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Re: UP plans spur in Mesa, Az. but why?
Author: John
Date: 12-30-2023 - 09:56

Lite Brite Wrote:
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> Why would UP be interested in building a spur?
>
> Answer: Someone else is footing the bill for the
> trackwork. My guess is that it will be all
> concrete ties.

Yes but then they will have to do all that old crappy RR stuff. You know pay for a train crew to spot and pull cars then switch and block cars, waybills. Pay to fuel up another locomotive, pay for weekly track inspections and signal maintainers inspections. Is this the PSR model Union Pacific strives for?

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  UP plans spur in Mesa, Az. Trainnews 2.0 12-26-2023 - 20:28
  Re: UP plans spur in Mesa, Az. but why? John 12-27-2023 - 13:07
  Re: UP plans spur in Mesa, Az. but why? Guest 12-27-2023 - 14:54
  Re: UP plans spur in Mesa, Az. but why? Lite Brite 12-28-2023 - 00:55
  Re: UP plans spur in Mesa, Az. but why? John 12-30-2023 - 09:56
  Re: UP plans spur in Mesa, Az. but why? FUD 12-31-2023 - 12:30
  Re: UP plans spur in Mesa, Az. but why? R.Kraft 12-31-2023 - 15:19


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