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Re: Unidentified deep well flatcar
They were going to explode the gadget inside that so if it were a dud, they could recover the hideously valuable plutonium.
Thanks!
Brian Ehni
(Sent from my iPhone)
They were going to explode the gadget inside that so if it were a dud, they could recover the hideously valuable plutonium.
Thanks!
Brian Ehni
(Sent from my iPhone)
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BRIAN PAUL EHNI
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Re: Unidentified deep well flatcar
IIRC Newport News.
Thanks!
Brian Ehni
(Sent from my iPhone)
IIRC Newport News.
Thanks!
Brian Ehni
(Sent from my iPhone)
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BRIAN PAUL EHNI
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Re: Unidentified deep well flatcar
Some more information and pictures (including a steam era freight car). : )
https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/jumbo
Best,
Stic Harris--
- Stic
Some more information and pictures (including a steam era freight car). : )
https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/jumbo
Best,
Stic Harris--
- Stic
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Stic Harris
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Re: Unidentified deep well flatcar
The photo was taken at Pope, New Mexico, during the unloading of Jumbo. Pope is on the Santa Fe line from Albuquerque to El Paso.
okladivjohn@...
The photo was taken at Pope, New Mexico, during the unloading of Jumbo. Pope is on the Santa Fe line from Albuquerque to El Paso.
okladivjohn@...
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John Moore
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Re: steam era freight car images, dating from 1900 to 1942
Hi Craig and List Members,
Craig, you are refering to this image I believe...
https://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/s/1xy326
I like the fact that one can zoom in a whole lot for
Hi Craig and List Members,
Craig, you are refering to this image I believe...
https://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/s/1xy326
I like the fact that one can zoom in a whole lot for
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Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
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#162800
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Re: Unidentified deep well flatcar
First A bomb
Paul Doggett England 🏴
First A bomb
Paul Doggett England 🏴
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Paul Doggett
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Station reports (was UP 175288 in 1938 - emigrants)
Tony responded to Tim:
and so does the _AAR Accounting Rules_ book.
Here’s a sample CT100 from the Suncook Valley
Tony responded to Tim:
and so does the _AAR Accounting Rules_ book.
Here’s a sample CT100 from the Suncook Valley
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Earl Tuson
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Re: Unidentified deep well flatcar
I think this is a photo from Hannaford, Washington, and not from Los Alamos.
It's probably a reactor vessel of some kind.
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Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts
I think this is a photo from Hannaford, Washington, and not from Los Alamos.
It's probably a reactor vessel of some kind.
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Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts
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Tim O'Connor
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Re: Unidentified deep well flatcar
Makes sense. It’s not the gadget, and there’s no containing the actual nuclear explosion IF it occurs].
Dan Mitchell
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Makes sense. It’s not the gadget, and there’s no containing the actual nuclear explosion IF it occurs].
Dan Mitchell
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Daniel A. Mitchell
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Re: Unidentified deep well flatcar
Such vessels, including the shell for the “gadget”, were to contain the explosive force of the conventional explosives (TNT, whatever, used to compress the nuclear core material) … should the
Such vessels, including the shell for the “gadget”, were to contain the explosive force of the conventional explosives (TNT, whatever, used to compress the nuclear core material) … should the
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Daniel A. Mitchell
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Re: Unidentified deep well flatcar
Thanks, Don for that clarification. It makes more sense than a containment vessel for the explosion.
Bill
Thanks, Don for that clarification. It makes more sense than a containment vessel for the explosion.
Bill
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Bill Daniels <billinsf@...>
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Re: Unidentified deep well flatcar
That's Jumbo, a large metal casing (214 tons) that was designed to hold the Gadget. The idea was that if the TNT exploded but the plutonium didn't, it would contain the explosion and no plutonium
That's Jumbo, a large metal casing (214 tons) that was designed to hold the Gadget. The idea was that if the TNT exploded but the plutonium didn't, it would contain the explosion and no plutonium
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Jeff
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Re: Unidentified deep well flatcar
Bill,
Actually the container was designed to retain the nuclear material if the regular explosive went off but the bomb did not detonate. My father was a military officer assigned to the
Bill,
Actually the container was designed to retain the nuclear material if the regular explosive went off but the bomb did not detonate. My father was a military officer assigned to the
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Don Burn
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Re: Unidentified deep well flatcar
Actually, Dan, there WAS a vessel designed and built to contain a nuclear bomb... strange as it may seem. Frankly, when I first read about it, I didn’t think it would work, and apparently it was
Actually, Dan, there WAS a vessel designed and built to contain a nuclear bomb... strange as it may seem. Frankly, when I first read about it, I didn’t think it would work, and apparently it was
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Bill Daniels <billinsf@...>
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Re: Unidentified deep well flatcar
Whatever it is, it’s NOT “the gadget”, the first A-bomb. It’s too large, and altogether the wrong shape. It looks like a pressure vessel, possibly a reactor containment vessel. "The Gadget”
Whatever it is, it’s NOT “the gadget”, the first A-bomb. It’s too large, and altogether the wrong shape. It looks like a pressure vessel, possibly a reactor containment vessel. "The Gadget”
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Daniel A. Mitchell
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Re: steam era freight car images, dating from 1900 to 1942
Claus, Thanks in particular for the photo of the string of 28' UP Boxcars. This is very helpful to me!
Craig Bisgeier
Claus, Thanks in particular for the photo of the string of 28' UP Boxcars. This is very helpful to me!
Craig Bisgeier
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Craig Bisgeier
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Unidentified deep well flatcar
Hi folks,
Does anyone have any idea of what railroad owned the deep well flatcar in the photo attached
that the first A-bomb was being unloaded from in the desert? This is from recently released
Hi folks,
Does anyone have any idea of what railroad owned the deep well flatcar in the photo attached
that the first A-bomb was being unloaded from in the desert? This is from recently released
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Donald B. Valentine <riverman_vt@...>
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Accurail gondola upgrade
Clark Propst shares his work on an Accurail HO scale gondola kit in the latest Resin Car Works blog post. He adds a few simple details inspired by a C&NW prototype.
Clark Propst shares his work on an Accurail HO scale gondola kit in the latest Resin Car Works blog post. He adds a few simple details inspired by a C&NW prototype.
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Eric Hansmann
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Re: steam era freight car images, dating from 1900 to 1942
Interesting shots, Claus... one of the most interesting to me was the 7th (I think) shot down from the top which shows a small box on the ground alongside the car... it is a wooden 8x10 field camera
Interesting shots, Claus... one of the most interesting to me was the 7th (I think) shot down from the top which shows a small box on the ground alongside the car... it is a wooden 8x10 field camera
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Bill Daniels <billinsf@...>
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Re: ICC Val Survey Equipment records
Hello Earl...
You can obtain the complete scanned set from Allen Stanley's Railroad Data Exchange.
He writes: "I run a labor of love called The Railroad Data Exchange with the end goal of preserving
Hello Earl...
You can obtain the complete scanned set from Allen Stanley's Railroad Data Exchange.
He writes: "I run a labor of love called The Railroad Data Exchange with the end goal of preserving
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Eric Lombard
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