From: Ronzo (rojoha@attbi.com)
Date: Sun Jan 12 2003 - 16:29:18 PST
They will deliver a flat car or whatever other rolling stock you
specify. It's up to you to load and secure your equipment. You provide all
chains, cribbing etcetera to meet whatever requirements they give you. A
railroad employee will inspect the load before they send a local for pickup
of the car. During movement, your load will be kept under constant
surveillance by the conductor and brakeman in the caboose. Wait a minute,
the caboose is now only a fable, as is the safety of your property.
After it's picked up, the fun begins.
As it gets humped to sidings in various nameless cities, your equipment
will be thoroughly inspected by various folks looking for pilferable or just
plain neat stuff that no one is around to stop them from taking. Think eBay
potential.
Each piece of equipment will be 'tagged' by neo classical artists
indicating the tribal territories the car pauses in. Potentially dangerous
glass items will be checked to assure that it is 'safety glass' by Non
Destruct Testing methods....NOT!!!
Some tribes will attempt to enforce their own interpretations of the
NFPA code by checking coverings and other components for flammability and
controlled ignition.
Trucker will get your load from point A to B ASAP since down time costs
HIM money. Will park with other like minded truckers who enforce exclusivity
of their ranks and discourage 'inquisitive minds' by means of a Budd Wrench
breaker bar. You can follow your load in a POV if you have developed an
attachment to it over the course of your restoration. Railroad ties raise
hell with suspension of POV if you try to follow train that has your load.
Trains work best for high volume, low value, low theft interest items in
bulk. Trucks are the way to go. And insure whatever to the max no matter
what way you go.
Good luck on your adventure....
----- Original Message -----
From: <renactr2@aol.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 1:20 PM
Subject: [MV] moving armor by rail today
> Hi list,
> In order to attend some ww2 events farther away from the Philadelphia
area, I need to look as trasporting several tracked or armoured vehicles at
one time.
>
> Has anyone had any recent experiance with contacting a modern train line
and trying to get a tank shipped?
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