FUD Wrote:
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> There are several short-line railroad companies
> that operate spurs and industrial-park operations
> just like this one, often paid for by the "park"
> developer and owner (most of those warehouses are
> leased, not owned, by the users). UP's main
> involvement may be to deliver strings of cars for
> the site and pick up - perhaps even pre-blocked -
> outbound cars, with no on-site work. While not
> ideal under PSR, it's a lot better than loose-car
> railroading. See, for instance, McClellan Park
> near Sacramento.

Also PolyOne in Carson, Calif. gets pellet hopper strings from the yellow borg and the on-site rail switches (upee grabs the mty string set-out on the way out). From (not sure of the job code) (ala Mead LOG) Dolores. (same at AtlanticRichfieldCo next door)

This beast was doing the yellow switch last time I was there...



I was suprised to learn the switch did not come out of Mead!