Scraping the railhead.
Again, not a brilliant picture but good enough to convey the huge size of the twelve axle monster, a modified transformer wagon built in 1963 by Head Wrightson of Thornaby on Tees. Under TOPS it was designated PXX and carried the number MODA 95780.
The flask was carried vertically suspended with its base about 10 cm above the rail level, though from a distance it looked to be almost in contact with the rail.
The wagon was 27.25 metres (89ft 5 ins) long and weighed 94.4 tonnes. The flask weighed 110 tonnes, that's a gross laden weight of over 204 tonnes carried on its twelve axles. For much of its journey it would travel as an out of gauge load.
In a pre CCTV era the escort coaches - designated PPX - are fitted with periscopes to enable views across the top of the load.
Scraping the railhead.
Again, not a brilliant picture but good enough to convey the huge size of the twelve axle monster, a modified transformer wagon built in 1963 by Head Wrightson of Thornaby on Tees. Under TOPS it was designated PXX and carried the number MODA 95780.
The flask was carried vertically suspended with its base about 10 cm above the rail level, though from a distance it looked to be almost in contact with the rail.
The wagon was 27.25 metres (89ft 5 ins) long and weighed 94.4 tonnes. The flask weighed 110 tonnes, that's a gross laden weight of over 204 tonnes carried on its twelve axles. For much of its journey it would travel as an out of gauge load.
In a pre CCTV era the escort coaches - designated PPX - are fitted with periscopes to enable views across the top of the load.