL's (I have a set of 5 for my project
> truck, I just gotta mill down my mystery donor detroit
> locker a little to fit in the front axle carrier and
> then I can mount em up!). :)
>
> Anyone know what this train is all about? Pantano, are
> these guys heading to the Springs?
>
> Cheers
> Bob Ternes
> 1968 M35a2, Cat 3208 on the way
>
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