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RE: (erielack) AN EDUCATION PAMPHLET FOR LACKAWANNA EMPLOYEES ON THE ATOMIC B...

We all be long to the list, and it is an EL list without any content, so you could talk about mom's apple pie recipe and as long it's on the EL list, it is realated. (Convaluted huh?) :-)





Fred Stratton

MP. 7.2 NS Asheville line

Salisbury, NC


From: cbschneider_@_att.net
Reply-To: cbschneider_@_att.net
To: Frank P Adams <frank.p.adams_@_verizonbusiness.com>, eljefe3126@netscape.net, Njricky2@aim.com, Pat_McKnight@nps.gov, erielack@lists.elhts.org
Subject: RE: (erielack) AN EDUCATION PAMPHLET FOR LACKAWANNA EMPLOYEES ON THE ATOMIC B...
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:23:59 +0000
>Frank,
>Thanks for posting that very interesting bit of information, I enjoyed reading it. To others who might complain about non-EL content I would suggest that since the original post was DL&W related it is not really a serious transgression of list policy to have a few informative responses following. This is just my opinion and I of course can't speak for Paul T. Thank you again.
>
>Charles Schneider
>
>-------------- Original message from Frank P Adams 
<frank.p.adams_@_verizonbusiness.com>: --------------
>
>
> > Jeff,
> >
> > Thanks, on the money comments. The cold war being my previous career, here's
> > some information on Damage to Transportation Equipment - Railroads from "The
> > Effects of Nuclear Weapons" (Glasstone and Dolan, 1977, 3rd edition, signed
> > "To Frank, with Best Wishes Edward Teller")
> >
> > 5.92 Railroad equipment suffered blast damage in Japan and also in tests in
> > Nevada. Like motor vehicles, these targets are primarily drag sensitive and
> > damage can not be directly related to overpressure. At peak overpressure of
> > 2 pounds per square inch from a kiloton range weapon, an empty wooden boxcar
> > may be expected to receive relatively minor damage. At 4 psi overpressure,
> 
> the damage to a loaded boxcar would be more severe (references a picture).
> > At peak overpressure of 6 psi the body of an empty wooden boxcar weighing
> > about 20 tons was lifted off the trucks, i.e. the wheels, axles, etc,
> > carrying the body and landed about 6 feet away. The trucks themselves were
> > pulled off he rails apparently by the brake rods connecting them to the car
> > body. A similar boxcar at the same location loaded with 30 tons of
> > sand-bags remained upright although the sides were badly damaged and the
> > roof demolished, the car was capable of being moved on it's own wheels. At
> > 7.5 psi peak overpressure, a loaded boxcar of the same type was overturned
> > and at 9 psi completely demolished.
> >
> > 5.93 A diesel locomotive weighing 46 tons was exposed to 
a peak overpressure
> > of 6 pounds per square inch while the engine was running. It continued to
> > operate normally after the blast in spite of damage to windows and
> > compartment doors and panels. There was no damage to the railroad track.
> >
> >
> > Frank
> > Colorado Springs, CO
> > ELHTS #52 / ELHS # 2116
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org [mailto:erielack-owner@lists.elhts.org]
> > On Behalf Of eljefe3126_@_netscape.net
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:49 PM
> > To: Njricky2_@_aim.com; Pat_McKnight@nps.gov; erielack@lists.elhts.org
> > Subject: Re: (erielack) AN EDUCATION PAMPHLET FOR LACKAWANNA EMPLOYEES ON
> > THE ATOMIC B...
> >
> > All,
> >
> 
> Actually, the information in this pamphlet is extremely accurate. Just
> > about every single suggestion given would save lives and reduce damage in
> > the event of a nuclear attack. The only information in it that is dated is
> > the bit about the 4,200 foot deadly radius and half-mile range of total
> > destruction. However, in December of 1950, the hydrogen bomb had not yet
> > been invented, and the information in the pamphlet was true for just about
> > every weapon that had been fielded to that point.
> >
> > As it was addressed to railroad employees, I'm surprised that more space
> > wasn't given to the effects of atomic weapons on rolling stock and track
> > structures. Rolling stock oriented end-on to the blast weathers the effects
> > as well as anything short of a concrete 
bunker. But even rolling stock
> > oriented side-on to the blast is surprisingly resistant.
> >
> > And yes, radiation does pass through dirt or walls. However, it is
> > attenuated by its passage, to the point where a few feet of earth can mean
> > the difference between life and death.
> >
> > I miss the EL (list content). But I don't miss the Cold War.
> >
> > Jeff Larson
> > ELHS #2683
> >
> >
> >
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