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Re: Motorcar Inspection Run On The Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line
Author: Howard
Date: 04-24-2015 - 12:16
Nudge Wrote:
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> Thanks for the views. Boy, it sure is overgrown.
> At Davenport do the tracks just end or are they
> cut back towards Santa Cruz.
>
> There used to be a lot of tracks up there. I know
> it ended at MP 91 but as you came to MP 81 you had
> Moceo on the right, then Birds Eye & Santa Cruz
> Artichoke on the left. Then on the right you had
> Mondo, Pfyffer, then Lipton Tea on the left.
> Finally, Wrigley was on the right. Then after a
> bit you came to Granite Rock, kind of like a
> passing track on the right. Then finally you came
> to MP 90, crossed Hwy 1 and had the passing track
> on the left. The passing track went to the end of
> track and was used as a tail track in order to
> switch PCA Gypsum, PCA Cement and PCA Lime Rock on
> the right. There was also a long storage track off
> the main track. Thats where the main turned into
> the passing track and tail track.
>
> Nudge
Thank you for the history. The video link below will show you the complete layout of the yard.
[www.youtube.com]
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> Thanks for the views. Boy, it sure is overgrown.
> At Davenport do the tracks just end or are they
> cut back towards Santa Cruz.
>
> There used to be a lot of tracks up there. I know
> it ended at MP 91 but as you came to MP 81 you had
> Moceo on the right, then Birds Eye & Santa Cruz
> Artichoke on the left. Then on the right you had
> Mondo, Pfyffer, then Lipton Tea on the left.
> Finally, Wrigley was on the right. Then after a
> bit you came to Granite Rock, kind of like a
> passing track on the right. Then finally you came
> to MP 90, crossed Hwy 1 and had the passing track
> on the left. The passing track went to the end of
> track and was used as a tail track in order to
> switch PCA Gypsum, PCA Cement and PCA Lime Rock on
> the right. There was also a long storage track off
> the main track. Thats where the main turned into
> the passing track and tail track.
>
> Nudge
Thank you for the history. The video link below will show you the complete layout of the yard.
[www.youtube.com]
