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Answer for Graham
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 08-01-2012 - 00:22

Graham Buxton Wrote:
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> OPRRMS Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 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:
> [www.altamontpress.com]
> ,76139,76139#msg-76139

When someone contacts UP's Customer Service Center and says they want to ship something (in this case, a passenger car) from Point A to Point B, they will be given information about the scheduled trains the car would need to ride, along with the routing, any movement restrictions, and a price quote. As I mentioned in the initial post to this thread, UP currently does not operate any scheduled trains between Newark and Oakland, thus the routing it's taking.

Yesterday's empty IM train was what's called a REPO movement, and would not be offered for a shipment like this.

The car is now in Roseville and should ride the MRVOA that arrives Oakland early Thursday morning.

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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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