The U.S. Army was deploying military hardware from installations in Texas and Kansas. The equipment included more than 100 jeeps, cargo and personnel trucks, trailers and tanks.
The railroad needed a contractor to load three locomotives on flat cars for transport to the repair facility. Hulcher Services’ Caterpillar® sidebooms safely lifted the engines and placed them onto the flatcars. Hulcher’s crew used blocks, chains and cabling to balance and tie down each damaged locomotive.