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Re: Floriston, CA August 1987 SP X7425 East
Author: Mongo
Date: 04-28-2010 - 18:12

OPRRMS Wrote:
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> Known as "Home Shop," the name was applied to both
> sides of the cab, somewhere near the unit's
> number. It was the location of the shop where the
> unit was assigned for scheduled maintenance.
> Switchers and local service units tended to
> usually stay in the general area where they were
> assigned. Road units were supposed to be returned
> to their home shop for scheduled maintenance (such
> as FRA inspections), but that didn't always
> happen.

Thanks for the explanation. I suppose as time went on, if SP wasn't bought out by UP, this practice may have been eliminated and replaced by computer technology and GPS tracking?

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  Floriston, CA August 1987 SP X7425 East Drew Jacksich 04-27-2010 - 00:40
  Re: Floriston, CA August 1987 SP X7425 East Sam Reeves 04-27-2010 - 09:26
  Re: Floriston, CA August 1987 SP X7425 East Mike 04-27-2010 - 09:28
  Re: Floriston, CA August 1987 SP X7425 East njt 04-27-2010 - 11:04
  Re: Floriston, CA August 1987 SP X7425 East hehe 04-27-2010 - 19:52
  Re: Floriston, CA August 1987 SP X7425 East Drew Jacksich 04-28-2010 - 08:22
  Re: Floriston, CA August 1987 SP X7425 East Mongo 04-28-2010 - 08:18
  Re: Floriston, CA August 1987 SP X7425 East OPRRMS 04-28-2010 - 08:42
  Re: Floriston, CA August 1987 SP X7425 East Mongo 04-28-2010 - 18:12
  Re: Floriston, CA August 1987 SP X7425 East OPRRMS 04-28-2010 - 20:04
  Re: Floriston, CA August 1987 SP X7425 East Drew Jacksich 04-28-2010 - 10:59
  Re: Floriston, CA August 1987 SP X7425 East Margaret (SP fan) 04-28-2010 - 22:42


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