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Sterling1
Member since
February 2002
From: Traveling in Middle Earth
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Special Equipment
Posted by
Sterling1
on Monday, April 18, 2005 5:06 PM
I was on RailPics today and was looking for some pics of ES44DC units but got this instead:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=102131
Do you know of any other special equipment that companies use?
Do you have any pictures of these special equipment?
It seems for this particular depressed flatcar the middle portion is extendable or something like that.
Also this car seems to be a heavy weight carrying flat car. Any info on these types of cars?
Thanks
Matt
"There is nothing in life that compares with running a locomotive at 80-plus mph with the windows open, the traction motors screaming, the air horns fighting the rush of incoming air to make any sound at all, automobiles on adjacent highways trying and failing to catch up with you, and the unmistakable presence of raw power. You ride with fear in the pit of your stomach knowing you do not really have control of this beast." - D.C. Battle [Trains 10/2002 issue, p74.]
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chad thomas
Member since
January 2005
From: Ely, Nv.
6,312 posts
Posted by
chad thomas
on Monday, April 18, 2005 5:14 PM
That schenable car just went from Houston to Denver. There is quite a thread at trainboard.com
http://www.trainboard.com/ultimatebb.php/ubb/get_topic/f/25/t/000407/p/1.html
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mudchicken
Member since
December 2001
From: Denver / La Junta
10,820 posts
Posted by
mudchicken
on Monday, April 18, 2005 5:18 PM
Matt:
Go back and follow the thread that Ed Blyssard started about Schnabel cars. Then, the special move that Ed in Houston that wound up here in Denver.
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=34480
Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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UPTRAIN
Member since
June 2002
From: Independence, MO
1,570 posts
Posted by
UPTRAIN
on Monday, April 18, 2005 10:33 PM
That's a helluva car.
Pump
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Sterling1
Member since
February 2002
From: Traveling in Middle Earth
795 posts
Posted by
Sterling1
on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:57 PM
144 wheels seriously!!!
Just saw the pic from scrolling down, man that is one long flatcar . . .
Some serious loading . . .
Hmm . . . i wonder how much it costs to transport this reactor . . .
"There is nothing in life that compares with running a locomotive at 80-plus mph with the windows open, the traction motors screaming, the air horns fighting the rush of incoming air to make any sound at all, automobiles on adjacent highways trying and failing to catch up with you, and the unmistakable presence of raw power. You ride with fear in the pit of your stomach knowing you do not really have control of this beast." - D.C. Battle [Trains 10/2002 issue, p74.]
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