Nudge Wrote:
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> I have seen some pictures but it was history
> around 72. Much like Santa Barbara, Alturas,
> Cresent Lake, etc. The "Run Throughs" wiped out a
> lot of yards and crew change points across the
> system. I was told they had a roundhouse &
> everything else including the yard.
>
> With Gerber, the only screw up was the old double
> track mains. They kept the westbound as sort of a
> siding but it was the westbound main. It was 10-20
> MPH. Then you had to have a low green to get back
> on the east valley to Roseville or a high green to
> go down the west valley.
>
> Many, many people and officers wrote and called to
> get this changed to a Main or siding. You could
> not go west down the eastbound main. Nothing.
> Finally someone woke up. It took almost 20 years
> and they signaled the old east main for both
> directions, saving a lot of time dragging in & out
> of the "siding". I don't have Sigs book handy but
> I am sure it could shed a lot of light on the
> situation.
>
> Nudge

please give out who were some of the many, many people and officers and who did they write to and call for the sleepy Sacramento Division people who would not wake up and properly upgrade and signal the eastbound main through Gerber to get the speed up both eastbound and westbnound. I know some one personmally that had personal involvement in this farce for over 30 years.
There was some pretty high powered political ramifications involved in the West Bound track upgading causing it to be left at 25mph. There was no one asleep for 20 years on this problem.
Maybe we can get some of the obstructional practices the TE&Y employees implanted to obstruct the run through to Dunsmuir.
11 and 12 had a station stop at Gerber until they were abolished. There was crew changes at Gerber for some time after the yard was abolished.