NS Nuclear Cask 056 & Monster 169 Cars / 700 Axle NS Freight 310 with Blue #4000

Any glowing lights?

@Tinplate Art posted:

Any glowing lights?

No.

What is suppose to be in this cask??  I do not see any placards on the cask!?

Ron

SORRY, just could not resist! :-)

Tom, It is something very unique for sure!  

Bob, Yes that looks like it!

@PRRronbh posted:

What is suppose to be in this cask??  I do not see any placards on the cask!?

Ron

 

I was told by a friend that what was in that case was spent nuclear fuel.

@Mark Boyce posted:

Tom, It is something very unique for sure!  

Bob, Yes that looks like it!

Thank You Mark.

@dkdkrd posted:

Hmmm.....

Looks like they decided to use the 'schnabel-ette', having had less success with ginormous SCHNABEL....

Looks like some nut forgot the nut....or a cotter pin!?

Must be waiting for the forklift....

Actually they are in the process o loading or unloading that "nuclear reactor" vessel. 

Ron

@Wrawroacx posted:

I was told by a friend that what was in that case was spent nuclear fuel.

After a little research, yes in fact that cask is for long term dry storage of spent fuel assemblies after cooling in a plant's spent fuel pool.  The stations I worked at were no where close to a full spent fuel pool so I never got to see that operation of transferring cooled spent fuel assemblies to this type of storage cask.

Ron 

Looks good to me!

@@T1Titan_ZachF posted:

Looks good to me!

Thank You Zach!!

@PRRronbh posted:

After a little research, yes in fact that cask is for long term dry storage of spent fuel assemblies after cooling in a plant's spent fuel pool.  The stations I worked at were no where close to a full spent fuel pool so I never got to see that operation of transferring cooled spent fuel assemblies to this type of storage cask.

Ron 

Glad I could let you.

Another unique car to model. THANKS, Tom Jr for those photos!

Wow short train with a caboose. That’s pretty unique. Thanks for sharing. That would be a cool car to model. 

@MartyE posted:

Wow short train with a caboose. That’s pretty unique. Thanks for sharing. That would be a cool car to model. 

That caboose is DOD, it contains big burly men with big scary guns.

It is being loaded, There are no trees growing were it is going in Nevada.

Looked as though that train was moving at a fast pace, I bet it gets the green light to where it is going all the way. 

@Tinplate Art posted:

Another unique car to model. THANKS, Tom Jr for those photos!

Thank You Art!!

@MartyE posted:

Wow short train with a caboose. That’s pretty unique. Thanks for sharing. That would be a cool car to model. 

Yes!! The car with the Nuclear Cask would be cool!!