Union Pacific Family Day at Colton Yard

Colton, California

Story and photographs copyright 2008 by Richard Elgenson

RailNews Network writer

   

   
Later on, another locomotive set arrives to do work in the yard.
   

   
I had to cut my visit to this event short due to hosting a family dinner at my house.  Before I left, I did drive around for a few minutes to check out the locomotive faciltiy on the east end of the grounds.
   
Above is the fueling and sanding area.  Is that a wash rack to the left of the  yellow tanks?  One the other side of the vehicular overpass is the engine facility.
   

The Colton Yard did a great job planning and executing their UP Family Day.  The effort was obvious with the staging of the equipment and vehicles which were brought in for the event.  I had heard for several years that they were going to do a Family Day.  Hopefully they will make this an annual event like most other smaller but equally important facilities do.

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