Nice mood shot, with the reflection in the wet roadway, the DDA40X in the lashup, and the vintage Chevy pickup.
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Having worked in UP's East Yard a few years previously I can attest that what the hogs previously ate was as much a challenge as the hogs themselves!
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I can remember reading about UP hauling hogs across country. I assume this service has long since went away. Does anybody know the status of this?
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I think they need more power.
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Livestock are rarely hauled by trains or trucks these days. Today, only their frozen carcasses are transported to market by trains & trucks. Transporting live animals was hard on the animals. They would arrive dehydrated and starved of food. Their "live weight" suffered & so did the selling price. Often livestock arrived as much as 10% lighter in weight. Long distance livestock trains would stop to water & feed, but the motion of the train along with the rock & rock, made food/water difficult to keep down. Which also added to the nasty smell of the livestock car.
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