It would’ve been better for the country if that particular carrier had derailed. :-D
Back in the day, my old railroad (The Milwaukee Railroad) used to transport them from Bensenville (adjacent to O’Hare Airport) to Milwaukee and points beyond via the A20 cutoff to the west of the airport.
In what can only be called the ‘one of the worst cases of bad timing known to man,’ they were rerouting one of those trains back through Chicago and around Pacific Junction (Tower A-5) up the North Main Line when one of the ramps, with car attached(!) fell into the open position while the train was in motion.
It tore up a bunch of signal equipment and other stuff before the conductor (sitting lookout in the caboose) noticed it and stopped the train.
That’s another of the many reasons people never liked Vegas.
There’s a u-toob video on the vega and (as I recall) those vertical car carriers were specially designed for them.
Those were called Vert-A-Pac’s. They were made specially for Vegas. The cars were made in such a way so that when they were stacked vertically, the engine oil and battery fluid wouldn’t leak.
I think the Vega transport was essentially an experiment and one that failed