Re: [MV] moving armor by rail today

From: Jon Shoop (shoop19@brick.net)
Date: Sun Jan 12 2003 - 08:30:22 PST


I think rail is too expensive.....

I can hire a flat bed here in the midwest for $1.40 a mile..............it
could very easily haul 2 bren carriers and some.

And the equpment is shipped directly......not on a long about route like a
typical train would take.

I am talking hours..not days or weeks...

Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: <renactr2@aol.com>
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Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 12:20 PM
Subject: [MV] moving armor by rail today

> Hi list,
> In order to attend some ww2 events farther away from the Philadelphia
area, I need to look as trasporting several tracked or armoured vehicles at
one time.
>
> Has anyone had any recent experiance with contacting a modern train line
and trying to get a tank shipped?
>
> My WW2 unit will be tryin to move 2 bren carriers and three armoured cars.
>
> What office of a train company do I start with? is there a freight broker
who sets all that up? What did it cost you and when? (what year?)
>
> DO they povide the tie down chains or do you? What about other dunnage?
>
>
> Please respond to renactr2@aol.com
> Cheers,
> Jim Burrill
>
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