This king-sized load delivered recently by Southern to the L. Gordon Iron and Metal Company at Statesville, N. C., weighed 60 tons and required the aid of one of the railway's cranes in unloading it. The machinery was the main piece of an 80-ton scrap metal baling press which is capable of pressing and baling a complete automobile, less the engine, in 97 seconds.

Photo by The Statesville (N. C.) Record & Landmark