Wednesday, May 14, 2014

4449-844 Doubleheader: Fifth Freight Train

About 20 minutes later, this train came from the North and turned East. The entire train consisted of aging gondola cars, with their contents covered with plastic. We speculated that this may have been some sort of trash train.

IMG_6310 Union Pacific SD70M #4253 at Peninsula Jct on May 12, 2007
Union Pacific SD70M #4253

Union Pacific #4253 is an EMD SD70M that was delivered on October 31, 2000.

  IMG_6311 Union Pacific C40-8 #9244 at Peninsula Jct on May 12, 2007
Union Pacific Dash 8-40C #9244

Union Pacific #9244 is a General Electric Dash 8-40C, which Union Pacific refers to as a C40-8. It was built in October, 1988. This was the oldest diesel locomotive to come through Peninsula Junction during the nearly 5 hours I was there.

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