Graham Buxton Wrote:
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> Aside from the UP rails connection in Portland
> itself (where 4449 must travel over UP rails to
> get out to Portland Union Station), the line
> crossing the Columbia River near Wishram down to
> Bend has a significant segment OWNED BY UP
> RAILROAD. This segment was UP rails when the
> 'railroad war' occurred there. It has been UP
> owned ever since the Harriman/Hill era, and
> continues with BNSF running over the UP owned
> segment (and BNSF owning the rest of the line to
> Klamath Falls).
>
> You can see the UP owned segment of this line on
> this UP map:
> [www.up.com]
> s/up_pdf_nativedocs/pdf_oregon_usguide.pdf
> The dashed line segments are UP trackage rights,
> but the solid lines are UP owned segments. If you
> doubt my comments on the dashed/solid segments,
> just examine this similar Washington map and look
> at the segments where UP and BNSF go north of
> Portland to the Tacoma area.

You are totally wrong Dip$hit!