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I presume when you say tanks that you mean tanker cars. The purpose of this kind of procedure is to break the train into parts that go to different locations. If the tankers originated at a chemical plant that train might have 100 tanker cars but not all of them are going to the same destination so that requires the train to be broken up into smaller sections with the different sections being formed into new trains with new destinations. There are a number of ways this is done: first, the most efficient and least expensive approach would be to build a hill in the yard and then drive a train with many cars to the hill so that when uncoupled the cars can roll down the hill and individually be diverted to separate track sections, often arranged in a bowl. Such an arrangement can handle about 8 cars per minute; a second approach as used here is to make use of a small elevation difference and then have the train backup for each of the separate car groups that go to different areas to be assembled into new trains as needed. I think you can see from this video that the rate this happens is a lot slower than a true 'hump yard' as mentioned above. So, instead of handling about 8 cars per minute this is more like 2 cars per minute or less -- much more labor intensive and thus more expensive. If there is no hill then the diverting action is going to be even slower and more labor intensive -- and expensive.

@@Raptorman0909 Thankyou so much 🙏

I was not driving like the devil and was in fact at or below the speed limit.

Ah man what a troll!

Ahhh, don't go away ... no actually go away!

And once again you upvoted yourself!

Upvoting yourself I see!

I've never taken the tour but I'll look into that. Impressive that you could put the tallest building in the world at the bottom and the top would be blow the crater rim.

There is something magical about trains -- as a young boy they awe us and that feeling never really goes away...

Thanks, I love this video as well. I've been busy doing other things and hope to get back to making videos at some point.

@@Raptorman0909 Great! Good to hear from you. I hope to see more videos one day!

Your Return On Investment is based on your skill set. Shiny equipment gets dusty when never learned or used. Just because someone cane afford a Harley, does not mean they deserve a Harley. When you master the walking and jump rope, you'll appreciate the ease and use of setup and use of the home gym.

I don't think they do much car loading at Green River, as trains arrive they either pass thru as is or it stops so some of the cars can be removed and stored until needed when another train (consist) is created. Green River isn't near any major city or industrial area, just a stop on the UP line. Places like Long Beach do a lot of car loading but Green River not so much.

@@Raptorman0909 thank you for the information.

@@mohamedmohideen8475if you want to see how the containers are loaded onto the well cars, look up videos of the port of Oakland

Yeah, we've been raining on and off for a few days now. Weather seems to say tomorrow (Sunday) should be sunny but then Mon-Wed like iffy. So long as you don't cross any streams you should be OK unless it is raining or has rained in the past few hours.

@@Raptorman0909 Thanks. I am boondocking with a cargo trailer conversion in Valley of the Gods at the moment. I am going to get out of here in a day or two because of the coming wind and rain and cold. It looks like the whole area is getting a little colder than I like, and it may be time to head to a lower elevation.

There are both pictographs and petroglyphs, but you knew that right?