Re: 4449 trips?
Author: Daylight Fan
Date: 01-14-2016 - 12:24
Robert Wrote:
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> Daylight Fan Wrote:
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> > Don't count on any southbound trips with the
> 4449
> > over UP unless another double header with UP
> 844
> > event is run. Unless the 49 is added as just
> part
> > of the UP 844 special... It's all northbound
> out
> > of Portland via BNSF.
>
> Doesn't explain all the southbound BNSF freights
> going to Lake Yard! The iron triangle is far from
> the only route BNSF uses. It is a special
> situation. While it is true there are fewer SB
> trains coming into Vancouver, WA, there is still
> SB traffic.
>
> Robert
I was meaning the UP owned route (former SP line) south out of Portland towards Eugene and not southbound coming from Seattle/Tacoma down too Vancouver,WA.