RailPictures.Net Photo: Union Pacific n/a at Rocky, Colorado by Steve Patterson

Community Response

Locomotive Details

Location/Date of Photo


Views: 8,919 Favorited: 32
Since added on June 01, 2013

+ Add to Favorites

+ Subscribe

+ Add to Photo Album

+ Post a Photo Comment

» Union Pacific (more..)
» n/a (more..)

» Unknown
» Rocky, Colorado, USA (more..)
» May 27, 1997

Locomotive No./Train ID

Photographer

» Unknown
» Unknown

» Steve Patterson (more..)
» Contact Photographer · Photographer Profile

Remarks & Notes

Why are unit train coal hopper cars painted a color on one end? The color itself has no significance. The end with a color denotes that end of the car has a rotary coupler, to enable the car to be dumped at its destination in a big rotary dumper without having to be uncoupled. Outstanding instructions say never to couple two painted ends together, because this is what can happen --- two rotary couplers together can rotate during train movement, and normal train movement can easily cause the knuckles to bypass laterally on curves or switches, regardless in this case of the "tightlock ears." This coal train had several separations during the wee hours, causing emergency stops, recoupling, air test, and proceeding a little farther

Photo Location Map

Photo Comments (4)

View Larger Map

User Photo Albums Containing this Photo (7)

+ Add to Album

OH NO! Album created by member Lets Go Railfanning	Album Views: 58,082

Oops Album created by member ollie	Album Views: 54,397

STU'S TRAINS 2 Album created by member AUSSIE STU	Album Views: 85,058
Train photos I like.

Unseen Aspects Album created by member ckeefer58	Album Views: 1,226,973
Pictures of things often unseen in the world of railroading. Interesting equipment, operations, and people that help the railroad go around.

Prototype for everything . . . Album created by member mattkdettman	Album Views: 332,587
Do you ever get the feeling as a model railroader, that you just might be creating something not "prototypical?" Same here.

Freight cars Album created by member RP Archives	Album Views: 596,647
A much needed album given that there is no "category" to identify these pictures

Would you believe it? Album created by member RP Archives	Album Views: 2,739,494
Now featuring 2800 unbelievable to merely surprising - or even funny - pictures

Add to Photo Album or Get Your Own Photo Album

EXIF Data for this photo: [What's this?]

No header data found for this image.

Photo Copyright © 2013 Steve Patterson. All Rights Reserved. Photo Usage Policy
This website Copyright © 2002-2024. All Rights Reserved.