Cajon Pass on Memorial Day YouTube Video - 10 Engines, 13 Cars, Nuclear Reactor

New Haven JoeOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

I found this video on YouTube. While the entire video is worth watching, there are two especially interesting segments.

First at the 6:25 minute point, there is a train with 10 engines and 13 cars. There is a prototype for everything we do with model trains! I suspect that this is a power balancing move.

Second at the 25 minute point, a Schnable car is carrying a decommissioned nuclear reactor. This is the first time I have seen this type of car in use anywhere. I thought it is interesting that a rail truck leads this train and that the train has several cabooses. NH Joe

12/2/2012:02 AM

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TexasSPOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

The first caboose looks like it's been updated, not sure how to describe but it's more modern looking. I wonder what they are used for as both look like they're in excellent in service shape. That Schnabel was huge too, I have never seen one in person, only videos and pictures, has to be pretty fantastic up close. I have seen road go trailers of similar design though, always with escorts and taking up two lanes.

12/2/209:25 AM

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palallinOGR Forum Member

I wonder if the cabooses are there to shelter security forces.

12/2/209:32 AM

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jhz563OGR Forum Member

How can you tell what that load actually is? By the way, that dwarfs any Schnabel car I have ever seen before - that thing is massive! There is 9 trucks on both ends, obviously powered in some way for the lighting, and an American flag on the leading end!

12/2/2011:17 AM