Re: Railroad Newsline for Friday, 09/26/08 - "Patriot train"
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 09-26-2008 - 00:13
Steve Noland Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> The piece that KFBK Sacramento reported on the
> "Train Crashes Into Truck" at McCleland Airfield
> shows a railroad engine with the name out of frame
> of the photos. The audio piece that goes with it
> called it a patriot train. Can anyone share more
> about this engine and what railroad it belongs to
> and the association to "patriot train" mentioned
> by the announcer"?
Patriot Rail is the owner of the Sacarmento Valley Railroad, which despite its name is merely the switching contractor at McClellan Business Park. Believe they are using a couple of black and yellow ex-Butte, Anaconda & Pacific geeps there.