[Vision2020] Transformer load topples at I-205

[Janesta]

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Janesta


On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Ellen Roskovich <gussie443 at hotmail.com>wrote:

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> *Tom, I was happy to share this info with you.  I was disappointed this
> did not receive the media coverage it deserves throughout "megaload"
> territory.  Heads up, Moscow. . . .Ellen A. Roskovich*
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> From: thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:00:49 -0800
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] Transformer load topples at I-205
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> With thanks to Ellen, a friend and anti-megaload voice.
>
> Courtesy of KOIN.com <http://koin.com/> (Portland, Oregon) at:
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> (with video)
> http://www.koin.com/news/clackamas-county/transformer-closes-i-205-ramps
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> Transformer load topples at I-205
>
> Stuck transformer closed I-205 ramps for hours
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> GLADSTONE, Ore. (KOIN) – A massive transformer that was being transported
> overnight Monday became stuck in Gladstone, blocking access to a busy
> freeway.
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> The 660,000-pound transformer came to rest on SE 82nd Drive, blocking the
> northbound on and off ramps to Interstate 205.
>
> "If it would have kept going," said a witness, "it would have been
> disastrous."
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> The transformer began its move at 11 p.m. Monday night, said Oregon
> Department of Transportation spokesman Don Hamilton. But it wasn't until
> nearly a full day later that the last of the load was back on the road.
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> "It is a surprise," said Terry M. Emmert, senior vice president with
> Emmert International at the scene. "We don't know what caused the failure
> yet, but we're here to get it fixed and keep this transformer moving to its
> next destination."
>
> The transformer was making a 4-and-a-half-mile trip from Oregon City to a
> rail yard in Clackamas. This is the first of three transformers set to make
> the overnight trip.
>
> However, on this first trip the Emmert International truck transporting
> the transformer had problems making a turn when a rear axle pin broke. As
> the axle started to steer away from the load, the wheels tilted up. The
> transformer itself, suspended on the transport, never hit the ground.
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> When an axle pin breaks, "what happens is the steering stays in the
> direction it's pointed, so it made it about three feet further before we
> stopped it," Emmert said.
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> ODOT reports crews had to bring in a crane to move it, loading the
> equivalent of eight fully-loaded semi trucks. Nearby I-205 ramps were
> closed through Tuesday afternoon; the transformer was finally moved from
> 82nd Drive around 5 p.m.
>
> Emmert is no stranger to large transport. The Clackamas, Ore., transport
> company is the one that brought the Spruce Goose<http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/the-museum/aircraft-exhibits/the-spruce-goose/> to
> Oregon.
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> On the next transformer trip, Emmert said, "we'll make sure those pins are
> safe to be utilitized. But that's really the only thing that could go
> wrong. And unfortunately it happened today."
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>
> A massive transformer that was being transported overnight Monday is stuck
> in Gladstone, blocking access to a busy freeway. KOIN's Lisa Balick
> reporting.
>
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>
> It is no longer, nor has it ever been, a matter of "if" . . . only "when"
> and "at what cost".
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares"
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
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