Western Railroad Discussion > Rockin' along...

I was anticipating a north manifest with WP heritage unit on the point.  A south grain had pulled in Shedd siding (on the UP Brooklyn Sub) and 14 had already blasted by.  The dragger 9 miles south of me sounded off with its entry message so I wandered out to see, with hopes.  No heritage but a rather fast Herzog ballast train with lots of new-ish looking cars - must be empty headed to eastern Oregon to reload.

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Apparenlty it's still 'almost there'.

https://heritageunits.com/

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TCnR Wrote:
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> Apparenlty it's still 'almost there'.
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> https://heritageunits.com/

Indeed, was the next train north 40 minutes later.

UP has its own maintenance of way forces;  so why does it use HERZOG for ballast trains, instead of using its own fleet like it used to?  Why the UP forces on the rail, but Herzog on the ballast?

Where in Eastern Oregon do you think they will reload?
 Thanks Robert in Island City Oregon 

roustabout Wrote:
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> I was anticipating a north manifest with WP
> heritage unit on the point.  A south grain had
> pulled in Shedd siding (on the UP Brooklyn Sub)
> and 14 had already blasted by.  The dragger 9
> miles south of me sounded off with its entry
> message so I wandered out to see, with hopes.  No
> heritage but a rather fast Herzog ballast train
> with lots of new-ish looking cars - must be empty
> headed to eastern Oregon to reload.

coach Wrote:
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> UP has its own maintenance of way forces;  so why
> does it use HERZOG for ballast trains, instead of
> using its own fleet like it used to?  Why the UP
> forces on the rail, but Herzog on the ballast?

These are specialized ballast cars for "high-speed" dumping.  You'll see them used on any Class 1 railroad.  Before the train arrives, a GPS survey will be made via a hirail trip.  The train will then dump ballast where and when the program tells it to.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/05/26 21:22 by MP555.

8notch Wrote:
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> Where in Eastern Oregon do you think they will
> reload?
>  Thanks Robert in Island City Oregon 
>
The pit at Harney, tween North Powder and Baker City, loads ballast for UP.

mapboy

thanks Mapboy, I do remember seeing a quarry just off of Highway 30 near Haines Oregon but never knew that UP and Herzog used it for ballast.
 Robert in Island City Oregon 

mapboy Wrote:
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> 8notch Wrote:
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> > Where in Eastern Oregon do you think they will
> > reload?
> >  Thanks Robert in Island City Oregon 
> >
> The pit at Harney, tween North Powder and Baker
> City, loads ballast for UP.
>
> mapboy