Saw this on the front page of LSC. A good read on the NASA Railroad if you didn’t see it there…
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/NASA_Railroad_Keeps_Shuttle_Boosters_on_Right_Track_999.html
It’s a good article Jon… But they sure needed more pictures… 
Hey, thanks
Nice read
Way back when, in my HO days, I was going to model the Richard M. Nixon Space Port. I had a nice model of Shuttle Columbia and was going to free-lance something that would transport the orbiter by rail from landing site to launch site It never got off paper, but I have some neat drawings of the idea. And yes, more pictures are needed. Google has a few thousand…
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Thanks, Jon.
I’m going to check that out next time I’m in Florida. It would be nice to get a few pictures.
Love the red, white and blue paint scheme.
Ralph
The orange cars are the transport cars for the four segments that make up the solid rocket boosters for the shuttle… eight cars of freight for each launch!