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Re: Mileposts on Sunset route
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 06-05-2022 - 15:11

White River Junction Wrote:
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> I always thought that the mileposts on all former
> Southern Pacific lines showed miles from San
> Francisco.

Only on the SP's Pacific Lines.

> 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.

Correct. Leaving El Paso, you are now on SP's former Texas & New Orleans. Between New Orleans (Avondale) and El Paso, mileposts are numbered from east to west.

For example, El Paso Union Depot has two milepost locations: 829.3 from the east and 1295.9 from the west.

> Can anyone tell me, has this always been the case
> on this stretch of track?

Yes.

> Or is this a change UP
> made?

No.

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  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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