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Re: NWP possible business?
Author: J Mann
Date: 10-25-2017 - 08:36

Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> > The Brazo Sub (Ignacio to Lombard)gets flooded
> every year between Schellville and Wingo. On bad
> years it gets completely washed out. A lot of the
> rail is left over from the SP days when SP took
> old mainline CWR and recycled it to the branch
> lines. The roadbed and underlying sub structure
> cannot handle the weight of "big power".
>
> A UP SD-40 once made it all the way to Willits,
> not that it was supposed to.
>
> > The curves cannot handle 6-axle locomotives.
>
> I guess this means the NWP never ran SD-9s.

I was thinking the same thing. Back in the early '80's it wasn't uncommon to see SD45's and SD40's running through Wingo. They had to have gone up to Willits because I have some flimsees with SD45 locomotive numbers that were for trains originateing in Willits.

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