Karldotcom Wrote:
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> The DynamicTamping Express 09-3X sounds the siren
> at UP 3486, UP 3111, UP 3108 (SD40-2s) RCL job and
> UP 8008 (SD9043MAC) as the DPU on the Manifest
> West Colton-El Centro.
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> The Tamper can advance as the El Centro train
> ahead is stopped within the work limits and under
> the direction the road foreman.
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>
> Does anyone know why this Tamper has a siren? It
> immediately reminded me of that memorable scene in
> "Apocolypse Now" when Dennis Hopper the
> Photojournalist yells to the Swift Boat "Zap em'
> with your sirens, man! Zap em' with your sirens!"


The siren on the tamper is a warning device to alert others around the immediate area that the tamper is getting ready to move, and also it is used at crossings to alert people and cars that it is going to cross.
The gang on the "Express" is off right now, but when they return they will work their way west UP north) on the Alhambra side, and once into the Los Angeles area they are to come back the LA side and continue back towards West Colton and then out the Sunset and working towards El Paso, Texas.

Virlon

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