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 Posted - July 08 2011 : 4:11:37 PM
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I took this picture with my cell phone at the SIEMENS plant in Charlotte NC - They are currently doing a plant expansion and i am there every day delivering concrete which gives me opportunity to photograph their equipment that otherwise is hard to do publicly
This massive rail car is 165 feet long - with a maximum length of 175 feet
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Posted - July 08 2011 : 7:53:14 PM
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O.O  just on the size of it  Do they make one in HO scale? 
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Posted - July 28 2011 : 10:57:14 PM
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How Does That Thing Negociate Turns In a Tunnel! There is No way that thing went Through The Old Fort Loops!
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Posted - July 29 2011 : 12:15:34 PM
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How Tall Is The Load For This Car when loaded? And Which railroad Brought This In, CSX or NS?
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Posted - July 29 2011 : 2:21:47 PM
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| Hi CNVIATyco - NS is the line serving this plant - No - it doesn't go through the loops in Black MTN as it would not clear tunnels. I don't know exact routes this travels to Charlotte - but the generators and turbines come from all over the country to here for rebuild. The height is around 18 - 20 feet with load
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Posted - July 30 2011 : 11:00:14 AM
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Dang! Thats A Tall Car! It Looks Like One Of Those Schnabel Cars
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Posted - August 09 2011 : 12:20:24 PM
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| Bachmann will be releasing one of these (or a very similar Schnabel Car) in HO scale soon. It won't be cheap, but cheaper than brass... with 16 sets of trucks!
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Posted - October 20 2014 : 12:01:43 PM
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I saw this car, or one just like it or similar, passing empty through Kannapolis, NC (30 miles north of Charlotte) just a few days ago! It was at the end of a regular manifest freight, trailed by a Siemens caboose of the same color, and another caboose, in red, with markings I couldn't make out. Quite an unusual sight!
Glenn
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
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