BNSF Military Freight In Northern Arizona

BNSF hauls assorted military vehicles!

The cargo on this manifest includes US Army support vehicles as wells as Stryker vehicles. The Stryker vehicles (green ones) are small troop carriers and can carry up to 11 soldiers. Their cost is approximately five million dollars each and can travel up to 60 MPH.

These locomotive units are weighing in at approximately 400,000 pounds each with 4,400 horse power per locomotive.

• Builder – General Electric
• Build date – 1999 – 2004
• units produced – 2598 locomotives
• Unit name – AC4400EV
• weight – 426,000 lbs
• power – diesel electric 4,400 hp
• Tractive effort – 180,000 lbf

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