Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Car - Dayton Ohio
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The Peacekeeper Rail Garrison was a rail car ICBM launcher. (intercontinental ballistic missile)
Waymark Code: WM184ZZ
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2023
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This rail car was developed towards the end of the Cold War to be able to move the ICBM's around. (intercontinental ballistic missile)
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Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Car
On Dec. 19, 1986, the White House announced President Ronald Reagan's approval to develop a rail system for basing part of the Peacekeeper Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) force. To increase survivability of this force, 50 Peacekeepers would be deployed in existing Minuteman silos and 50 more would be mounted on 25 USAF trains, two per train. Each train would consist of two locomotives, two security cars, two missile launch cars housing the missiles, one launch control car, one fuel car and one maintenance car. Each launch car carried one Peacekeeper ICBM, in a launch tube that could be elevated to fire the missile from the bed of the car. Overall body length of the launch car is 87 feet and fully loaded it weighs more than 520,000 pounds. The trains would be located in shelters located on USAF Strategic Air Command bases throughout the continental United States, with the missiles on continuous strategic alert. When necessary, the trains could be dispersed onto the nation's rail network, making it extremely difficult for an enemy to target and destroy them. Development of the rail garrison deployment system was terminated in 1991 as Cold War tensions eased. Major contractors for the rail garrison system were Boeing Aerospace Corp., Westinghouse Marine Division and Rockwell International Autonetics.
This prototype car was delivered to the museum in 1994."
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