Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1916 — FREIGHT CAR’S RECORD LOAD [ARTICLE]

FREIGHT CAR’S RECORD LOAD

Enormous Generator, Weighing 160,000 Pounds, Transported From Brooklyn by Special Route.

The largest combination of weight and size ever handled on one freight car by an American railroad started on a journey “to Joplin, Mo., from the yards at Greenville, N. J. Thiß record-breaking load consisted of; the generator for an 8,000-kilowatt turbine, purchased by Henry L. Doherty & Co. from the Brooklyn Edison company. The generator is in one piece, weighs 160,000 pounds, and as measured by the railroad from the surface of the rails to the top of the machine stands 15 feet 7% inches in height. . ~ Because of this extreme height the railroad was forced to lay out a special itinerary of detouring so that no tunnels or other possible clearance* obstacles would be encountered on the run from New York to St. Louis. It was thought SL i/juis would be reached in.about six weeks, and then another journey must be taken t a Joplin, i -