Repost from The Sacramento Bee (on YouTube)
[Editor: See Tony Bizjak’s story that accompanies this video here. – RS]
VIDEO: Union Pacific Rail Inspection Car
Tony Bizjak, Oct 19, 2014Union Pacific’s “geometry” car on the Valley Subdivision rail line in Roseville and Marysville is a key resource for keeping the rails safe.
Union Pacific Railroad’s EC-4. The EC-4 is a 96-ton, 82-foot-long rolling track inspection car which travels 800-1500 miles a week making sure that heavily used railroad tracks are in good working order.