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Re: Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?

Author: OPRRMS

Date: 06-22-2018 - 22:46

John West Wrote:
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> I took this picture back in September 1996,
> eastbound at what I call Verdi Meadows. The cars
> look like they are loads of coal or maybe coke.
> Why would coal have been moving east over Donner
> at that date? Do I have the location and direction
> wrong?

Coke from Richmond to Geneva Steel.

Inbound coke was transloaded from ship to rail at Levin-Richmond Terminal, then 23-car (usually) cuts were moved by their railroad to the 23rd Street Yard in Richmond for interchange to SP. An SP yard job from East Oakland would gather it all up (typically 92 cars), drag it over the "hill" to Stege, then shove it down the Water Side Drill (a.k.a, One Track) west of CP Stege. A pool crew would come light out of West Oakland, pick up the loads, and head east on the Cal P.

My fuzzy recollection is that the symbol was RIGVC, but Wes Fox would know for certain.

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Subject	Written By	Date/Time (PST)
Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?	John West	06-22-2018 - 21:11
Re: Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?	Craig Tambo	06-22-2018 - 22:45
Re: Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?	OPRRMS	06-22-2018 - 22:46
Re: Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?	WAF	06-23-2018 - 08:08
Re: Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?	John West	06-23-2018 - 08:42
Re: Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?	Craig Tambo	06-24-2018 - 09:07
Re: Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?	Peter D.	06-26-2018 - 09:44
Re: Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?	John West	06-26-2018 - 22:41
Re: Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?	Peter D.	06-27-2018 - 00:35
Re: Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?	Dr Zarkoff	06-27-2018 - 11:57
Re: Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?	Dr Zarkoff	06-26-2018 - 17:20
Re: Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?	Chris Walker	06-27-2018 - 04:32
Re: Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?	Dr Zarkoff	06-27-2018 - 11:55
Re: Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?	John Sweetser	06-27-2018 - 13:24
Re: Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?	Chris Walker	06-28-2018 - 03:24
Re: Eastbound SP coal at Verdi?	Dr Zarkoff	06-28-2018 - 11:39

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OPRRMS Wrote:
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> John West Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I took this picture back in September 1996,
> > eastbound at what I call Verdi Meadows.  The
> cars
> > look like they are loads of coal or maybe coke.
> 
> > Why would coal have been moving east over
> Donner
> > at that date? Do I have the location and
> direction
> > wrong?
> 
> Coke from Richmond to Geneva Steel.
> 
> Inbound coke was transloaded from ship to rail at
> Levin-Richmond Terminal, then 23-car (usually)
> cuts were moved by their railroad to the 23rd
> Street Yard in Richmond for interchange to SP.  An
> SP yard job from East Oakland would gather it all
> up (typically 92 cars), drag it over the "hill" to
> Stege, then shove it down the Water Side Drill
> (a.k.a, One Track) west of CP Stege.  A pool crew
> would come light out of West Oakland, pick up the
> loads, and head east on the Cal P.
> 
> My fuzzy recollection is that the symbol was
> RIGVC, but Wes Fox would know for certain.

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