Re: UP 844 coming to the PNW
Author: Earl Pitts
Date: 03-07-2017 - 12:26
s Wrote:
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> Portlander Wrote:
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> > OT Local Wrote:
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> > > Where are you getting this from? So far I
> heard
> > > this is Rumor.Why is it coming
> here(PDX)?That's
> > > great if it is TRUE?? Don't remember the post
> > from
> > > Kreiger, mentioning Portland?
> >
> >
> > It looks like he edited his post today and
> removed
> > the Portland part, maybe something changed or
> has
> > not been confirmed yet?? :-/ You can see his
> > original post quoted by another poster on TO.
>
> Could it be because the UP does not have trackage
> rights over the OPR into the ORHF facility?
>
> Sammie
They can't get in there, anyway. The curves between
Albina and the Steel Bridge are too tight for 844.