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By:Ron Hammond
Dates:6/1/2011 - 6/1/2011
Album Info:These are photos of a transformer move
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FEC 439 Special
Title:  FEC 439 Special
Description:  This is an FEC 439 Special pulling a transformer for Specialized Rail Transport on a 158’ 41/4” long 20 axle 450 ton Depressed Deck Railcar. The total weight of this railcar and its load is 1,426,000 lbs. It’s a slow go of 25mph from the Port of West Palm Beach to the Hialeah Yard. It will be turned over to CSX at the CSX-FEC Interchange for its trip to Homestead where it will be loaded onto a tractor trailer for its final destination at the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant in Homestead, Fl.
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 6/1/2011 4:32:41 PM
Location:  Lantana, FL
Author:  Ronald Hammond
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  FEC 439(GP40-3)
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FEC 439 Special
Title:  FEC 439 Special
Description:  This is Specialized Rail Transports 158’ 41/4” long 20 axle 450 ton Depressed Deck Railcar with a transformer destine for the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant in Homestead, Fl. This was a special move on the FEC rails with FEC 439 a GP40-3.
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 6/2/2011 2:27:26 PM
Location:  Lantana, FL
Author:  Ronald Hammond
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Views:  224   Comments: 0
FEC 439 Special
Title:  FEC 439 Special
Description:  This is Specialized Rail Transports caboose bringing up the rear of FEC’s 439 Special transformer move.
Photo Date:  6/1/2011  Upload Date: 6/2/2011 2:24:46 PM
Location:  Lantana, FL
Author:  Ronald Hammond
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Views:  141   Comments: 0


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