HEPX 200

Description:

This twenty axle schnabel car was built for Ontario Hydro, by National Steel Car Limited of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in 1973. Ontario Hydro became Hydro One in 2001. This car was placed in service in May of 1974, it is still in service.

Specification:

Load Limit	1,000,000 lbs.
Gross Weight on rails	1,466,000 lbs.
Number of axles (33" wheels)	20
Empty Car Length	121' 1"
Maximum Loaded Length
Maximum Vertical Load Shifting ability	12"
Maximum Horizontal Load Shifting ability	14"
Width	10' 8"
Height	14' 8"

Photos:

The following photos were taken by David Graham on October 2, 2004. in Guelph. They are used with David's permission. David caught my type of train, loaded schnabel with two loaded depressed flats.

The following photos were taken by Bill MacIntyre on August 31, 2004 dockside in Toronto. They are used with Bill's permission.

The following photos were taken by John Reay, of Bowmanville, ON, they are used here with his permission. John originally posted these photos on Trainorders.com.

"A (very) dimensional load, a large transformer for Ontario Hydro One, is handled on a special train complete with manned caboose. It's seen carefully meeting an eastbound at Lovekin, a siding on CP's Belleville sub east of Oshawa, ON."

The following photos were taken by David Graham on June 20, 2003. They are used with David's permission.

"OSR moved a 40 wheel Schnabel car out of the ABB plant in Guelph to the GEXR interchange track."

Steve Host took these photos just before and after the car derailed. One of the wheels dropped inside the rails.

"The Ontario Southland Railway is making a rare Sunday run. Obviously.. To handle this special cargo, destined for the ABB plant in the north of the city.

Unbeknownst to me, 15 seconds after photo 2083.jpg was taken, the car derailed ! ! ! Some rotten ties allowed the track to bend too wide for the axles. . . And one end fell off the tracks.

Sure enough, this took 3 days to clean up... They had to re-lay track, ties at this junction.. And shortly after they did tie replacements all along this line in order that this does not happen again."

The photos were taken in Guelph, Ontario on the former CP Goderich subdivision.

Brian D. Switzer posted these photos to A.B.P.R. These photos were taken in Rockwood Ontario, during September 2000.

This photo was found on Bill Cresswell's website. It was taken in London Yard.

Bob Boudreau of Saint John, N. B. Canada sent me these photos. "I photographed this car in February of 1996 when it visited our local port to take on a large load from a ship for Ontario Hydro."

The following photo show the process of connecting the side beams with the schnabel car and the load being placed.

This photo is of one of the two halves when the car was separated. They are getting the car ready for loading.	Another view of the separated half.	Another view of the separated half.
Close up of the connection of the side beam car to the schnabel car. All of the weight of the load and the side beam rest on 4 - 8" pins. These are the black circles just below the black brake line.	A view of the other half.	One side with the side beam attached is about to be connected to the other side.
Another shot of this process.	The schnabel car completely connected, minus the load.	Now the load has been inserted.
Getting ready for travel.	This photo, taken at a different time and location, shows the schnabel car being used to transport a transformer. This picture also shows the the removable thrust beam installed. This is the steel atop the schnabel end with the reflective tape, and car markings. Thrust beams are used to transport higher loads.

April 1981, Location unknown.

Some of the companies that own schnabel cars, also own cabooses. This gives their crews some place to call home on the slow trips. This photo was posted to A.B.P.R. in March of 1998 by John Waters.

Photos and articles in print:

Publication	Date	Page	Comments
Trains	10/82	18	One photo, loaded with a trainformer

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