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Re: Occupy Oakland protesters climbing on a signal bridge at the Port of Oakland
Author: Chris
Date: 11-03-2011 - 14:31

The people in the background standing on the freight cars, thats UP property (it's the car shop area).


OPRRMS Wrote:
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> Jeff Sloan Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > From Twitter.
> >
> > This is happening right now. Looks like they
> are
> > on the freight cars in the background also:
> >
> > [p.twimg.com]
> >
> > I bet UP loves this . . .
>
> Actually, it's not a signal bridge. It's an
> Excessive Height detector. And UP couldn't care
> less, 'cause it has nothing to do with UP. It's
> at the Oakland International Gateway which is
> operated by the Port of Oakland and is served
> exclusively by BNSF. UP only runs an occasional
> yard job over to it to switch Unicold, which
> receives loaded reefers for transloading.
>
> Several people have asked about the lack of a
> police presence. It's simple: a police presence
> would've resulted in a violent clash, as history
> has shown. So the decision was made to let 'em go
> do their thing, get on the TV news, and then go
> home.

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