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| Author: | wilkinsd [ Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Railway Preservation in an Unexpected Place |
Being a native of Kentucky, and living only about 3 hours from Dayton, I have been meaning to return to the Air Force Museum for about the last 15 years, since my father first took me. Since I was home on holiday break, I made the trip yesterday. Now called the National Museum of the United States Airforce, the museum is impressive. The additional indoor display areas they have created means there aren't many planes parked outside. What did suprise me were two pieces of railway preservation in an unlikely place, at the museum. In the World War II wing, a restored French 40 and 8 boxcar was used in a diorama to explain POW transport by the Germans during the war. The boxcar looked to be in excellent condition, and even sat on a portion of European-looking track, (rails held down by square-headed bolts in stead of spikes). Outise, there was the launch car for the MX missile system. It's a pretty big piece of rail equiment, and it is nicely painted. It was nice to see such nicely-maintained equipment in an unlikely location. Aircraft preservation poses many of the similar challenges as does railway preservation. |
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| Author: | bbunge [ Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Railway Preservation in an Unexpected Place |
It's been a number of years since I've seen them, but the US Army Ordnance Museum in Aberdeen, MD, has a German WW II 280mm Rail Gun "Anzio Annie". When I was there in '94 it was in primer paint, this undated view appears to show more recently: http://www.ordmusfound.org/leopold.html The museum on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard in DC has a USN 14-inch rail gun that was used in Europe during WWI. In the mid '90s when I was last there, inside the museum they had a nice display about the gun, including film of the gun being fired and related artifacts. These USN guns were an interesting example of the US' manufacturing savvy, as I recall they were designed and built in just a few months. Some photos from the time including a mosaic of an entire train: http://www.gwpda.org/naval/wusrw000.htm Bob |
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