Re: Circus train SB over Tehachapi Monday evening
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 08-20-2012 - 00:10
Margaret (SP fan) Wrote:
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> Polite correction: the Circus Train actually did
> run via
> the Coast last year: August 15, 2011. A friend
> got a
> video of it: Circus Train in Santa Barbara
>
> This video includes footage of the Circus Train
> and the
> Pacific Ocean, also 2011: Click Here
>
>
>
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> OPRRMS Wrote:
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> > THAT guy Wrote:
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> > > Wonder why they don't route via the coast?
> >
> > UP has not accepted the train via the Coast for
> > several years due to the train length exceeding
> > available siding capacity.
> >
> > In the case of tomorrow's train, it's being
> > interchanged to BNSF at Stockton.
Yup, you're right. I should've have said the Blue Unit is too long. The Red Unit (which was here has year) isn't.