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Re: Sierra Northern taking over Santa Cruz branch
Author: Brian Bergtold
Date: 12-06-2009 - 00:08
Gary Hunter Wrote:
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> The other component was to rebuild
> the over-the-hill portion of the line. It made
> sense due to a shorter route and only a small
> amount of upgrade routing.
Your dream is to be applauded I suppose, but it made little sense. It was never going to happen, especially once you got over to the Santa Clara side. Trains through Los Gatos again? Sorry. The sand pits were closed within a decade anyway so your traffic base would have been eroded. The route was dead for a reason.
> Even though SP and UP killed off most of the local freight in SC County, there
> are still very good possibilities if a small
> intermodal yard could be established between
> Sahnta Cruz and Davenport.
Say what? SP had little to do with the industrial base of the northern county disappearing. It's hard to keep a customer when said customer closes up shop. It was mostly all gone by the time UP arrived on the scene. As for intra-county intermodal trains, well.....
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> The other component was to rebuild
> the over-the-hill portion of the line. It made
> sense due to a shorter route and only a small
> amount of upgrade routing.
Your dream is to be applauded I suppose, but it made little sense. It was never going to happen, especially once you got over to the Santa Clara side. Trains through Los Gatos again? Sorry. The sand pits were closed within a decade anyway so your traffic base would have been eroded. The route was dead for a reason.
> Even though SP and UP killed off most of the local freight in SC County, there
> are still very good possibilities if a small
> intermodal yard could be established between
> Sahnta Cruz and Davenport.
Say what? SP had little to do with the industrial base of the northern county disappearing. It's hard to keep a customer when said customer closes up shop. It was mostly all gone by the time UP arrived on the scene. As for intra-county intermodal trains, well.....
