Trains carrying military equipment on flat railbed cars have been seen rumbling through Orange County over the past week.
On Tuesday, a 70-railcar BNSF train was spotted heading north, passing by the San Clemente pier. Not long after, it was seen again in Irvine, heading north along tracks at Sand Canyon Avenue near the 405 Freeway.
“It is one of many that have or will go through Orange County over the course of the next two weeks,” said Fred Rice, spokesperson for the U.S. Army Transportation Command, which oversees all ground transport of military equipment.