Worker signals crane operator as tower section is lowered
Hole in bulkhead not lining up with hole in tower ...
... almost there
Properly aligned and bolt is slid home
Four bolts are now in place. Note that the 4 holes with white paint tell workers which holes are used for the bolts.
A pneumatic drill spins the nut as another worker holds a wrench on the head of the bolt inside the flange of the section
Chains are attached for extra bracing during shipment
A look at the chain on the opposite side of the section
A special wrench tightens the turnbolts on the chains
How do you move a string of train cars? With a loader!!
These bolts are used to bolt the section to the rail car
TTX is a national rail carpool partnered by many railroads
"T" means that a top tower section fits on this car
"M" is either a lower or upper mid, a colored dot will tell which
Yellow dot says this is an upper mid section
White dot says this is a top section
Standard coupler on a car between an upper mid and top section, a colored dot on the car will tell which
2 upper mid-sections surround a top section
These are lower mid sections
Wide view of a lower mid section
The red dot tells us that this is a lower mid section
