BNSF Logistics, USA member to the Worlwide Project Consortium (WWPC), reports their BNSFL Rail Solution Team in Banning , California, recently handled the transport of three heavy and outsized Transformers , each 460,300 Lbs (abt 208,8 tons) / 30’6 x 12’6 x 15’10 feet (abt 9,33 x 3,84 x 4,60 meter), from the Port of Houston to North Liberty, Indiana.
The units were discharged off the MV Rickmers Hamburg directly on to rail cars and transported by rail to a rail siding 20 miles from the final destination.
It took the BNSFL team 12 days to trans-load the transformers from rail cars to transporter and delivery to the jobsite, including rough setting on their foundation.
The project was successfully completed on time and in budget.
