Well, you’re honor, I was doing some “Reserch” on another special interest site and found this.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=378661
Very much “Well I never did”
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By: Bager1968 - 22nd October 2011 at 06:25
The US military still owns a decent amount of rolling stock.
Hill AFB (Ogden, Utah) is home to the “Defense Generator and Rail Equipment Center”, which rebuilds locomotives every seven to nine years, and then places them back into service elsewhere. Hill Air Force Base is also responsible for the annual inspection and maintenance of all DOD rolling stock.
By: J Boyle - 21st October 2011 at 23:08
It gives a new meaning to the term motion simulator.
You have to remember, back in the old days simulators were high-tech and SAC wanted to be able to move them to various bases.
Most SAC bases had rail lines into them (a few, like Fairchild and Griffiss, were WWII depots or they used them to bring fuel onto the installation) so the rail car idea worked out nicely.
As the caption indicates, the photo shows the one at Fairchild AFB, Washington which has had the rail cars as a part of its base museum since the early 80s and I can recall seeing them on the base back in the 60s. I’d assume there are others as well.
By: Peter - 21st October 2011 at 21:33
Well thats certainly a different simulator setup!
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