Not exactly correct. Michigan is 163,000 GCCW on 11 axles. So is Ohio and Indiana on special permits on designated routes. Michigan is any road unless there is a weight restriction on that road. Back when I was trucking, I hauled many loads out of Burns Harbor and Butler Indiana as well as Toledo and points south with 80+ on the deck. Used to haul out of Weirton West Virginia with 2 coil loads too. Take s a lot of horsepower (big Cat engine) to climb the hills out of the Ohio valley up Route 11 towards Youngstown with 80 plus on the deck The outfit I worked for ran big cats turned up to maximum horsepower with 18 speed road rangers. We were set up with air dumps and mufflers on the trailers so we could get on the Ohio Turnpike loaded which was the shortest and easiest way back to our plants in Toledo and Erie, Michigan. FYI, the OTPK weight limit (legal) is 90,000 pounds GCCW which is Class 9. Those were the days and I always enjoyed hauling big heavy loads. The way our trailers were set up, we could put over 120 gross on the pike by shifting the per axle weight around using the air dumps (trailers were all air ride). Was acceptable cheating.
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There are a lot of engine storage areas, and unused cars sitting on sidings, all over the country. But I haven't seen a graveyard. I'd guess most are recycled/scrapped if there're no parts of value here in the U.S.Anyone ever hear of the "redstar graveyard"? Saw a little bit of this place watching the TV tonight. Wonder if there's a train "graveyard" like that in the US?
Budapest's Abandoned Train Graveyard
The final rusting place for many precious artifacts of train history.
