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Re: Sacramento Bee spur

Author: mook

Date: 08-28-2015 - 20:49

When I moved to the Sacramento area, the Bee (visible from light rail) was getting paper by boxcar at the rate of at least 2, usually 3, sometimes 4 deliveries a week, 2-4 cars at a time. Their trackmobile was a busy little Bee (sorry, couldn't resist...).

I don't remember exactly when they stopped getting regular deliveries, but it was certainly before the 2008 crash. It didn't stop suddenly; mainly, the number of cars gradually declined until it was more an occasional delivery than a regular one. Since the crash, rail deliveries have been rare, and I don't remember seeing any cars at the dock for at least 3-4 years - probably more. Given the state of dead-tree printing in general, and newspapers in particular, I suspect we will never see rail deliveries to the Bee again - their demand is easily satisfied by truck now.

Wonder how long before UP makes it official by pulling out the switch and the drill track?

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Re: Sacramento Bee spur	mook	08-27-2015 - 16:03
Re: Sacramento Bee spur	Trudie	08-27-2015 - 20:32
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mook Wrote:
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> When I moved to the Sacramento area, the Bee
> (visible from light rail) was getting paper by
> boxcar at the rate of at least 2, usually 3,
> sometimes 4 deliveries a week, 2-4 cars at a time.
> Their trackmobile was a busy little Bee (sorry,
> couldn't resist...).
> 
> I don't remember exactly when they stopped getting
> regular deliveries, but it was certainly before
> the 2008 crash. It didn't stop suddenly; mainly,
> the number of cars gradually declined until it was
> more an occasional delivery than a regular one.
> Since the crash, rail deliveries have been rare,
> and I don't remember seeing any cars at the dock
> for at least 3-4 years - probably more. Given the
> state of dead-tree printing in general, and
> newspapers in particular, I suspect we will never
> see rail deliveries to the Bee again - their
> demand is easily satisfied by truck now.
> 
> Wonder how long before UP makes it official by
> pulling out the switch and the drill track?

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