09-20-2010, 11:07 PM
Gary S Wrote:DODX = Department of Defense (er, hope that ain't too obvious :? )
That's gotta be the weirdest piece of rollingstock I've ever seen. The radioactive fuel cannister idea seems plausible to me.
Not only plausible. That actually is a nuclear fuel rod cask car, designed to keep radioactivity safely contained in the case of an accident. I've seen pictures of them before. Probably empty - no guards visible on the photo :-)
Technically they are heavy flat cars, but they tend to get the "what the heck is that weird looking car" reaction :-)
All the ones I have seen pictures of were numbered in the series DODX 388xx series.
Grin,
Stein