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Re: Now in Newark
Author: Graham Buxton
Date: 07-31-2012 - 12:31

OPRRMS Wrote:
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> Should be riding today's MNWRV from Newark to
> Roseville via Altamont, second to the last car.

This routing is quite amusing, especially the segment down to Watsonville and back. It seems UP could have just tacked the car onto the end of the empty America's Cup intermodal train running directly from SSF to Oakland, and got it to Oakland faster and at less internal cost.

Here's the thread on the intermodal:
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  Ex-NP dome moving from South SF to Oakland - via the long way OPRRMS 07-30-2012 - 00:10
  Re: Ex-NP dome moving from South SF to Oakland - via the long way Severe Duty 07-30-2012 - 02:21
  Re: Ex-NP dome moving from South SF to Oakland - via the long way Tom McCann 07-30-2012 - 06:13
  Re: Ex-NP dome moving from South SF to Oakland - via the long way Tom McCann 07-30-2012 - 06:18
  Now in Watsonville OPRRMS 07-30-2012 - 13:49
  Re: Ex-NP dome moving from South SF to Oakland - via the long way Wide Gauge Guy 07-31-2012 - 10:47
  Re: Ex-NP dome moving from South SF to Oakland - via the long way OPRRMS 07-31-2012 - 10:49
  Now in Newark OPRRMS 07-31-2012 - 11:06
  Re: Now in Newark Graham Buxton 07-31-2012 - 12:31
  Re: Now in Newark John Phillips 07-31-2012 - 13:35
  Re: Now in Newark Margaret (SP fan) 07-31-2012 - 21:31
  Re: Now in Newark John Phillips 07-31-2012 - 22:10
  Re: Now in Newark OPRRMS 08-01-2012 - 00:26
  Answer for Graham OPRRMS 08-01-2012 - 00:22
  Re: Ex-NP dome moving from South SF to Oakland - via the long way mike o 08-08-2012 - 17:38


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