A Georgetown Rail Equipment (GREX)
unit dump train passing Union Station in Little Rock, Arkansas on
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 shortly after noon. According to GREX's
website (http://www.georgetownrail.com), these unit dump trains have a
capacity of 1,500 nt, one 50-foot boom, 2,000 cubic ft capacity, weighs
63,000 pounds and is 1,000 feet long. It can be operated by one
individual. This is classified MOW equipment, but is the term 'dump
train' the correct name for it? I've also heard it could be called a
'slag' train or 'conveyor' train.

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UP 4790 heads the dump train at 12:33 p.m. January 15.







