[PRR-talk] PRR-talk Digest, Vol 6, Issue 187

[Carl P. Izzo]

Norm Bell Wrote in Message: 5:

> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:35:59 +0000
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> What was the origin of the large Westinghouse equipment requiring schnabel 
> cars? Items like generators and switchgear.  On what branch or line was it 
> located?  Thanks, Norm Bell

Hi Norm:

Schnabel cars were used for shipping large generators, steam turbines and 
possibly large power transformers.  I can't imagine them used for shipping 
switchgear.

Steam turbines were shipped from the Lester Plant (Chester, PA) on the 
Chester & Philadelphia Branch.
Large generators were shipped from the East Pittsburgh Plant on the East 
Pittsburgh Branch.
If they were use for power transformers, they would have been shipped from 
the Sharon Plant in Sharpsville, PA along the Erie & Ashtabula Division.

Carl P. Izzo,
former Fellow Scientist,
Westinghouse R&D