In case you didn't know (I didn't), Lionel's UP rocket booster train is modeled after a prototype that recently delivered components for the Artemis booster rockets to Titusville FL (Cape Canaveral). Cool stuff!
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I found this interesting in the linked document:
"Due to the extreme heft of the shipment, car placement in the train “consist” (or the sequence of rail cars) required careful planning. To distribute the weight evenly across the entire train, “buffer cars” were placed in between each of the customized flatcars carrying the booster rocket motor segments. Each buffer boxcar is filled with 50,000 pounds of concrete to improve train handling."
That's about 1,000 lbs per boxcar at 1:48.
What does it cost to ship the Lionel set by mail?
Mike
@Mellow Hudson Mike posted:I found this interesting in the linked document:
"Due to the extreme heft of the shipment, car placement in the train “consist” (or the sequence of rail cars) required careful planning. To distribute the weight evenly across the entire train, “buffer cars” were placed in between each of the customized flatcars carrying the booster rocket motor segments. Each buffer boxcar is filled with 50,000 pounds of concrete to improve train handling."
That's about 1,000 lbs per boxcar at 1:48.
What does it cost to ship the Lionel set by mail?
Mike
For weight your divide by 48 three times. So 7 ounces.
@rplst8 posted:For weight your divide by 48 three times. So 7 ounces.
So much for my feeble attempt at humor ...
Mike
Curious that they have to maintain an optimal 75 degree temp for some of the pieces, including the nozzles, I think. Kinda hard to maintain a 75 degree temp when those rockets fire, but I'm not a rocket scientist. Still, it sounds to me like a future failure waiting to happen.
@Mellow Hudson Mike posted:So much for my feeble attempt at humor ...
Sorry.
Well, at least it is 75F and not 75C!
Chris
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