Petersburg VA 05.21.11: Q400, The Auto Train, And A Gigantic Dumbbell-Looking Thingy
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 พ.ค. 2011
- After Q401 took care of business and got on its way again, it was time for its opposite number to take its turn in the yard. While Q400's crew took great care in conducting their pickup down to the last inch, the detector at milepost 17.4 announced the imminent arrival of the southbound Auto Train. A few minutes later and out it blasted from beneath the Halifax Road overpass, led by P40 818 and P42 78. The AT is always a welcome sight, but my attention was also drawn to the AC6000 leading Q400, as well as the stainless-steel glint that appeared to be coming from somewhere behind the lashup.
Finally, a few moments after the Auto Train had passed Q400 was reassembled and ready for departure. AC6000CW 622 led the way, followed by C40-8W 7830, SD70MAC 4733, SD40-2 8030 - and one car back from the head end, DODX 39472, a 12-axle flat loaded with a cask for transporting spent nuclear fuel rods. It was undoubtedly a tough act to follow, even for the faded 'C&O For Progress' 2-bay hopper that appeared later (at 5:38), so I folded for the evening and headed home.
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That dumbbell container is a M-290 shipping container, It is empty if it is in general freight and because there are not any placards on the container it is new.
The vessel container is on a marked DODX railcar meaning that the car and the containment vessel probably belong to the U.S. Dept. of Defense, most likely for shipping nuclear material of some kind. Most than likely, it was an empty vessel being moved to somewhere else as it was being pulled with other general freight cars and there was no (DODX) caboose on the end this consist.
Correct. I've seen a few of the flats since then, both with and without the vessel (and one loaded one via streaming webcam), but the one in this clip remains my southernmost sighting.
Videos (and titles and despcriptions) never fail to amaze me!
If there was a Department of Defense caboose on the end of the train, then you would know somethings up
They accompany the nuclear material to its destination?
@@jshepard152 or alien kool aid
Gigantic Stanley cup trophy
Wow! Talk about a train! Awesome video and catch!
I came upon the car without the flask and had no idea what it was until I spoke with my friend and he looked the number up to let me know what it was used for. Then he found your video and sent it to me. I know know more about this car and what it carries and while watching your vid I can see what it looks like loaded. Thanks for sharing your great video :-))
Great job on this one, you had some great lighting.
That car carries U-235 aka uranium or other radioactive material and must be handled with care.
My response is a bit later than normal, but I want to say that it's always cool seeing trains originate, and I really love that shot, by the way... ;)
Awesome video!
nice shot man!
Nuke "Thing-am-Jig" !!!!! Lol : D
Nice video!
WOW Great Catch
A gigantic dumbbell thingy.......I'm speechless.....
'CSX - How Tomorrow's Thingies Move'.
I've never seen a railcar like that dumbbell lookin 1 before.
Whats up Man nice catch
They are for spent fuel rods, we have 9 of those cars in our shipyard for the decommissioning of the USS Enterprise.
+Stuart West don't you mean the "STARSHIP ENTERPRISE"??
starship? really? Childish
American Railfan star trek reference...
Budweiser should make Keg cars like that
I still miss the caboose. Incomplete train.
someone found the green giant's dumbell !!!!
The dumbbell is a radioactive transport coffin.
Flask, not coffin.. a coffin is what is buried in the ground with a dead person in it
That was Oprah Winfrey's kegel exercise device. My friend built it.
A big boy would look nice on this freight train
Nice capture..
Can I use this video in my train compilation video credit to you in video will be given
Thanks, glad you like it! As long as you give credit to me, that's fine if you want to use it in a compilation.
@@FastFlyingVirginian Thank you 😊
What's the load on that 16 axel flat car looks like a part for a space ship or some stainless steel tank of some sort. Nice catches
UPDetector coffin for spent nuclear fuel.
UPDetector it is a spent nuclear reactor fuel shipping cask.
DODX markings and a crapload of wheels. Checks out.
I saw this exact load today in nc
@FastFlyingVirginian Ha good one.
It’s empty nothin it. It’s being transported from the manufacturer.
Looks like a steam turbine for a power plant.
3:57 Best view of the nuclear thingy.
@@patrickmoore8391
We thank you, and so does the thingy.
That is a lot of freight.
It's Chuck Norris' new dumbell.
Headed to the shipyard for defueling.
Maybe to one of the sub bases in the north? Or headed east to Newport News once it reaches Richmond?
What could it be???
M-260 Shipping container for transport of spent (Navy) nuclear fuel.
If it is nuclear, it's empty. If it was loaded it be on a train by it self with escort in caboose.
thats a radioactive liquid filled car on that train!!!!!
Not at all.
it looks to be a hydrogen cell for a power facility
pretty sure its a nuclear flask tho it shouldn’t be that close to other carts
It's empty in this case, so it's fine. If it were loaded, then it would be in a dedicated move.
That's nuclear material all right.
Hmmm ... dumbbell-shaped flask contained spent nuclear fuel cells. Can anyone say GLOW TRAIN? Hello!
Get out of here... that is not funny at all, and radioactive material does not glow as much as you think
radioactive fuel pellets do glow but not from radiation its from heat. You can watch old videos of them replacing fuel pellets by hand and they come out white hot.
That nuclear waste flask is too obvious, they should disguise it in some way, maybe make it look like a regular tank car.
They only travel like this when they are unloaded. Loaded ones travel in a dedicated move and are pretty well guarded/monitored.