FEC 439 Special         
This is an FEC 439 Special pulling a transformer for Specialized Rail Transport on a 158’ 41/4” long 20 axle 450 ton Depressed Deck Railcar. The total weight of this railcar and its load is 1,426,000 lbs. It’s a slow go of 25mph from the Port of West Palm Beach to the Hialeah Yard. It will be turned over to CSX at the CSX-FEC Interchange for its trip to Homestead where it will be loaded onto a tractor trailer for its final destination at the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant in Homestead, Fl.
Date: 6/1/2011 Location: Lantana, FL   Map Show Lantana on a rail map Views: 430 Collection Of:   Ron Hammond
Locomotives: FEC 439(GP40-3)    Author:  Ronald Hammond
FEC 439 Special
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