Depressed-center railcar with 98 ton transformer picked up by an obscured GP40-2. (For the respect and protection of equipment and private property, location will not be disclosed on RU-vid)
Interesting how the loaded tranformer is secured too the deck with welded angled steel .Thank you for posting this interesting video, as a model railroader gives detailed examples of how large heavy loads are retained on flat cars.👍
They're for counterbalancing the load. Large substation transformers do not have centers of gravity that line up with the centerlines of the vehicles that carry them. The three large cores inside are just off center. Alone, this would result in the flatcar tipping to one side unacceptably, so the concrete blocks are added to counterbalance this offset. If the transformer case is small enough, however, it could be loaded off center to compensate.
Surprised you didn't walk down behind it around the curve to see the power. There should of been a builders plate on there. Could of panned over to the flatcar in the grass instead of looking at the wheel bottoms 🤔.
