Trains & Nuke waste container testing

JustInCase Mar 23, 2011

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    JustInCase, Mar 23, 2011
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  2. Mike VE2TRV

    Mike VE2TRV TrainBoard Member

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    I saw that on Destroyed In Seconds on Discovery. Nice smash. :D
     
    Mike VE2TRV, Mar 23, 2011
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  3. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Beautiful. Such a waste to that vintage loco--Baldwin? F-M?
     
    HemiAdda2d, Mar 23, 2011
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  4. ERIE970

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    Better not show that to the grandkids they will want you to do it with your trains!!
     
    ERIE970, Mar 23, 2011
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  5. Mike Sheridan

    Mike Sheridan TrainBoard Member

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    Rocket powered trucks :)

    Better not let UPS hear about that ...
     
    Mike Sheridan, Mar 23, 2011
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  6. Triplex

    Triplex TrainBoard Member

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    Alco MRS-1?
     
    Triplex, Mar 25, 2011
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  7. kevsmith

    kevsmith TrainBoard Member

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    The British loco destroyed in the tests was a Sulzer powered Class 46 1-Co-Co-1 and the wagon was an FNA nuclear Flask wagon. The rest of the wagon fleet are still in action today (I should know, I manage the depot where they are maintained) and we still have a gap in the numbering scheme where FNA 550019 used to be.

    Rumour at the time was that the locomotive had every bolt holding the Sulzer engine in loosened off in Derby Works and left on the last threads so that the thing would fly apart on impact!

    KEV
     
    kevsmith, Jan 4, 2012
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