SALfan Seems like I've seen pictures of 85-foot boxcars (or maybe it's my meds kicking in again). Anyway, an unbroken cut of 102,000 of the 85-footers would be over 1640 miles long. If 65-foot is a more common length, 102,000 of them coupled together would be over 1250 miles long. Either way, that's a LOT (like a quadruple sh**load) of boxcars. To put it in terms of distances at least some of us have thought of lately, 1640 miles is both tracks of UP's double-tracking project from San Antonio, TX to Los Angeles. If someone ordered that many cars from a carbuilder, that carbuilder's executive staff would all croak from heart attacks.
Seems like I've seen pictures of 85-foot boxcars (or maybe it's my meds kicking in again). Anyway, an unbroken cut of 102,000 of the 85-footers would be over 1640 miles long. If 65-foot is a more common length, 102,000 of them coupled together would be over 1250 miles long. Either way, that's a LOT (like a quadruple sh**load) of boxcars. To put it in terms of distances at least some of us have thought of lately, 1640 miles is both tracks of UP's double-tracking project from San Antonio, TX to Los Angeles. If someone ordered that many cars from a carbuilder, that carbuilder's executive staff would all croak from heart attacks.
If we were building 102K cars that might be enough demand to even fire up a steel mill or two in the US
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
"As a forced laborer, Krzemieniecki was compelled to work as a "sorter and tabulator" 10 hours per day for two years. He never realized that his work involved the transportation of Jews to gas chambers. "I only know that this very modern equipment made possible the control of all the railway traffic in the General Government," he said. Krzemieniecki recalled that an "outside technician," who spoke German and Polish and "did not work for the railroad," was almost constantly on-site to keep the machines running, performing major maintenance monthly. IBM's tailored railroad-management programs, several million custom-designed punch cards printed at IBM's print shop at 6 Rymarska Street, across from the Warsaw Ghetto, and the railway's leased machines were under the New York-controlled subsidiary in Warsaw, not the German subsidiary, Dehomag."
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/Holocaust/black.html
The government is already in the railroad business. Amtrak. Julie has your name. Julie has your number. Your reservation awaits.
BaltACD SALfan Seems like I've seen pictures of 85-foot boxcars (or maybe it's my meds kicking in again). Anyway, an unbroken cut of 102,000 of the 85-footers would be over 1640 miles long. If 65-foot is a more common length, 102,000 of them coupled together would be over 1250 miles long. Either way, that's a LOT (like a quadruple sh**load) of boxcars. To put it in terms of distances at least some of us have thought of lately, 1640 miles is both tracks of UP's double-tracking project from San Antonio, TX to Los Angeles. If someone ordered that many cars from a carbuilder, that carbuilder's executive staff would all croak from heart attacks. If we were building 102K cars that might be enough demand to even fire up a steel mill or two in the US
Johnny
Have fun with your trains
The fun part of this for those of us familiar with railroading (even at the hobby level) is understanding that what these conspiracy theorists see as gospel is, in fact, not only unlikely, but near impossible. Or at least highly implausible.
But that's never stopped 'em before!
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Where's the 102000 recall notices. They forgot the shackles and chains!
Think they'll use regular boxcars, or spring for plug doors?
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zugmann Think they'll use regular boxcars, or spring for plug doors?
Plug doors - the better to muffle the moans coming from within...
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