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Alleged to be at Union Pacific shops in Cheyenne, WY, but I cannot confirm this. No year given either. That's a big one hanging there.

The crane is horizontal (left to right) full width of pic, the track is "in & out" (toward you/away from you) of the plane of the photo on steel beams

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Lockheed CL-1201 - Wikipedia

Only a concept aircraft thought up at Lockheed. The CL-1201 would of been a monster flying aircraft carrier of the skies. Nuclear powered, Span of 1,120 feet (341m), weight 11.85 million pounds/5375 metric tonnes. And carrying up to 22 F-4 Phantom II under its wings. Imagine having this flying in the skies.

(Update) This aircraft would of have nuclear ICBM onboard, lasers to shoot down incoming threats and would be VTOL capable .

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One of the enormous single-piece castings from the US Alcoa 50,000 ton press in the US. It is one of the largest single castings ever made, and contains the pressure cylinders at the top of the press. Note the person on the right for scale. This press, which is still in use today, stamps aircraft components. It is so powerful that if it was flipped upside down it could lift an Iowa-class battleship. The Air Force's 50,000 Ton Press - PlaneHistoria
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Lockheed CL-1201 - Wikipedia

Only a concept aircraft thought up at Lockheed. The CL-1201 would of been a monster flying aircraft carrier of the skies. Nuclear powered, Span of 1,120 feet (341m), weight 11.85 million pounds/5375 metric tonnes. And carrying up to 22 F-4 Phantom II under its wings. Imagine having this flying in the skies.

(Update) This aircraft would of have nuclear ICBM onboard, lasers to shoot down incoming threats and would be VTOL capable .

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source: Never Built: CL-1201 – Found And Explained

almost everything you'd wanna know about this concept. why, even if one wanted, you couldnt build it today. Let alone 50-60 years ago.
 
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Lockheed CL-1201 - Wikipedia

Only a concept aircraft thought up at Lockheed. The CL-1201 would of been a monster flying aircraft carrier of the skies. Nuclear powered, Span of 1,120 feet (341m), weight 11.85 million pounds/5375 metric tonnes. And carrying up to 22 F-4 Phantom II under its wings. Imagine having this flying in the skies.

(Update) This aircraft would of have nuclear ICBM onboard, lasers to shoot down incoming threats and would be VTOL capable .

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Not sure I’d want to be in the cockpit of one of those F-4s
 
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