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National Grid delivered a 615,000-pound transformer to Malone, New York, on Thursday. The phase angle regulator, measuring 16 feet and resembling a cube, was escorted by New York State Police on an eight-hour journey from a CSX railyard in Massena.

The convoy traveled at eight miles per hour due to the load's significant weight, prompting warnings for traffic delays along State Highway 420, State Highway 37, State Route 56, and State Route 11B. The transformer, manufactured in the Netherlands, is part of a project to rebuild a substation in Malone aimed at improving energy reliability for Franklin County customers.