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MOVING LOCO #833 (moved to this page 16 Mar 2005)
Road Load Models (moved to that page 01 Mar 05),
Mammoet Mammoth Road Loads, plus
just scroll away.
Danly Press {to follow}.
Road Load Models (moved from cont. page 2 on 01 Mar 05).
Moving Centennial DDA40X (EMD Loco) #6900.
(27 Mar 08)
Schnabel Car Loading Technique.
Road/Highway Schnabels - moved to that page 16 Mar 00.
Mammoet/ETARCO Mammoth Rail Loads.
Model Schnabel and other Giant Cars.
Something has to lift these giant loads; see Big Cranes.
and to SB,III's MODEL RAILROAD Page for a goodly set of model RR links (yea, verily, forsooth!).
If this subject interests you, you must also see Tom Daspit's site, linked on page 1!
* - Spelling of the Name: SCHNABEL vs. SCHNABLE - "Schnabel" is the KORREKT spelling! It is the German word for "beak", which I originally thought referred to the beak-shaped loading arms, but now know was the name of the German inventor of the design ca. 1930 or so. I don't know where or when I started using "Schnable", but it was wrong and I don't mind admitting my error.
If I ever find my original CE and Krupp materials (referred to below) and they show "SCHNABLE" (however unlikely), I'll have to correct this back again!
ABB Image from R.I.C.A. (see below)
ABB Power Generation, Inc., Schnabel Car with what appears to be a Reactor or Boiler Load.
Then here is the Krupp-built 36-wheel CEBX 800 toting a 35.080m (111' 93/4") reactor vessel on 05 Jan 1991 in Saskatoon, Sasketchewan (Canada); it is a composite panorama made up of six (6) or seven (7) photos:
Moving the UP 833 - the following pictures, which I copied from Tom Daspit's site by permission, were posted to alt.binaries.pictures.rail by boj@xmission.com:
(moved from main Road Loads page on 16 Mar 2005)
"Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 833 finally made its trip from (Pioneer Park in) Salt Lake City to ( the Utah State Railroad Museum in) Ogden on Sunday, February 21, 1999, as planned, by truck. Newspaper reports variously put the cost of moving the roughly 450,000-pound locomotive and tender at $100,000 and $120,000, apparently funded by a grant from the Utah Legislature."
(All photos from alt.binaries.pictures.rail by boj@xmission.com, courtesy of Tom Daspit - Mar 2000)
[Thumbnail images - click on pictures for larger images.]
This move is also pictured on page 50 of the June 1999 Railfan & Railroad Magazine, where you can also see the Centipede tender on a giant flat-bed.
The Union Pacific Historical Society posted a series of photos by John Bush, Rick Zorko, and Mike Connor, of the incredible move, on 12 and 13 Mar 2005, of one of the units of the world's largest surviving steam locomotives, the UP Railroad's Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4023, from downtown Omaha's Union Station out 1.8 miles to a bluff opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa, overlooking I-80 at Lauritzen Gardens, primarily known as Omaha's Botanical Center.
Union Pacific announced that Omaha's Kenefick Park, along with its Big Boy steam locomotive and 6900 Centennial diesel locomotive, will be relocated at the southwest point of Lauritzen Gardens (at 100 Bancroft Street), along the riverfront south of downtown. The park will be highly visible from I-80, welcoming passersby from the East to Nebraska, and is expected to open in late Summer 2005. Kenefick Park is named after John C. Kenefick, former UP Chairman and CEO, pictured below with Dick Davidson, his successor.
Thanks to the great generosity of the photographers and the courtesy of, and specific written permission from, the UPHS, here are the photos and much of the accompanying text of the UPHS coverage of the move:
100-ton capacity crane in place to position beams alongside loco for placement on road axles.
4023's tender raised as preparations continue for placement of road wheel assemblies beneath beams.
4023 raised approx. 24" by simultaneous-pressure hydraulic jacks, operated in unison from power "manifold."
When raised further, front truck will be rolled forward, moved separately with
tender truck.
Engine raised in preparation for installation of road wheel assemblies.
Pilot truck removed. Both engine and tender pilot trucks are already off-site.
First two rows of three sets each will provide power movement. Rear wheels
of each set are driven by two electric motors.
Loco has moved out of fenced area, heading to cross UPRR & BNSF main lines
Overall view of the tender waiting to move and the #4023 approaching the dual UPRR and BNSF
main lines {photo artificially lightened slightly to show loco and trackage}.
Last Coal train on UPRR main and view of wood roadway across tracks
#4023 moving toward tracks
Tender follows, pulled by a truck tractor.
#4023 moves over UPRR main, but has a problem with the BNSF.
{Understatement of the year! - SB,III}
[We're talking 386 tons (loco) and 213 tons (tender) here
(but those must be with water and coal, though)!]
A broken axle on the third bogie, as the #4023 sits dead across the BNSF main!
Oops! Rival BNSF's main is closed!
{Could this have been a deliberate plot? - SB,III}
(All #4023 move photos property of and © 2005 Union Pacific Historical Society - all rights reserved)
Union Pacific Chairman and CEO Dick Davidson and Mr. John C. Kennefick watch the move.
Turning a corner.
Wires and traffic signals had to be moved out of the way.
Tender behind {SB,III pun - don't blame the UPHS!}.
Another corner.
Arrival at the park access road.
Starting up the hill.
Assisted by dozers.
Push from the rear.
(All #4023 move photos property of and © 2005 Union Pacific Historical Society - all rights reserved)
View of the new home of Big Boy 4023
Thats all, folks!
Again, I must emphasize, the foregoing material re #4023's move is NOT my work; it is
reproduced almost verbatim from the Website of the Union
Pacific Historical Society, with photos by John Bush, Rick Zorko, and
Mike Connor, by specific written permission. I can not thank the UPHS and Messrs.
Bush, Zorko, and Connor enough for their generosity.
The Union Pacific Historical Society also posted a series of photos by Board Member Mike Connor, of the almost-as-incredible move, on 09 Apr 2005, of one of the units of the world's largest surviving steam locomotives, the UP Railroad's EMD DDA40X diesel locomotive #6900, from downtown Omaha's Union Station out 1.8 miles to the same bluff opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa, overlooking I-80 at Lauritzen Gardens, primarily known as Omaha's Botanical Center, much as the move of their Big Boy #4023, above.
Thanks to the great generosity of the photographer and the courtesy of, and specific written permission from, the UPHS, here are the photos and much of the accompanying text of the UPHS coverage of this move, as well:
Underside view of bolster and king pin bearing
Truck ready to move
Traction Motor and wires
{no ninth picture on UPHS site}
On the Move April 9, 2005
Ready to turn a corner by cutting across it
Tight fit, curb to curb
At the Gardens, ready to assault one more hill
With a little help from the Cat
(All #6900 move photos property of and © 2005 Union Pacific Historical Society - all rights reserved)
[Captions by UPHS]
Almost Home
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