GN Goat Wrote:
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> Thanks for the info BN Oly! Appreciate it!
>
> George, I've seen that BN Caboose in Dupont too
> when I drive South on I-5 daily.
>
> I have seen Tacoma Rail 2 locomotives sitting
> there in Dupont, that's why I thought they were
> still running down to Union Mill / Lacey.
>
> Is Tacoma Rail servicing the Tacoma industries
> from Center St / S Tacoma way area from Dupont?
>
> Assuming they can't haul freight cars up the Sound
> Transit Line along S Tacoma Way?
>
> Oh and anyone know how much fuel a locomotive
> burns per hour when sitting idling? I see the TR
> ones and they don't move much, so wonder how much
> $ per day that costs? I see the WWR locomotive
> often and it's not idling, they always shut it
> down, why not TR doing the same?
>
> Learning as I go here, so thanks again!


Yes, stupidly they cannot use the ST trackage between Freighthouse Square and South Tacoma, so they drag the tonnage all the way around to Nisqualy and then up through Dupont. I have actually thought about petitioning ST to let Tacoma Rail and BNSF use that for local traffic. Its wasteful not to and counter to their "enviro" motives.