OPRRMS Wrote:
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> Jay6.27 Wrote:
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> > On my commute to San Francisco, I can see at
> least
> > 6 UP passenger cars just sitting on one of the
> > many tracks of the Oakland bowl. Just wondering
> as
> > to why they would be stored in Oakland? Is
> Oakland
> > the only yard where these types of cars and be
> > worked on? Or is it something more mundane?
>
> Not sure if this is what you're referring to, but
> since the merger UP has brought many cars from
> their "Executive Fleet" to the Oakland One Spot
> for winter storage, to keep them from freezing
> up.
>
> Back in the Old Days, they used to store them
> inside the East Los Angeles freight house, for the
> same reason.
East LA?
Cause I was Born in East LA