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Re: How much traffic - really - on the Coast?
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 08-17-2012 - 18:19
mrek Wrote:
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> Thanks Matt & C. That is about the traffic level
> I expected, though if UP is just stuffing sidings
> ... wasn't that kind of thing part of the
> system-wide freezeup that happened when UP took
> over SP? Not sure if it was cause or symptom --
> probably became a bit of both as the mess
> developed.
The opposite. In the late '90s, there was self-inflicted insufficient capacity. With the downturn in business the last few years, there's been a glut of unneeded cars needing places to be stored. The Coast sidings are a good place, since there's so little traffic on the line and they're easily retrievable.
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> Thanks Matt & C. That is about the traffic level
> I expected, though if UP is just stuffing sidings
> ... wasn't that kind of thing part of the
> system-wide freezeup that happened when UP took
> over SP? Not sure if it was cause or symptom --
> probably became a bit of both as the mess
> developed.
The opposite. In the late '90s, there was self-inflicted insufficient capacity. With the downturn in business the last few years, there's been a glut of unneeded cars needing places to be stored. The Coast sidings are a good place, since there's so little traffic on the line and they're easily retrievable.
