, The Sacramento Bee; September 14, 2018
Special equipment, locomotives and water cars are being used by Union Pacific to help fight the Delta Fire as well as protect rail infrastructure to keep goods moving along the tracks to markets.
The primary use of the water equipment is to soak rail bridges, the railroad right of way and infrastructure that could be burned – “wooden railroad ties, signal buildings, railroad related communications equipment,” said Justin Jacobs, director of media relations for UP.