A Department of Defense caboose, which is really a bit of a mobile command center, is on the back of a train transporting used nuclear material. The crew aboard monitors as well as safeguards the nuclear material during transport.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
An unexpected train came west on the Limon Sub on this Sunday morning. Two nuclear casks were being moved by a single CSX ES44AH, seen here crossing Kiowa Creek near Bennett. The nuclear casks are used to transport radioactive material safely by rail.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
A lot of the smaller creeks on the Colorado plains are typically dry, particular at this time of year. Kiowa Creek is no exception, but still has a nice bridge, with plenty of fall-color trees in the area as a UP oil train crosses and heads east.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
UP's Limon Local crosses over the almost entirely dried up Kiowa Creek on the east edge of Bennett, CO.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
Anytime UP runs a steam train, they include at least one diesel unit. It is used as an assist in the event the steam engine needs it, but more commonly is used to help with (dynamic) braking and slowing the train down.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
UP 4014 offers up a fair amount of smoke and steam as it crosses Kiowa Creek. The Big Boy is using two "water bottles" to provide its water. The two yellow cars directly behind UP 4014 are both filled with water for use by UP 4014 on the trip.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
Union Pacific's fully restored "Big Boy", UP 4014, leads a train across Kiowa Creek just east of Bennett. UP 4014 left Cheyenne two months ago for a long tour around the system and is heading back toward Denver. It will layover for the night before returning to Cheyenne the next day.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
UP 4014 crosses over a currently dried up Kiowa Creek on the Limon Sub between Bennett and Strausburg. UP 4014 is wrapping up a two month trip across much of UP's system.
Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster
or add a comment to the picture.
