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Re: Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist?
Author: theconductor
Date: 03-03-2015 - 07:42

Shortline Sammie Wrote:
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> theconductor Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > GeoB Wrote:
> >
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>
> > -----
> > > I've even wondered why the Cascade line is
> > still
> > > around with the SP gone.
> > > Traffic is a lot lighter these days and UP
> > > sends a lot of freight to Hinkle for
> > > sorting. It must cost a fortune to
> maintain.
> >
> >
> > Um, what?!! Crazy talk right there!
>
>
> UM...duh...I understood that EsPee sold or leased
> their branch lines because UP wanted ONLY the I5
> Corridor (Cascade Line) to get from Seattle to
> southern Cali without having to go through Hinkle
> and the long way around. Also what sweetened the
> pot was EsPee's control of the petrochemical
> traffic in Texas.
>
> Us willing shortliners made it easy for the
> transition!
>
> Dick Samuels
> Oregon Pacific Rail


That's all I'm saying! So much tonnage runs on the Cascade line that I couldn't believe that GeoB would even post such nonsense!

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  Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist? Northwest Traveler 03-02-2015 - 10:44
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  Re: Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist? Northwest Traveler 03-02-2015 - 13:41
  Re: Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist? Erik H. 03-02-2015 - 13:15
  Re: Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist? E 03-02-2015 - 15:19
  Re: Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist? GeoB 03-02-2015 - 16:59
  Re: Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist? WAF 03-02-2015 - 17:40
  Re: Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist? George Andrews 03-02-2015 - 18:18
  Re: Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist? Rasputin 03-02-2015 - 18:47
  Re: Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist? dcjb 03-02-2015 - 21:03
  Re: Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist? Rasputin 03-02-2015 - 22:53
  Re: Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist? theconductor 03-02-2015 - 21:49
  Re: Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist? Shortline Sammie 03-02-2015 - 21:57
  Re: Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist? theconductor 03-03-2015 - 07:42
  Re: Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist? SPMarketing 03-03-2015 - 10:32
  Re: Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist? WAF 03-03-2015 - 12:55
  Re: Siskiyou Line, Why Does it still exist? beaver 03-03-2015 - 13:26


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