Thursday, January 22, 2009

Do Not Hump

Today I went for an inspection of a power transformer at a rail yard.  I was surprised to see individual rail cars going on tracks when we got there.  I was told they were humping!  They use these hump yards to organize the cars using gravity, pretty cool.  The transformer was cool too.  Not a lot to see as it is enclosed but it was huge.  Poor transformer though, it is not allowed to hump.   Our escort into the yard, Honk Honk!