ANOTHER BIG LOAD PT2

This week, the load itself!

The 'A' control cabin.

The transformer load, suspended between the two halves of the car.

The 'B' end control cab. Unfortunately, it's hard to get the camera to focus properly from a distance.

The second flatcar is empty, simply added for extra breaking effort -not an insignificant thing when dealing with a 250-ton transformer!

The final car is this ex-Southern Pacific bay window caboose, now HDTX 4726. The caboose has kept both its number and paint scheme from its SP days; this was the failed SPSF paint scheme. Obviously, after three decades, the paint has been touched up by HDTX. The yellow ends add a nice splash of color -and visibility- to the car. After spending the night in Hillsdale, the train continued on to Baltimore, where it was handed off to NS for the final leg of its journey to a power plant in Delaware.