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The train isn't very specialised. the specific waste truck is. So is the final escort truck called the REV which reminds me of an armoured carriage in the Delhi
by ggm 2y ago
The train isn't very specialised. the specific waste truck is. So is the final escort truck called the REV which reminds me of an armoured carriage in the Delhi rail museum collection: it's from the pre-independence days of the north-west frontier wars.
Those look like pretty normal diesel-electric locomotives.
https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2022-01/Rail%20Escort%20Vehicle%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2022-01/Rail%20Es... says
As required for operational security, further
specifications for REVs are not publicly releasable.
So it's "security by obscurity"
- cdchn 2y agoSecurity by obscurity is just another layer of security. The problem arises when its your only layer of security.
- Animats 2y ago> Those look like pretty normal diesel-electric locomotives. Yes. Here's UP 8359 hauling a trainload of grain.[1] It's a common locomotive type, SD70ACe, with thousands in use. Dull, boring, and reliable. Way too many pictures of UP 8359 doing ordinary locomotive things.[2] The armored caboose, VWXX-800, is a custom build designed for the Navy.[3] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FX9vgSOAdA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FX9vgSOAdA [2] http://www.rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/Locopicture.aspx?id=54203 http://www.rcbsd45.rrpicturearchives.net/Locopicture.aspx?id... [3] https://www.twz.com/39654/wait-this-mysterious-heavily-armored-blue-train-caboose-belongs-to-the-navy https://www.twz.com/39654/wait-this-mysterious-heavily-armor...