Official New England Southern Thread (NEGS)

[NHV 669]

Would've made more sense to send it via Pan Am/SLR, but there must have been other factors at play.

[Dick H]

That extra wide load probably would have not cleared the high level platforms (DE) on the single track at Exeter, Durham, Dover, Saco and Old Orchard. I am not sure if the MBTA has platforms at all the stations between Ballardvale and Haverhill that can be raised, Haverhill does.

[Hux]

One would expect it to go as far east as possible. Given NEGS's history/experience with military equipment I guess it's not surprising this beast ended up in their hands.

[Rockingham Racer]

Concord to Auburn:

US 4 east over to I-95 North?

[BowdoinStation]

93S to 101E to 95N. All highway after Canterbury. I heard it cleared the openings to the Merrimack River Bridge in Concord with little room to spare.

[Rockingham Racer]

Okay. But why didn't they just offload it at Manchester?

[b&m 1566]

I don't think they have ramp access in Manchester to off load flatbeds like they do in Canterbury.

[NHV 669]

https://www.kalmarrt.com/militaryrt240 - click the PDF link

Company site states that the rig is 12' wide, which is the same as an M-1 Abrams tank. When I assisted in loading those on DoDX flats back in early 2012 at Fort Carson, I recall the track overhang having to be within 8'' of the top of the car edges on both sides. Surely this is a passenger platform issue, as it would clear just about anything else. From the above view taken by Mr. Dearness, it looks to be the same type of flat car they're using.

[BowdoinStation]

New England Southern has two large unobstructed offloading ramps at their Canterbury World Headquarters made for jobs like this. Customers have all the room in the world to work, and the area around their yard is safe as that equipment was left in the yard for a few days. The flat car was of the 6 axle variety.