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Re: Will the BNSF Agree to Steam Excursions Agin?
Author: Dope
Date: 06-28-2017 - 09:11
Cprr Wrote:
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> To the original poster. Why wouldn't BNSF let a
> steam excursion go on their lines? If you are
> basing it on the emergency that happened in
> Portland, really slim reason. What would have
> happened if a freight engineer had a major heart
> attack on his train in the canyon? The whole line
> would have been tied up.
>
> Basing it on the slow speed during the heat wave?.
> Slim reason also . All of the railroads in the
> West had slow orders due to the heat. I am
> actually surprised that down by Phoenix there
> where not massive sunkinks in the rail.
>
> No a/c in the cars? Not a reason to deny a
> excision. The dispatcher could care less. That is
> the excursion problem.
>
> No, Doyle and Company are a class act, and BNSF
> knows that. At least they were not on the UP track
> that had a stuck open bridge due to the heat on
> Sunday.
I dunno, I heard that approximately 5 trains died on the law while waiting for the train to leave Portland. The 5 additional dog catch crews that cost Uncle Warren extra dough I'm sure will be noted the next time the 4449 folks ask.
Then there was the extra cost of having a track rider follow the 4449 north on the OT on Sunday. Heard something about avoiding a repeat of what happened Saturday.
Taking off my rose colored glasses for now.
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> To the original poster. Why wouldn't BNSF let a
> steam excursion go on their lines? If you are
> basing it on the emergency that happened in
> Portland, really slim reason. What would have
> happened if a freight engineer had a major heart
> attack on his train in the canyon? The whole line
> would have been tied up.
>
> Basing it on the slow speed during the heat wave?.
> Slim reason also . All of the railroads in the
> West had slow orders due to the heat. I am
> actually surprised that down by Phoenix there
> where not massive sunkinks in the rail.
>
> No a/c in the cars? Not a reason to deny a
> excision. The dispatcher could care less. That is
> the excursion problem.
>
> No, Doyle and Company are a class act, and BNSF
> knows that. At least they were not on the UP track
> that had a stuck open bridge due to the heat on
> Sunday.
I dunno, I heard that approximately 5 trains died on the law while waiting for the train to leave Portland. The 5 additional dog catch crews that cost Uncle Warren extra dough I'm sure will be noted the next time the 4449 folks ask.
Then there was the extra cost of having a track rider follow the 4449 north on the OT on Sunday. Heard something about avoiding a repeat of what happened Saturday.
Taking off my rose colored glasses for now.
