Tuesday, July 21, 2009

This is one long load!

(Train sightings on 7-19-09.)

CSX 892 is seen heading south down the Trenton Line past former Reading station in Belle Mead (NJ) around 9:15 on Sunday (7-18-09). It is carrying a 348 foot long LNG heat exchanger that is bound for Africa. This particular heat exchanger might be the largest one Air Products has built. From the Air Products plant in Pennsylvania where these are manufactured, the trip to Manville over mainly the Lehigh Line has taken five days due to clearance issues with this heat exchanger's size. Motive power consisted of two GP38-2s (PRR 5296, ex-CR 8102 and NS 5287, ex-CR 5287). Note the run down condition of the Belle Mead station, a sorry state considering how ornate it once was.