Western Railroad Discussion > UP freight through downtown Salt Lake

This southbound (westbound?) train blocked the crossing near the Salt Lake Central station for some time, before it started moving slowly (evening of 5/7/19).  Amazingly long trains in the Salt Lake area; this one had a mix of auto racks and other freight cars.
A few random pics:
1. CSS coil steel car
2. FURX gondola; placard to the left of the number states "Radioactive"; there were three of these cars
3. TCMX covered gondola, also coiled steel?

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4. UP engine towards the end of the train
5. SP boxcar

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The FURX car was likely dirty dirt of the low level radioactive type.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

I didn’t think the TCMX gondola carried steel loads, had assumed it was for “dirty dirt” that needed to be covered during transit.  Anyone know for sure?

Nathan

atsf121 Wrote:
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> I didn’t think the TCMX gondola carried steel
> loads, had assumed it was for “dirty dirt”
> that needed to be covered during transit.  Anyone
> know for sure?
>
> Nathan

With all the ribbing on it, I would think it is for steel loads, buy maybe not coils. Proably bar stock.