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[quote user="PRR dispr"] last week i was watching trains at the horseshoe curve, i saw a train with lite blue containers i was told it was a garbage train. this blew my mind a whole train loaded with garbage must have had at least 100 cars. my questions are. 1 where did it come from? 2. where is it going? 3 what do they do with it when it gets there? [/quote] In all probability it was New York City garbage Enroute to the Sierra Blanca, Texas Sewage Dump.  Sierra Blanca is located approximately 88 miles east of El Paso.  It is the county seat of Hudspeth County.  It is pretty bleak country.  I have driven through or stopped in Sierra Blanca more than 100 times.  I was there approximately two weeks ago. About a mile east of Sierra Blanca the UP's Texas & Pacific line from Fort Worth through Midland joins the Sunset line from Houston and San Antonio.  It is, amongst other things, a good train watching spot.  The garbage is turned into sludge and spread or buried in an area (ranch) north of town.  The UP built a spur to the plant that turns the garbage into sludge.  The sludge ranch is operated by Merco.  I saw a UP train preparing to depart the sludge ranch (local term) whilst in Sierra Blanca. The site has provided jobs for a poor area that is rift with unemployment.  But it has been controversial.  Complaints regarding odors, health problems, pollution, etc. have arisen.
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