Heavy, Heavy stuff

[pixie]

A freight train rolled into town. First one in more than 20 years.
It brought a 550,000 pound transformer on a Schnabel car. http://southern.railfan.net/schnabel/schnabel.html

It's so big that it was hard to get a picture of it all.

It came thru Crawford Notch.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9h9eIbzvWs&feature=related"]YouTube - Conway Scenic Railroad Transformer train with Schnabel Car! Part 2[/ame]

The train car can shift the load to the side and up and down.

 

[pixie]

They have moved the transformer on to a Goldhofer trailer with 96 wheels that steer and equalize the load.
Tonight at 10 they'll start the 4 mile trip to the substation.
I can't wait to see it go up the dirt road !

 

[muleman]

That is a great old Autocar. They made some nice specialaty trucks.

 

[Trakternut]

Yeah, back when trucks were still being built!!

 

[Lyndon]

Pretty neat! Transformers are heavy!