the tractor on the right is not a front end loader. It is simply an articulated 4wd tractor of considerable horsepower. Last couple of years, UP hauled a ton of those big blades, turbines, and support poles into the yard in Norfolk Ne. The offshoot of UP there is the Nebraska Central RR. A branch line taken over from UP. Comes up out of Columbus Ne. Neb. Central has quite a bit of traffic to feed into the UP main. Scrap metal to Nucor steel, Lumber. Ethanol, steel and unit grain trains coming back to the main. The wind turbines being a bonus. It repaints its power units from the UP fleet. From the flat cars, two huge cranes are used to unload and move parts to lines of storage. Then reload onto long trucks with steerable rear axles to the fields for set up. Try getting those around a roundabout or to make a turn. Ties up traffic pretty good. Takes a flat and a half to haul one.
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