Re: SP 4449 and the Shasta Route
Author: Frederick L.
Date: 02-04-2018 - 14:00
Graham Buxton Wrote:
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> Nudge Wrote:
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> > Since then everything was fine until UP took
> over
> > and they put a stop to it on their rails.
> >
>
>
> Anytime the #4449 moves anywhere out of the Museum
> complex and off Shortline Sammy's Oregon Pacific
> RR, the #4449 must travel over UP rails.
>
> So trips to the Portland Union Station, and other
> excursions (to for instance, Bend OR) cannot
> happen without UP's agreement to permit #4449 on
> UP rails.
>
>
> And note that aside from the UP connection between
> Oregon Pacific RR and the BNSF, UP still owns a
> portion of the "Inside Gateway" route between
> Wishram WA and Bend OR. Most of that line is now
> BNSF owned, but not all of it. When the #4449 runs
> to Bend, a portion of the trip on Inside Gateway
> rails south of OT Junction in Oregon (which is
> more or less at the south end of the BNSF Celilo
> bridge), is run over UP owned rails.
Wow! Aren't you the "KnowItAll". Your mother should be real proud of you and perhaps let you out of the basement for an extra hour.