BAWX 100 - 105

BAWX 100 - 105

formerly SSW 82010 - 82011

Description:

This series of four flat car are owned by Babcock and Wilcox. These cars are still in service. The last two cars (104 & 105) were acquired from SP and were originally numbered SSW 82010 & 82011.

Specifications:

Capacity	lbs.
Light Weight	160,000 lbs.
Load Limit	600,000 lbs.
Number of axles (33" wheels)	12
Load Platform Length	35' 11"
Car Length	60' 6"
Maximum Vertical Load Shifting ability	None
Maximum Horizontal Load Shifting ability	None

Photos:

The following photos were taken by Chris van der Heide in Guelph, ON. January 6, 2004. These photos are used with Chris' permission. Chris has a great website of freight car photo taken in Canada.

The following 3 photos were sent to me by Dan Mackey. These scans are from slides that he took in the Duluth MN. area, during the winter of 2000 & 2001. These large vessels are for the Athabasca Oil Sands Project.

These cars were on a special train of only flatcars out of Duluth. For more photos of other flatcars, and to see these vessels being unloaded, click here

The photos below were posted to alt.binaries.pictures.rail by Brian Switzer. These photos were taken during July 2000 in CN/GEXR yard in Guelph, Ontario. They are post here with Brian's permission.

The following photo was found on EBay, it was dated 1998, without a location listed.

bawx-1998

The following five pictures were found on alt.binaries.pictures.rail in July of 1996, I did not keep the posters name and info. The five hoppers between the load and the engine are empty. This is used to spread out the weight, because there is a bridge along the way that can not take the weight of the engine and the load coupled together.

The following picture, from my collection, is posted here with the permission of Jerry Sires. It shows cars 100 and 103 with a large load.

The following photo shows car 103 empty.

The following photo is from an article in January 1970 the Penn Central Post magazine. It was capationed - This Babcock & Wilcox nuclear steam generator moved in a special train (restricted to 20 mph) via the Penn Central Railroad and Southern Railway from Barberton, Ohio to a Duke Energy site in Oconee, S.C. This generator weights 1,140,000 lbs and is a record shipment for the PC at that time (1970).

Videos of the car in action:

Steam Generator load for a nuclear power plant

Photos and articles in print:

Publication	Issue	Page	Comments
NMRA Bulletin	2/2000	32	Article and six photos of a steam generator load.
Penn Central Post	1/1970	3	Article and two photos

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Related Patents:
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Commercial Models:
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