Re: Binney Junction tower
Author: Craig Tambo
Date: 08-07-2016 - 21:17
DCA Wrote:
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> My recollection regarding Binney Junction is that
> on a WB WP freight leaving Oroville (downhill, a
> little) with, typically, three F units and only
> 4500 hp, we'd get a pretty good roll on the train
> only to see the home signal there red. Since SP
> controlled it, we often had to wait what seemed
> like an inordinate amount of time for the signal
> to clear (and usually with no SP traffic in the
> way), thus losing some of our momentum, though I
> don't recall actually having to stop there very
> often.
There was also that tight curve between the Jack Slough bridge and the diamonds. I believe the speed restriction was 25. I once went around it at about 35, but that's another story.