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Re: Donner pass
Author: Donner Party
Date: 06-12-2015 - 15:42

Later in the week is usually busiest. Trains seem to come in bunches with no particular schedule other than the Oakland-Global 2 Z train pair. On a recent multi-day Truckee visit I saw 5+ in either direction between sunrise and 11am, a lull before #6, then the east fleet out of Roseville starts tipping over the hill late afternoon into the night. Westbounds come out of Sparks anytime from the afternoon on.

There is excellent ATSC server coverage Sparks-Verdi and Boca-Roseville which comes in handy. If you're just using a scanner you'll hear westbounds get warrants out of Sparks and eastbounds releasing/getting new ones between Switch 9 and Truckee. There's also a great Railroad Radio feed for Truckee:
[www.railroadradio.net]

Depending on the day you'll get a mix and match of these:

5/6
BNSF QSTPVJ
BNSF QPVS8J
ZOAG2
ZG2OA
ZLTG2
ZG2LT
ZNPOA
KOADU/KOASC
KOAMN
KLTG3
IG3OA
IOGOA
MRVRO
MRORV
MRVNP
QRVNPP
MNPRV(B)--recent detours from FRC due to MOW
QFRNPP
AGBMI + lately 1 other loaded autos
AMIKSR + assorted other east auto repo symbols
1-2 empty coal
1 empty ethanol
2+ empty grain

A full list of potential symbols with running days:
[railroadfan.com]

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  Donner pass Chris Mohs 06-12-2015 - 10:07
  Re: Donner pass CLK 06-12-2015 - 14:40
  Re: Donner pass Donner Party 06-12-2015 - 15:42
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