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Re: Kinda related

Author: OPRRMS

Date: 08-09-2012 - 10:21

Juppo Wrote:
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> OPRRMS Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Not sure how, or if, this'll tie in with the
> West
> > Oakland Pacific, but apparently there's a new
> > contract starting soon for shipment of ore
> through
> > the Port of Oakland that'll be transloaded from
> > railcars. Work is currently under way in the
> old
> > Knight Yard at the old Army base for this.
> They
> > were dumping rock last week. This would be on
> > west side of the fence that separates UP's
> Desert
> > Yard from the old Knight Yard at the Army base.
>
> Very interesting! Thanks for the info.

On the other hand, the Wickland ethanol contract will apparently be ending pretty soon. Those are the unit trains that run into East Oakland yard and then are taken out to Selby in smaller cuts by a dedicated yard job (YOA85). Supposedly there are only 2 or 3 more trains coming.

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OPRRMS Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Juppo Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > OPRRMS Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
> 
> > -----
> > > Not sure how, or if, this'll tie in with the
> > West
> > > Oakland Pacific, but apparently there's a new
> > > contract starting soon for shipment of ore
> > through
> > > the Port of Oakland that'll be transloaded
> from
> > > railcars.  Work is currently under way in the
> > old
> > > Knight Yard at the old Army base for this. 
> > They
> > > were dumping rock last week.  This would be
> on
> > > west side of the fence that separates UP's
> > Desert
> > > Yard from the old Knight Yard at the Army
> base.
> > 
> > Very interesting!    Thanks for the info.
> 
> On the other hand, the Wickland ethanol contract
> will apparently be ending pretty soon.  Those are
> the unit trains that run into East Oakland yard
> and then are taken out to Selby in smaller cuts by
> a dedicated yard job (YOA85).  Supposedly there
> are only 2 or 3 more trains coming.

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