Extreme Trains: Ice Cold Express Photo Gallery
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Cherries in an eastern Washington orchard are ready for picking in mid-June.
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Matt Bown, host of Extreme Trains at the bottom of the ladder, shows the camera a correctly picked cherry – with stem intact.
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A technician explains to Matt (left on the catwalk) the features of today’s high-tech units that cool the modern day refrigerated boxcar.
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Along with the cherries Matt picked, the produce unit train will carry onions, potatoes and other fresh produce on its 2,800-mile journey to Schenectady, N. Y.
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Extreme Train’s host Matt Bown explains to the audience what needs to take place before the produce unit train leaves Wallula, Wash., on its cross-country journey to Schenectady, N. Y.
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The produce unit train, seen here near Port Kelly on the Columbia River, is on its 2,800-mile trek to Schenectady, N. Y.
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The produce unit train makes it way up the hill at Meacham, Ore., on its way to Schenectady, N. Y.
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Extreme Train’s host Matt Bown gets a lesson on one of Union Pacific’s road locomotive simulators at UP’s training facility in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Keith Jensen, Union Pacific ‘s director of train handling, gives Extreme Train’s host Matt Bown a few pointers before letting him work the Remote Control Locomotive training simulator.
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Matt is quick to discover how realistic the Remote Control Locomotive (RCL) simulator is. This laptop based simulator was developed by Union Pacific to help employees prepare for RCL operation.