Union Pacific Anyone?

Maxamillion

Trainz Fanatic!
Hi,
Post your Union Pacific shots here!
Heres mine,
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Regards
Max
 
The Union Pacific never released this beast to the public, they said..."it all went horribly wrong, its harmful to the United States and NASA if anyone finds out..."

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I got a lucky shot while they were testing it...
 
It's a schaebel(Spelling?). It's used for checking bridge strength. More about it in the interesting loads thread.
 
Erm... that's interesting. You sure they're not used for carrying oversized loads? ;)

JB

IT's...there's only two of those cars in the world. One is somewhere in Italy ( not sure if there even is another, its a rumor that I've heard) and the other is in Duluth, Minnesota where I work. It is the largest railcar in the world. It carries up to four times its own weight. So roughly it carries around a million pounds. And it was built to carry the the long overweight tower pieces (whatever they are called) for oil refineries.
 
There's more than one so I'll stick with "they're" thanks... there are actually around 60 of them dotted around the world ;)

JB
 
Yep there are more than you'd think, in fact the UK is one of the few countries that doesn't have one in operation (as far as I'm aware anyway). The Germans have quite a few as do the French. Whilst travelling overnight in Italy I saw two in the same train! (not sure if they were Italian-owned though)

JB
 
Erm... that's interesting. You sure they're not used for carrying oversized loads? ;)

JB

We call them Tragschnabelwagen Uai 839, they are the biggest wagons ever to run on German track (excepting some heavy rail cannon) at 32 axles and we normally use them for hauling heavy electrical transformers for power plants and stuff. Deutsche Bahn does have at least one in service but I don't know how many more they have, they also have specialized lorries for carrying the transformers from an unloading station to the power plant. There is one I know of for Trainz but payware, it can be found here.

WileeCoyote:D
 
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