THE HEAVIEST LOAD.
Tli? Pennsylvair'a Railroad recently curried the largest nailway carload m combined weight and size over mov. d liv rail, savs tho " Engineering New- " It was tin.' 8000-k' : low.itt generator ot n stpam turbine power unit, wh'.-h weighed eighlv tons, and which v hen : n place on tlie car stood \"a ifi-el -1 inches above the rails. Tt was sliipnrd from Greenville, X.J.. to .Toplin. Mo on a new flat ear. built tn carry a load of seventy tons. In order to avoid low 1,..;, l ■«. nnr | other obstacles. it was ■ •>• |o scud tlie cm- by a riTcu't-
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 203, 25 August 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)
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100THE HEAVIEST LOAD. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 203, 25 August 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)
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