Re: UP 96
Author: theconductor
Date: 10-20-2016 - 23:09
Daylight Fan Wrote:
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> Cprr Wrote:
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> > Forget the PA....fire up 4449 and go get it!
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> That would be an interesting move. The 4449 would
> need to run around through Union Station and over
> BNSF up to north Portland jct. then drop back
> south on the UP through the Albina tunnel to get
> into Albina yard to pick up 96. Doyle has said
> that the curves are too tight at the south end of
> Albina yard for 4449 and 844 which is the reason
> 4449 didn't just run through Albina yard and the
> tunnel to meet 844 at Kenton back in 2007.
Interesting, since I've seen both the 844 and 3985 traverse those curves...