Re: Sigh...
Author: Big Boy
Date: 08-13-2019 - 19:53
Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> When the hospital train got to Oroville, Rod
> Mclure realized they didn't have enough assigned
> power to make it up all the way up the canyon to
> Portola, so he added another (UP) unit on his own
> initiative. The UP, once it figured out what had
> happened, wasn't pleased.
Not quite. He cleared it with Locomotive Management
in Omaha before picking up the unit.
UP was so displeased they allowed the FRRS, or whatever
they call themselves, run more trains, hospital and
otherwise, after that.