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Re: UP Friendlier to Amtrak???
Author: MP 44.7
Date: 12-04-2010 - 14:50

George Andrews Wrote:
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> Also to be considered, is the end of M of W track
> work for the winter, which is part of the reason
> for the schedule padding to begin with. This work
> has been quite disruptive in the Willamette Valley
> between Eugene & Salem, OR., the past 2 summers.
> Often times, the Cascades to Eugene becomes a bus
> in Portland. While this doesn't affect the
> Starlight directly, the sidings full of EwePee
> freights parked until nightfall take away meet
> points. Perhaps the ballast train shown by
> Freericks will impact Starlight running times in
> the Salinas Valley???

That makes since. I boarded the train in Paso Robles, and #14 was ONLY late because it had to stop to allow #11 by somewhere between Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo. I noticed a MoW crew working on the track as we were stopped in Eugene, OR. Thanks for the insight!

Robert

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  UP Friendlier to Amtrak??? MP 44.7 12-03-2010 - 11:58
  Re: UP Friendlier to Amtrak??? m 12-03-2010 - 13:25
  Re: UP Friendlier to Amtrak??? UP 12-03-2010 - 14:27
  Re: UP Friendlier to Amtrak??? Michael Mahoney 12-03-2010 - 15:18
  Re: UP Friendlier to Amtrak??? Carol L. Voss 12-03-2010 - 15:20
  Re: UP Friendlier to Amtrak??? MP 44.7 12-03-2010 - 15:50
  Re: UP Friendlier to Amtrak??? George Andrews 12-04-2010 - 11:29
  Re: UP Friendlier to Amtrak??? OOPS !!! Sorry Sam Reeves George Andrews 12-04-2010 - 11:38
  Re: UP Friendlier to Amtrak??? OOPS !!! Sorry Sam Reeves Freericks 12-04-2010 - 18:17
  Re: UP Friendlier to Amtrak??? MP 44.7 12-04-2010 - 14:50
  BNSF friendly to Amtrak Butler 12-05-2010 - 00:43
  Re: BNSF friendly to Amtrak George Andrews 12-05-2010 - 06:02
  Re: BNSF friendly to Amtrak MP 44.7 12-05-2010 - 07:04
  Re: The New UP? More Reliable Amtrak? BOB2 12-05-2010 - 09:37
  Re: The New UP? More Reliable Amtrak? Pilawt 12-05-2010 - 11:05
  Re: The New UP? More Reliable Amtrak? MP 44.7 12-06-2010 - 08:23
  Re: The New UP? More Reliable Amtrak? Nicholson 12-06-2010 - 17:03
  Re: The New UP? Station dwell times George Andrews 12-06-2010 - 21:05


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