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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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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
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OPRRMS Wrote:
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> White River Junction Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 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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