From: Jon Shoop (shoop19@brick.net)
Date: Sun Jan 12 2003 - 18:26:18 PST
I am with Ronzo on that one...not worth it....
Had a friend ship a Centurian.....MBT..cost a fortune to load and
unload......there are fees for loading and unloading that take the gloss of
the cheap shipping.....not to mention the vandals described by Ronzo....
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronzo" <rojoha@attbi.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] moving armor by rail today
> 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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