Wind Turbine Blades Being Transported - Aircraft of World War II

syscom3 · 10-17-2008, 12:21 AM

The Great Western Rly serves a new Vestas Wind Turbine Blade plant in Windsor, CO. On Oct. 16, the GWR pulled the first solid train of 36 blades out of the plant and delivered it to the UP at Ft. Collins. The GWR shoved the train from Windsor to Ft. Collins using UP 4669 and UP 8602 and a BN caboose to protect the shove. The train is symbolled SFCMY (Ft. Collins, CO to Manly, IA.). These 3 photos show the train shoving into the east side of Ft. Collins on GWR trackage. Many thanks to JLH for the heads up on this move!!

Rich Kundert
Ft. Collins, CO

109ROAMING · 10-17-2008, 03:01 AM

Are they massive?or what!

I've seen some before which are insanely big

Nice pics

Screaming Eagle · 10-17-2008, 04:31 AM

Matt308 · 10-17-2008, 03:24 PM

When you see them spinning in the distance, they don't look very big. But that is engineering on a massive scale.

Matt308 · 10-17-2008, 03:27 PM

Now imagine that scale prop in a runaway during high winds. That's some serious forces to contain.

YouTube - Wind Generator blows up

FLYBOYJ · 10-17-2008, 03:42 PM

That's about an hour north of me. There's also a storage area for the blades somewhere around Windsor.

ccheese · 10-17-2008, 03:56 PM

Good Pic's, Sys. They want to put a wind farm 50 mi. off the Va. Beach
coast, but the people who cater to the tourists say it will hurt the industry.
Hell, 50 miles off they wouldn't even see it !!

Charles

HoHun · 10-17-2008, 05:55 PM

Hi Syscom,

Thanks for the pictures! We've got thousands of wind turbines here in Northern Germany, but I've never seen anything like that train! :-)

Here is a picture of turbine blades being transported down the Elbe river. I'm not sure how common barge transportation is for them, but I know that they are a common sight on the German autobahnen (at night - oversize trailers :-)

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

B-17engineer · 10-17-2008, 07:00 PM

Wow nice pictures Sys

GrauGeist · 10-17-2008, 10:31 PM

Good God, HoHun...how big are the wind generators that those blades belong to??

Soren · 10-18-2008, 02:35 AM

You guys should see the blades they transport around in Denmark, now those are just insanely big, but so are the mills. Check these ones out right outside of Copenhagen:

syscom3 · 10-18-2008, 02:58 AM

If they can put them offshore of Denmark, then they can put them off Nantucket!

GrauGeist · 10-18-2008, 02:59 AM

Simply amazing!

Soren · 10-18-2008, 03:04 AM

I actually live right next to a windmill park here in Denmark, the windmills here are really large, much larger than those you find in other countries.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 10-18-2008, 04:47 AM

We have them all over here in Bavaria as well. Normally they are lit up, but sometimes the lights go off for somereason and during night training missions we would have trouble seeing them. Pretty scary sometimes.

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109ROAMING Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,004	Are they massive?or what! I've seen some before which are insanely big Nice pics __________________ "When all else fails read the manual"

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Matt308 aka Dickcheese Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State Posts: 13,386	When you see them spinning in the distance, they don't look very big. But that is engineering on a massive scale. __________________ "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the [U.S.] Marines don't have that problem." -- Ronald Reagan Master of Duplicate Posts

10-17-2008, 03:27 PM	#5
Matt308 aka Dickcheese Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State Posts: 13,386	Now imagine that scale prop in a runaway during high winds. That's some serious forces to contain. YouTube - Wind Generator blows up __________________ "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the [U.S.] Marines don't have that problem." -- Ronald Reagan Master of Duplicate Posts

10-17-2008, 03:42 PM	#6
FLYBOYJ IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 16,051	That's about an hour north of me. There's also a storage area for the blades somewhere around Windsor. __________________ "IF ITS RED OR DUSTY, DON'T TOUCH IT"

10-17-2008, 03:56 PM	#7
ccheese Older Than Dirt Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia Posts: 7,309	Good Pic's, Sys. They want to put a wind farm 50 mi. off the Va. Beach coast, but the people who cater to the tourists say it will hurt the industry. Hell, 50 miles off they wouldn't even see it !! Charles __________________ I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either....

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B-17engineer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,689	Wow nice pictures Sys __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe36UMRkRbk

10-17-2008, 10:31 PM	#10
GrauGeist Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Redding, California Posts: 3,351	Good God, HoHun...how big are the wind generators that those blades belong to?? __________________ "Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future." - Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome > I Support Doug Gillis <

10-18-2008, 02:35 AM	#11
Soren Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,114	You guys should see the blades they transport around in Denmark, now those are just insanely big, but so are the mills. Check these ones out right outside of Copenhagen: __________________ It was like being pushed by an Angel! - Adolf Galland I'm an educated engineer, so I love being technical and appraising of great inventions. So if you think I am being biased about something: Tell me! Then you'll probably find out that I am not

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syscom3 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 10,283	If they can put them offshore of Denmark, then they can put them off Nantucket! __________________ "Pilot to copilot..... what are those mountain goats doing up here in the clouds?"

10-18-2008, 02:59 AM	#13
GrauGeist Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Redding, California Posts: 3,351	Simply amazing! __________________ "Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future." - Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome > I Support Doug Gillis <

10-18-2008, 03:04 AM	#14
Soren Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 6,114	I actually live right next to a windmill park here in Denmark, the windmills here are really large, much larger than those you find in other countries. __________________ It was like being pushed by an Angel! - Adolf Galland I'm an educated engineer, so I love being technical and appraising of great inventions. So if you think I am being biased about something: Tell me! Then you'll probably find out that I am not

10-18-2008, 04:47 AM	#15
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 33,152	We have them all over here in Bavaria as well. Normally they are lit up, but sometimes the lights go off for somereason and during night training missions we would have trouble seeing them. Pretty scary sometimes. __________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I]

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