Late last summer Miller Transfer received a call to perform a routine heavy haul job. The task was to move a transformer and reactor from a rail yard in Berryville, VA to a power plant substation in Purcellville, VA. The two components were quite large, the first measuring 27 feet 8 inches long, 10 feet wide, 15 feet 3 inches tall and weighing 198,000 pounds. The piece would load out at 201 feet long, 14 feet wide, 16 feet 11 inches tall with a total weight of 436,000 pounds The second piece was 27 feet 8 inches long, 10 feet 11 inches wide, 14 feet 11 inches tall and weighed 255,000 pounds. Loaded out it would measure 225 feet long, 11 feet 6 inches wide, 17 feet five inches tall for a total weight of 507,800 pounds.
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