Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1916 — Record Carload. [ARTICLE]

Record Carload.

According to the Engineering News, the Pennsylvania railroad recently carried the largest railroad carload in combined weight and size ever moved by rail. It was the 8,000-kilowatt generator of a steam turbine power unit, which weighed 80 tons, and which when In place on the car stood 15 feet 7% inches above the rails. It was shipped from Greenville, N.J., to Joplin, Mo„ on a new flat car built to carry a load of 70 tons. In order to avoid low bridges and other obstacles, It was necessary to send the car by a drqoltous route.