I for one am highly perplexed by the load being carried.
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This line was abandoned later down the road. :-)
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Gigantic water pump housing. Or a Steam Turbine housing.
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Definitely a unique load. Very cool catch!
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| Posted by on November 4, 2013 | |
That is a very, very large splitcase pump, possibly 54" discharge. I can imagine it's heading from the foundry to the manufacturer. Nowadays, we have castings of this size these shipped in a container, but since they are so bulky, a gondola is a great idea. The casting closest to the locomotive is the lower casing and the upper casing is in front. That's an easy 100k lbs of cast iron! As a pump engineer myself, I love this pic! Thanks for posting!
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