Re: Westside Line Reroutes in 1989
Author: WAF
Date: 09-20-2010 - 14:44
Sam Richards Wrote:
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> When reporting on the Manteca derailment in 1989
> for the Tracy Press, I asked the SP spokesman (I
> think it was "Andy" Anderson, but not sure)
> whether SP could use the West Side line as a
> detour until the wreck was cleaned up. Surprised
> that I would be aware of that possibility, he
> specifically said they could, and would, and that
> no other "through" trans had plied that route for
> at least several years by then.
True, the bulk of the West Side perishables had left on rubber wheels, which accounted for the through trains in the summer.