Large Vessel Loads

The following photos were origianally posted to A.B.P.R. by Russell Underwood, they are used here with permission.
"The loads were destined for Possum Point, at Dumfries, VA, however, it made its way to Newport News, and sat in the yard for about 10 days. Then they began to ship out, a few at a time, until all were eventually gone. I'm assuming these equipment was for a refit at the Dominion-VA Power plant located at Possum Point."



The following photos are by Sylvie Parent of Loretteville, Qué. and Patrick De Larue of Hornepayne, Ont. They are used with permission.
"Serie of pictures of dimentionnal traffic at Villeroy, Québec (46 miles west of Québec City) on the Canadian National's main line. That was running east from Bécancour to Ultramar refinery. The consist was parked away of the main track for the night to let regular traffic, such Via trains to go by it. "
"Those two tanks are to be use at Ultramar refinery to upsize the plant by at least 33%, and plan to produce double more fuel. Another dimentionnal load shipment is scheduled somewhere in November to complete this project, as many others tank are being shiped by truck also."



The following photos were taken by Louis-François Garceau, and are used with permission.


The following photos from the fourth shipment for the oil sands project in Alberta were taken by Dave Schauer, and are used with his permission. The photos were taken on August 11, 2003 in Duluth and Superior, MN.





The following photos were sent to me by Richard Boyce. They are used here with Richard's permission. The photos were taken at the Ptra Yard Houston, TX.

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The following photos were sent to me by Richard Boyce. They are used here with Richard's permission. The photos were taken at the Settegast Yard Houston, TX .

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The following photos were posted to A.B.P.R. by John Bryant, they are used here with John's permission.
Canada - Minor derailment at Trenergy (ex Foster Wheeler plant)
"This occured while I was waiting fo the work to start on the Grimsby Sub. I'm sorry about the fence in some of the shots, but I decided to stay on public property for all of these pics (the joy of using a camera where the eyepiece doesn't look out through the lens). The Trenergy plant is in St. Catharines."

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The following photos were taken by Carl Fankhauser of Lewis, KS, on Saturday January 11, 2003. They are used here with his permission. "These are shots taken this past Saturday AM at 8:52 when BNSF 4922 was passing through Lewis and at 2 miles west of Lewis. Special load was coming from Sauder Custom Fabricating of Emporia, Ks headed for a Conoco facility at Marland, OK. Was going to Las Animas, then south to Panhandle and back east to Woodward, etc. taking the long route getting there. Is an 85" cracking tower. Traveled at 30MPH max. limit."
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Loads for the Syncrude plant in Ft. McMurray Alberta, Canada

The following photos were found on the Lake web page.

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Getting the vessels off the ships


Unloading the Daniella

Unloading the Fairload

Unloading the Jumbo Vision


Loads for the Athabasca Oil Sands Project

The following 11 photos were sent to me by Dan Mackey. These scans are from slides that he took in the Duluth MN. area, during December 2000. There was a previous trip, just like this one in October. These large vessels are for the Athabasca Oil Sands Project.

These large loads came to Duluth aboard two ships, Stellanova and Fairlift. They were loaded in Muroran and Higashi, Japan and Ulsan, Korea. For more information and photos on the unloading of these ships in Duluth, click on the links below the photos.



Related articles about unloading these large loads.


Larger Image

Press Release with Photos




Unloading the Fairlift





Unloading the Fairlift

Unloading the Stellanova



Air Product Heat Exchanger Loads

Norfolk Southern ran an eastbound Dimensional train this morning. The high & wide train, symbol 052-22, was moving a large heat exchanger built by Air Products to be delivered overseas to Saudi Arabia. Norfolk Southern locomotive, PRR B40-8 3629 ex-Conrail 5057, was given the assignment for the movement to Dockside, NJ, where the heat exchanger will loaded onto a ship. Also assigned to accompany the shipment was the Air Product caboose which houses the AP crew and a Norfolk Southern conductor.
After passing here in Phillipsburg @ 09:23, the 052 was placed in the Central Secondary, just below Bloomsbury, NJ clearing the Lehigh line for three westbound moves which included trains 21M, 19G and 961, a light engine move and then had to wait for two eastbound trains, 22K and 22Z before heading for Port Reading Jct. The WB 961 light power move included Santa Fe C40-8W [War bonnet] and BNSF C44-9W [Pumpkin] locomotives that passed through here yesterday on EB train 20G.
Image taken with digital camera on 09/22/01 by Rick Glosser. Photo used with permission.

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April 25, 1998 showing Conrail SPL-702 moving Air Product heat exchanger on Conrail's Lehigh line at Bloomsbury, NJ. Led by CR B36-7 #5047, Air Product crew are making adjustments on the special flat car for clearance under Milford Road Bridge. Photos by Rick Glosser, used with permission.

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The following photo was taken by John Bartly at the Port of Albany during 1998. They are from the collection of Greg Ajamian. This photo is used here with the permission of both John and Greg.



The following photos were posted to Alt.Binaries.Photos.Rail by Brian Paul Ehni. They were taken in Houston, TX; during August 1976. These photos are used with Brian's permission.

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