Dumb bell for the Green Giant
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MeowRailroad
CKRail
I saw a video of this! If you don't know what it is, look at the cars reporting marks!
That's a salt and pepper set for the giants they keep hidden in area 51. You can clearly see that one of sides has more holes; that is the salt part of the set.
K, more serious:
Nice catch. I like those heavy duty many-axels cars. Seeing as it is not part of a dedicated consist, apparently it is allowed to travel at the regular service speed.
K, more serious:
Nice catch. I like those heavy duty many-axels cars. Seeing as it is not part of a dedicated consist, apparently it is allowed to travel at the regular service speed.
I found this. http://vimeo.com/30632832
MeowRailroad
CKRail
At 3:56, what is the loco in YN3 with flared radiators? A Green rebuild?
At 8:05, those are awesome tank cars (the 3 tan ones)
At 8:05, those are awesome tank cars (the 3 tan ones)
norfolksouthern37
what's a normal map?
they are heavy. it is a nuclear cask/flask
About two years ago at work I was standing in the line to punch out and go home when some one showed me the video on YouTube. The shiny end's are the parts we were making at the machine shop I was working at. And yes they are heavy. Just the skin on the end takes two 20 ton crane with a spreader bar to lift them. The two of them per car and that's just the outer layer. I hear three layers with shock proofing between layer to make it crash proof. That would all add up to a very heavy car. I worked on the holes on the end on five of them.
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norfolksouthern37
what's a normal map?
yeah i think the actual vessel is pretty small compared to the rest. somewhere online i think you can find them doing train crash tests on the flasks - they can pretty much withstand anything.
Being pulled by CSX. I hope I don't see a mushroom cloud...
MeowRailroad
CKRail
Large/unusual loads are just the best!
I made flatcars with from four 4-wheel bogeys to sixteen 6-wheel bogeys so what are you waiting for? :hehe:
On a more serious note if you gents are interested I can probably make this car assuming you can get a few more photos from different angles and some basic dimensions.
Ben
On a more serious note if you gents are interested I can probably make this car assuming you can get a few more photos from different angles and some basic dimensions.
Ben
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Ben,
I can't tell you to much about the car. The work we did on the "dome caps" was for the DOD and I think (if I remember) so I can't say to much about the exact sizes, But from the picture it look like the domes are a hair over 10 ft. with a 16" rad. That's from looking at the picture. As far as pics. the video is all I know of.
Don
Hi Don:
This sounds similar to when I made the NASA cars that transported the solid rocket boosters used on the Space Shuttle from Texas to Canaveral. Photos could be found but almost nothing about the actual cars. Photos were not allowed with the clamshells open so the only way to tell if the car was loaded or empty was to look at the bogey springs. If compressed they were loaded - if not they were empty. I also never saw a photo of them coupled to each other. There was always a tank car in between (water I guess). I wouldn't think they would explode like a real bomb but there would be a considerable bang I'd think. The mixture in a real bomb is designed to burn as fast as possible for as bigger boom. This mixture was designed to burn as a certain rate. Fairly rapid but not as fast as what goes in a real bomb. On the other hand the products of that combustion would be quite toxic. They had four 4-wheel bogeys. Wonder what happened to them now that the shuttle had gone the way of the dinosaurs.
This car would be made in three parts. Main body and the front and rear bogey sections. It would have to be assembled in surveyor (not at all difficult). If you can find photos from as close to directly from the side and can tell me what the wheel base of the bogeys is I can probably work something up from there. Might be a little off but not to far.
Ben
This sounds similar to when I made the NASA cars that transported the solid rocket boosters used on the Space Shuttle from Texas to Canaveral. Photos could be found but almost nothing about the actual cars. Photos were not allowed with the clamshells open so the only way to tell if the car was loaded or empty was to look at the bogey springs. If compressed they were loaded - if not they were empty. I also never saw a photo of them coupled to each other. There was always a tank car in between (water I guess). I wouldn't think they would explode like a real bomb but there would be a considerable bang I'd think. The mixture in a real bomb is designed to burn as fast as possible for as bigger boom. This mixture was designed to burn as a certain rate. Fairly rapid but not as fast as what goes in a real bomb. On the other hand the products of that combustion would be quite toxic. They had four 4-wheel bogeys. Wonder what happened to them now that the shuttle had gone the way of the dinosaurs.
This car would be made in three parts. Main body and the front and rear bogey sections. It would have to be assembled in surveyor (not at all difficult). If you can find photos from as close to directly from the side and can tell me what the wheel base of the bogeys is I can probably work something up from there. Might be a little off but not to far.
Ben
Hi Ben,
The only info I have on the cars is the video that is on You Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-pLwLYpj6k When we were making the dome ends, we didn't know even what they were used for. Just the roomer of submarine "gas". The only other thing is there 10 ft. round, the one end had a large rad. on it with a bolt circle. A large ring was bolted on that for manufacturing. Looks like a flatcar on top of two three truck flat cars.
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Don
The only info I have on the cars is the video that is on You Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-pLwLYpj6k When we were making the dome ends, we didn't know even what they were used for. Just the roomer of submarine "gas". The only other thing is there 10 ft. round, the one end had a large rad. on it with a bolt circle. A large ring was bolted on that for manufacturing. Looks like a flatcar on top of two three truck flat cars.
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Don
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I'd be more worried if Pan Am Railways was hauling this.
John
Oh yes. Should've stayed being an airline...