Cool sighting [RE-wrenches]

[Bill Brooks]

SMUD is also in mid-construction on a large wind project near Rio Vista.

Bill.


-----Original Message-----
From: matthew tritt [mailto:solarone at charter.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 7:15 AM
To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
Subject: Re: Cool sighting [RE-wrenches]


William,

Columbia River Gorge more than likely.

Matt T
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Miller" <wrmiller at slonet.org>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 11:46 PM
Subject: Cool sighting [RE-wrenches]


> Friends:
>
> Sunday night, my wife and son were out of town and my helper was feeling
> down, so to cheer him up, I offered to buy dinner.  One of my favorite
> restaurants is near the Amtrak station in San Luis Obispo.  Freights stop
> there for crew changes, and I saw the most unusual looking freight load on
> a train there.  Mike and I walked closer to try and figure out what it
was.
>  We saw 10 of these huge, rounded white things, about two stories tall,
> slightly wider than a flat car and as long.  Each of these objects was
> connected together with a power cord connected to a GE Rents generator
with
> an outboard fuel tank.  Further on down the train were some huge shipping
> containers with what looked like huge airplane propellers inside.  At this
> time we guessed it was a load of 10 huge wind generators.  This was the
> longest and weirdest train load I have ever seen.
>
> I have a six year old son who is a train fanatic, so I have become one
too.
>  The best part of seeing this train, even above the excitement of seeing
> all these new, huge wind generators, was the last car on the train.  As if
> from out of the past, came a little red caboose.  Apparently this load was
> so awkward and valuable that it merited a caboose so the conductor could
> monitor the load!
>
> The wind generators are made by Vestas.  Anyone know where these are
going?
>  The were northbound out of San Luis Obispo.
>
> William Miller
>
>
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