Rail Unloading Machine (RUM) 

That's what I'd like to know. Always bothered me.

Thanks for your inquiry, Cubs Fan22! To answer your question - not quite. The Rail Unloading Machine (RUM) is a road-to-rail vehicle that drives to a pre-determined crossing location to get on the rail. Once mounted atop the track on its hi-rail wheels, it attaches to the end of a rail train consist. The locomotive is what powers the entire consist pulling it along the ROW. The RUM then functions as a hands-free unloader. Via the machine's crane, the RUM operator grabs sticks of CWR out of the rail train and guides it through the machine for final placement on the ground next to the track.

@@HerzogCompanies that makes 10x more sense. The more i thought about it the more i figured it had to be pulled by a locomotive. Pretty cool though.

Thanks for your comment. However, Herzog does not build railway locomotives. We do build specialized maintenance-of-way equipment such as the Rail Unloading Machine (RUM). Check out our equipment at www.herzog.com

@@HerzogCompanies ik you made a gondola with HERZOG writing?

@@TeimonKauppa739 Yes, all of our railcars (rapid discharge cars , side dumps, gondolas, flat cars, and GPS & solar ballast cars) are stenciled with the Herzog name.