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From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: SRB shipping
Message-ID: <2835@sugar.uu.net>
Date: 16 Oct 88 01:56:53 GMT
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In article <1988Oct14.171107.1946@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
> It goes farther than tunnels, unfortunately.  There is a specific standard
> for how wide a loaded railcar can be, and things like signal lights and
> electrical boxes are often found just beyond that.

Not to mention clearance detectors. I can just see the booster wiping one
of those off. The driver would get a (spoken) message from the Hotbox unit:

<railroad> trackside analyser, milepost three two seven point five.
First clearance alarm axle one one five from head of train. Critical.
Second clearance alarm axle one one six from head of train. Critical.
Third clearance alarm axle one one seven from head of train. Critical.
Fourth clearance alarm axle one one eight from head of train. Critical.
...

Oh well, at least they'd find out about the problem *real* fast, since they'd
have to stop the train and walk it.
-- 
		Peter da Silva  `-_-'  peter@sugar.uu.net
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