Space Shuttle Era: NASA Railroad Keeps Boosters on Track

The NASA Railroad at Kennedy Space Center keeps the space shuttles moving.


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[trainman122]

HA!!!! Eat that Trucking Industry!!!!!!

[pianomanmaestro]

as they say Railroad is one of the most economic ways of transportation...

[geomodelrailroader]

Good work NASA getting those boosters from Thiokol to Kennedy when the Liberty and the SLS come on line your going to do it again.

[cherryadeish]

nice!

[penguinejb]

@priyonjoni it means don't send it over the "hump" of a classification yard.

[legomad11]

nasa called they want their train back

[dwkcamman611]

Wow! Awesome!!!

[belzelga2]

I got one of those SW1500s in HO scale. Best unit in my collection.

[viperq]

Rocket train.

[priyonjoni]

lol do not hump