Ghost of Jim Beckwith Wrote:
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> Arthur Keddie Wrote:
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> >
> > I don't believe any of the WP from Oakland to
> Salt
> > Lake City exceeded one percent gradient.
>
> Correct, however the Reno Branch is largely built
> on the former right of way of the Nevada -
> California - Oregon Rwy., a narrow gauge line that
> ran from Reno to Lakeview, OR. This line HAS
> grades. Back in WP days a set of engines " tied
> down " at Stead Yard ran away & derailed just
> before hitting a LNG unloading facility.
>
>
> > Traffic levels are so low on the Keddie-Weso
> segment that
> > I believe there is an exemption where UP
> doesn't
> > have to install PTC.

If Reno- Reno Jct was old NCO alignment, did they use a new alignment for Reno Jct- Herlong where the NCO peeled off or is that segment roughly the NCO too?