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Mileposts on Sunset route
Author: White River Junction
Date: 06-05-2022 - 14:30

I always thought that the mileposts on all former Southern Pacific lines showed miles from San Francisco. Certainly this is the case on the UP mainline between Klamath Falls and Portland, as well as on most of the branch lines in Oregon that have been spun off to shoreline operators.

I am on board Amtrak's Sunset Limited from Los Angeles to New Orleans. The miles-from-San Francisco rule seemed to apply to mileposts in Arizona and New Mexico. Now I am in Texas where the numbers going east are descending rather than ascending. They appear to show miles from Houston, or some point close to Houston.

Can anyone tell me, has this always been the case on this stretch of track? Or is this a change UP made?

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  Mileposts on Sunset route White River Junction 06-05-2022 - 14:30
  Re: Mileposts on Sunset route OPRRMS 06-05-2022 - 15:11
  Re: Mileposts on Sunset route OPRRMS 06-05-2022 - 15:19
  Re: Mileposts on Sunset route White River Junction 06-05-2022 - 17:53
  Another Sunset route question White River Junction 06-06-2022 - 06:14
  Re: Another Sunset route question ...They say... 06-06-2022 - 10:33
  Re: Another Sunset route question OPRRMS 06-06-2022 - 10:35
  Re: Another Sunset route question White River Junction 06-06-2022 - 10:52


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