Norden Norton Wrote:
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> FullertonDave Wrote:
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> > Back in the late 1960's SP had 5 rotaries
> stationed in Roseville and 2 in Sparks.
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> That was back in the "old days" when they ran a
> lot of trains over Donner Pass. Times have
> changed. There's not nearly the amount of rail
> traffic running on the Overland and Feather River
> routes as there used to be. Remember the "Ford
> Fast"? That was when we had automobile assembly
> plants. Remember the "Salad Bowl Express"? That
> was when the railroads were interested in hauling
> perishables. I could go on.
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> The Overland Route is covered at the 29:52 mark.
The rotaries are relics of the past and expensive for the railroad to operate - especially with their own employees, many of whom are nothing but useless "feather-bedders." They should be removed and scrapped, and non-union contractors with their
own equipment brought in.