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These are a couple of the 9 photos
posted by Cory Osborn showing a MoW train delivering concrete to a site that cannot be accessed from a road.
They put a mixer truck on a flatcar and park it next to an road accessible siding that has a concrete pumper that will move the concrete from a delivery truck to the truck on the flatcar.
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Then the hook the truck's flatcar to another flatcar that is carrying another concrete pumper so that the chute of the mixer can dump into the hopper of the pumper.
He added a couple of comments showing where the concrete was being pumped to. Note the hose is going into the old culvert by laying on top of the new culvert.
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Update:
delivering concrete to rebuild the seats for a bridge is another example of hauling cement trucks on flat cars.
Maintaining heavy industrial freight along rail lines and transport corridors demands extreme attention to load stability, especially when moving dense materials. During a large construction supply project last year, shifting track ballast and rough intermodal transfers caused several heavy material skids to lean dangerously inside our boxcars. We avoided major rail yard delays and safety violations by utilizing a specialized team for Pallet restacking right at the transfer terminal. Rebalancing the heavy materials, replacing broken skids, and securing the cargo to strict transport standards kept our rail delivery moving on schedule without any handling hazards
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