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Re: How much traffic - really - on the Coast?
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 08-19-2012 - 14:16
Paul Bliss Wrote:
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> When the UP took over,I heard it was faster for
> through frieghts from LA area to run the San
> Joaquin line to Elvas Jct.east of SAC,make a right
> turn to Roseville!
UP ran through freights on the Coast for several years after the merger (WAF might be able to give examples), but by the early 2000's intentional deferred maintenance was causing re-crews. There's no longer enough business to justify the expense of additional crews, so other than the Oil Cans and the occasional REPO trains, there's no through traffic. That has allowed UP to use various siding for car storage.
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> When the UP took over,I heard it was faster for
> through frieghts from LA area to run the San
> Joaquin line to Elvas Jct.east of SAC,make a right
> turn to Roseville!
UP ran through freights on the Coast for several years after the merger (WAF might be able to give examples), but by the early 2000's intentional deferred maintenance was causing re-crews. There's no longer enough business to justify the expense of additional crews, so other than the Oil Cans and the occasional REPO trains, there's no through traffic. That has allowed UP to use various siding for car storage.
