Edika Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 nice thread! nice cars! nice chilled express! i like railfan stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Morpheus Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 Originally posted by aowltpaowltp 1st of all what the fuck is that in the 1st pic???? That car is called a "Schnabel Rail Car", below is some info attached to those who care enough to read on and self educate. How do you ship steam generators that weigh 790 tons? You use the world's largest rail car, a 370-ton car that's 287-feet, l0-inches long when loaded and 18-feet high unloaded. Southern Railway did exactly that when two steam generators were moved recently from near Charleston, S.C., to Duke Power Company's Cherokee Nuclear Station near Gafney, S.C. CSX also helped make the delivery. Together, the car and one of the generators weighed 2,308,086 pounds. This was the largest and heaviest shipment ever to move by rail. The generators rode atop a 36 axle Schnabel rail car owned by Combustion Engineering of Windsor, Conn. Making three trips--each ranging from three to six days and covering over 300 miles one way--the car transported a total shipment of more than 2,000 tons of nuclear generator components. Manufactured at Combustion Engineering's Chattanooga facility, the components--two 790-ton steam generators and a 490-ton reactor vessel-were shipped by barge to the Bushy Park industrial area in Goose Creek about 15 miles north of Charleston. The barge arrived in Charleston after a 12 day, 2,600-mile trip on the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi rivers, around the tip of Florida and up the Atlantic coast. Direct shipment by rail from Tennessee was impossible because of tunnels and the terrain. The Schnabel car's self-contained power system was used in place of a crane to unload the barge at a slip on the Cooper River. The car carried the components one at a time to their destination. Additional equipment weighing 170 tons was carried on flat cars in the Schnabel train. The Schnabel car supports its load between two individual car halves. The load is suspended between the car halves on arms with self-contained power systems for lifting, lowering and maneuvering the. The lifting arms can rotate laterally 45 degrees to either side of the car's center-line and together will support 880 tons. With the car halves on converging tracks on each side of a barge slip, the car itself can lift and move its cargo. Once the load is properly suspended, it proceeds with a locomotive and auxiliary cars as an independent train traveling at a maximum speed of 15 mph. The power systems on the car permit changing the position of the load by as much as 44 inches vertically and 40 inches horizontally. This feature proves very handy when there's a large tree near the track or when the car passes under a low bridge. Multiple axles on the undercarriage allow a shipment to navigate horizontal curves having a 191-foot radius and vertical curves having a 2,000-foot radius. Krupp Industrie und Stahlbau of West Germany built the car to Combustion Engineering's specifications. Railroad personnel accompanying the Schnabel train to the Duke power plant removed and replaced more than 350 small obstructions, such as signs, switch stand targets, poles and wires, during each of the three trips. In addition, the car had to be shifted, raised or lowered more than 200 times to get around or under permanent obstructions and to provide stability on curved superelevated track along the route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalterSobcek Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 Doo new snappy crabbles giggli schock Hot cars. Nice pics. YELP is a buster. Give me money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Morpheus Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 http://forums.railfan.net/Images/RollingStock/photo4a.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Morpheus Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 Today's update, since no one is contributing I'm surprised at the lack of negative comments. Thanks guys! http://freight.railfan.ca/akmd/akmd1030.jpg'> http://freight.railfan.ca/bn/bn313226.jpg'> http://freight.railfan.ca/gvsr/gvsr750021.jpg'> http://freight.railfan.ca/gvsr/gvsr768154.jpg'> http://freight.railfan.ca/hs/hs7962.jpg'> http://freight.railfan.ca/hs/hs11132.jpg'> http://freight.railfan.ca/hs/hs61496.jpg'> http://freight.railfan.ca/wc/wc27744.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pants Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 these are acidents silly railfans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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amish son Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 EASTCOAST FR8S!!!! THAT IS ONE DOPE BRIGHT ASS WHOLECAR! LOOKS BRAND NEW! whats the second flick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostvandal Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 you post blows!! nice research on those sites. all good quality pieces. three thumbs up!!!! tha new sever/heat is really something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rob deer Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 this post is great. and that king...who wouldn't take a picture of that? any one who couldn't appreciate that is one uptight asshole. do any of these guys know you're uploading their stuff for the "dark side?" I always thought about linking 12oz metal heads to trains.com...maybe we could finally get a full cover to cover spread. "optimistic sarcasm" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beardo Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 never tire of seeing king pieces. goddamn. perfect every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Morpheus Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 If anf of you are rail fans? peep this http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You All Rott Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Fucking King & Heat. I'm loving flicks with the whole freight in them... they make it extremely difficult for me to think straight. :dazed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Former Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 I have to say that finding graf on railfan sites is very satisfying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrooper Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 LEPO! http://www.neiconi.com/trains/real/CSX/203.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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