anyone out there have any info on the white trains that ran from 1950 to 1987 ? like car phtos or data . online search came up with very little data and few photos that were usable .
j. c.online search came up with very little data
They were secret. That may be why.
https://www.history.com/news/nuclear-transportation-u-s-white-trains-cold-war
or here:
https://tinyurl.com/y8m2yxc6
Have Fun! Ed
gmpullman j. c. online search came up with very little data They were secret. That may be why. https://www.history.com/news/nuclear-transportation-u-s-white-trains-cold-war or here: https://tinyurl.com/y8m2yxc6 Have Fun! Ed
j. c. online search came up with very little data
thats all the info i found , what i need is basic car size .
Shhh, this is top secret, go home wait for the phone to ring three times, the fourth time answer if the voice doesn't say "thunderball" wait for it to ring five more times, then leave your house and walk north, you will pass four hobos the fifth will say "lightning bolt" that means go down the next alley and there you'll find the information you seek.
Just kidding, will you be building a so called "white train", will you possibly place some of the protesters of the trains existence trackside?
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
NWP SWP Shhh, this is top secret, go home wait for the phone to ring three times, the fourth time answer if the voice doesn't say "thunderball" wait for it to ring five more times, then leave your house and walk north, you will pass four hobos the fifth will say "lightning bolt" that means go down the next alley and there you'll find the information you seek. Just kidding, will you be building a so called "white train", will you possibly place some of the protesters of the trains existence trackside?
i model late 50's , no protesters. just thought it would add interesing opp problem as max speed was 35 mph.
Ah the 50s the atomic age where everything was possible and the dangers of nuclear/radioactive material were not oft thought of.
Still should be interesting to see and operate, good luck!
That "white train" engine in the picture in the article was a an Alco switch engine, certainly NOT an engine you would use on a trainload of nuclear material. Now that might be the plant switcher for the Panatex plant. I have seen a video of a protester who sat down in front of a switch engine spotting cars at one of the weapons facilites and got run over.
Dave H. Painted side goes up. My website : wnbranch.com
It seems like the Amarillo Railroad Museum has a decent collection of equipment.
http://www.amarillorailmuseum.com/white-train
Their web site is, um, lacking. Might be worth a trip with a camera and tape measure?
https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g30165-d5494759-i312283297-Amarillo_Railroad_Museum-Amarillo_Texas.html
Cheers, Ed
Two additions to add. First, Pantex not only built nuclear weapons for submarines, but also for aircraft to carry, artillary shells, land mines, nuclear torpeados, etc. Second. I worked at a DOD location that has an ammuniton area. It used to store nuclear weapons of all types. The special igloos are still there.
gmpullman It seems like the Amarillo Railroad Museum has a decent collection of equipment. http://www.amarillorailmuseum.com/white-train Their web site is, um, lacking. Might be worth a trip with a camera and tape measure? https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g30165-d5494759-i312283297-Amarillo_Railroad_Museum-Amarillo_Texas.html Cheers, Ed
at 860 miles that is out .
after much sluthing i found car data and photos for the (for lack of a better description)upside down hopper cars used to transport the weapon's in the augest 2001 mainline modeler pg 62 to 70, but nothing on the generator car or the escort cars.