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Re: According to the Ceremony in Ogden
Author: Carol L Voss
Date: 05-10-2019 - 10:46
interesting... Wrote:
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> Yes, this round, unlike in the 100th anniversary,
> it's all UP. TRAINS' articles are all from the UP
> perspective, and their "special" could have been
> written for them (maybe it was?) by the UP PR
> dept. UP seems to want to eradicate all mention of
> the SP and CP in their railroad history - really,
> I'm surprised that their mileposts and control
> points in the far west still use SP numbering
> (miles to/from One Market Street).
>
> The State Railroad Museum in Sacramento has a
> major exhibit for the anniversary. UP did not
> provide a significant contribution. The only media
> pieces dealing with the CP and the Sierra crossing
> are in local media in California. Strange, but
> given the UP-centric outlook of the company
> perhaps understandable.
UP adjusted the mileposts from SF Market Street—- where Coyote south of San Jose was mp 63 it became 59.7 and Watsonville Jct was mp 100 and became 97.7— Tommy the Rocket DeLa Rosa who was engineer on the Coast Starlight told the DS he didn't give a damn what UP called it, it was mp 100 to him!
C
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> Yes, this round, unlike in the 100th anniversary,
> it's all UP. TRAINS' articles are all from the UP
> perspective, and their "special" could have been
> written for them (maybe it was?) by the UP PR
> dept. UP seems to want to eradicate all mention of
> the SP and CP in their railroad history - really,
> I'm surprised that their mileposts and control
> points in the far west still use SP numbering
> (miles to/from One Market Street).
>
> The State Railroad Museum in Sacramento has a
> major exhibit for the anniversary. UP did not
> provide a significant contribution. The only media
> pieces dealing with the CP and the Sierra crossing
> are in local media in California. Strange, but
> given the UP-centric outlook of the company
> perhaps understandable.
UP adjusted the mileposts from SF Market Street—- where Coyote south of San Jose was mp 63 it became 59.7 and Watsonville Jct was mp 100 and became 97.7— Tommy the Rocket DeLa Rosa who was engineer on the Coast Starlight told the DS he didn't give a damn what UP called it, it was mp 100 to him!
C
