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3 unusual facts about Radford Army Ammunition Plant


Radford Army Ammunition Plant

RFAAP is currently operated by BAE Systems making it the sole supplier of TNT to the US Department of Defense.

At one time, the facility used an ALCO MRS-1 military diesel locomotive, road number B2072, for switching, but it was retired by the 1980s and was scrapped at Cycle Systems in Roanoke, Virginia c.

On May 12, 2011, the Army announced that BAE Systems had won the "facilities use" contract to become the operator of the plant.



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