CSX commemorative units Nos. 1776 and 911 move a three-car special north of Richmond, Va., on Sunday.
Joe Garnett
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump’s July 4 event in the nation’s capital will include fireworks, planes flying overhead, and U.S. military tanks that arrived by rail. CSX’s veterans’ locomotive, No. 1776, and first responders’ unit, No. 911, did the honors between the Army’s post at Fort Stewart near Savannah, Ga., and Benning Yard on the edge of the capital city.
On Monday, Trump said tanks will be part of the celebration that will include a speech he will make at the Lincoln Memorial. On Sunday, CSX Nos. 1776 and 911 were spotted on the mainline north of Richmond, Va., hauling three heavy duty Department of Defense flatcars. Observers identified two M1A1 Abrams tanks and two Bradley Fighting Vehicles as part of the cargo that also included a Humvee.
The return trip will be less glamorous: The DODX flats and their loads will return to Georgia on regular trains with no special power.
