Ed Rodriguez Wrote:
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> Sad state of affairs on the old Donner mainlines
> extending into Denver on the old DRG&W. My wife
> and I took AMTRAK to Glenwood Springs yesterday
> and I only saw one short UP intermodal train near
> Truckee. Roseville Yard- Dead. Sparks Yard, BNSF
> switching, UP- dead. Only 1 BNSF tank train at
> Glenwood Springs for the over 24-hour journey. Is
> this the sad state of affairs that UP has left us
> with? Many sidings had boxcars, coal hoppers,
> intermodal cars, and CenterBeam flats filled up.
> Can't believe what SP and the DRG&W used run on
> these lines from just 30 years ago. What is wrong
> with America's railroads?

Late summer I wrote about the same thing on AP.Just 7 trains in 24 hours on UP's Shasta route in Dunsmuir.Mergers have redirected traffic and PSR squeezes more profit out of fewer longer trains. With huge maintenance costs and so few trains I suspect in the years ahead UP will divest itself of lines with little traffic. America's future might include a bike path system in that is the envy of the world.