Marty Fitzhenry has his Wall . . .

WOW !!!!   is all I can say.

Very cool, some nice company on that car.

Now that is COOL!

-Greg

very cool

That is great a great piece and congratulations to your daughter.

It's encouraging to hear of young people with high achievement.  You should be proud of her.

Alan

She graduated high school as valedictorian in a 350 member class with straight As throughout high school then completed a degree in chemical engineering and music at the University of Missouri, graduating magna cum laude.  She summited Kilimanjoro in April and next it is on to Stanford at the end of the month.

That's cool what she had done with the train car! Congratulations to you and especially your daughter, the next generation of NASA. I hope she does very well at Stanford and ends up with the dream job of her choice. That is quite an accomplishment and I wish her well! 

The Portland Rose posted:

Rocket transport will commence again soon from the shadow of Promontory Summit to the Kennedy Space Center as the Space Launch System draws closer to returning NASA to human spaceflight on the strength of America’s own rockets and best technology.

Neat car, great memento of her time there.

As My wife and I were driving up to the Golden Spike National Historic Site a few years ago. We passed that facility and wondered what that was. Thanks for clearing that up.

The solid rocket boosters are tested near the base of the Promontory Summit.  There is a rocket “garden” at that location with a Space Shuttle booster on display.

There is a loading facility some miles east of this location at Corinne, Utah (aka “Solid Rocket City”) where solid rocket booster segments are loaded onto rail cars for transport to and assembly at Kennedy Space Center.  The Space Launch System will continue to use solid rocket boosters as well as souped up versions of the Space Shuttle’s RS-25 engines.

Near Promontory. . . .

Also known as Solid Rocket City

https://www.popularmechanics.c...s-nasa-solid-rocket/

Congratulations. You should be very proud of her. I'm sure it took a substantial effort by you and your wife to guide her along her path as she developed. As a signer of Marty's Wall, I feel significantly outclassed.

Gerry

Most excellent!

I grabbed these two images of that facility off Google Earth. I see that we only passed a small section of the property before reaching the entrance to the Historic Site. We never got to the main structure before turning off. From the road it was a rather sinister looking series of out buildings. The pin is in the Golden Spike which is a real hidden gem in the middle of nowhere.

Here's a closer shot of the facility. It appears to be spread out and over four miles in length, and about two miles wide. I guess something like this is best done away from the neighbors. I hate the Fourth of July when my neighbors shoot off fireworks.

The Popular Mechanics article (linked in the 4th post above) takes you inside the facility.  As you travel NW from Ogden near the UP Tracks you see a facility to the right of the road just NW of Corinne, Utah for rail transport of SRB segments and other rocket/missile product.  Huge cars with large covers are seen outside the building and the loading area has a large fence surrounding it.  Corinne, Utah was the last “Hell on Wheels” town in the construction of the Union Pacific.

http://www.trainweb.org/ogdensub/Rocket.html

http://www.trainboard.com/high...id-im-special.41224/

That's awesome!!

That is absolutely Traintastic!!!!!!  

As Holly wraps up her week at Marshall with Stanford in her sight, the rocket transport continues to draw attention with autographs from:

Chris Ferguson, Pilot STS 115 (Atlantis), Commander STS 126 (Endeavour), and Commander STS 135 (Atlantis)

Eric  Boe, Pilot STS 126 (Endeavour) and Pilot STS 133 Endeavour

Nicole Mann - commercial crew with a great message - “The sky is NOT the limit!”  Ms. Mann is a graduate of the 2013 astronaut class and is assigned to the first flight of the Boeing Starliner.

Sunita Williams - mission specialist and flight engineer, STS 116 (Discovery) and mission specialist and flight engineer, STS 117 (Atlantis).

Good to see this activity: there is a future with up and coming new talent and plans to go with.

Mark

By far one of the neatest autograph cars I have ever witnessed in this hobby. I hope you don't mind, but we will be featuring a photo of this car with a link to this thread over on the OGR Facebook page on Wednesday. Send our best to Holly and thank her for doing something very unique with this car!

Huntsville, Alabama (home of Marshall Space Flight Center) is affectionately known as “Rocket City”.  The first thing you see when opening the door out of Holly’s apartment is a full scale Saturn V on the museum grounds where the below photos were taken.   Corinne, Utah - mentioned in a post above as the origin for the rocket transport train - calls itself “Solid Rocket City”.

Last year, for her birthday, I gave Holly a model of the Saturn S1b - predecessor to the Saturn V.  S1b had 9 successful launches including Apollo-Soyuz, Apollo 5, Apollo 7 and several Skylab missions.  Holly got to meet Fred Haise of Apollo 13 and he “tagged” her S1b model.

The S1b was also slated to be the launch vehicle for Apollo 1.  I will forever remember the sacrifice Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee made for our space program.

Notch 6, please use any of the photographs you desire.  The photos with NASA personnel do not belong to me but were shared with Holly.  I took the photo of the Saturn V and the Promontory rocket garden.

TOTALLY AWESOME! Your daughter has accomplished much and will do more!

Great thread.  Thanks for sharing.  Holly is going to have the best "rocket train" ever.

It is inspiring to learn about young people achieving so much.  I was thrilled about the space program when I was growing up and I am still thrilled today.

NH

The Portland Rose posted:

She graduated high school as valedictorian in a 350 member class with straight As throughout high school then completed a degree in chemical engineering and music at the University of Missouri, graduating magna cum laude.  She summited Kilimanjoro in April and next it is on to Stanford at the end of the month.

Wow, she is definitely an achiever.  Your are certainly justified in your parental pride.

Sounds like she might be the one who can properly direct the rebuilding of that poor old Pennsylvania K4 4-6-2 that has been so badly mismanaged in previous failed attempts.

Very cool.    You should be very proud of her.

Neat!

Peter

This is fantastic, and I know you are very proud, she probably inherited her ability to accomplish this mission from Her Parents.  Congratulations, and if You ever go to Huntsville, Ala., I live approximately 3 hours away... Your welcome to stop by, we would be honored to meet you....Great Post. Thank you...

Thanks for the invite Larry!  I hope to take you up on that offer soon!  I wait with anticipation to see where Holly ends up following the master’s degree program in aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford.  She is quite interesting to follow.  Previously she worked at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois, and got me in to see the Tevatron which has been rendered obsolete by the Large Hadron Collider.  I feel privileged to be able to follow the path she is making.

Thank you Portland Rose, yes, our kids, bless their hearts, take us all over the Country, even OverSeas...Thank You, please keep us informed...Although we were unable to have a daughter, we do have 6 sons and they are all great in their own way.  I sure enjoyed your pictures and Huntsville has an exceptional Space Center. I know Holly is your inspiration, I am so happy for you. By the way, I am retired, and your welcome anytime.  Happy Railroading...