We had some advance knowledge of this more thanks to an acquaintance. I took the morning off work and positioned myself in Oakmont, PA to catch the special train as it rolled through the main business district. Here are some photos.
On March 7, 2018, an unusual car movement took place on the Allegheny Valley Railroad, now Carload Express. A new generator needed to be moved from the Siemens Energy Plant in New Kensington, PA to a new natural gas-fired powerplant nearing completion in Ruffsdale, PA. Siemens owns a Schnabel car, used to transport equipment that they build. According to Wikipedia, A Schnabel car or Schnabel wagon is a specialized type of railroad freight car. It is designed to carry heavy and oversized loads in such a way that the load makes up part of the car. We had some advance knowledge of this more thanks to an acquaintance. I took the morning off work and positioned myself in Oakmont, PA to catch the special train as it rolled through the main business district. Here are some photos. This train made it's way to the Brilliant Cutoff, which leads to the NS main at CP Home. From there, Norfolk Southern moved the loads to the SWP interchange at Radebaugh. Southwest Penn took the final leg of bringing the loads to a transload site near New Stanton, PA.
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