Re: Circus train SB over Tehachapi Monday evening
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 08-20-2012 - 00:21
Graham Buxton Wrote:
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> OPRRMS Wrote:
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> > UP has not accepted the train via the Coast for
> > several years due to the train length exceeding
> > available siding capacity.
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> Perhaps there is something I don't understand
> about this, but it seems to me that as long as the
> opposing train is short enough to fit in the
> siding, why would it matter if the RBBX train is
> longer than the siding?
I'm told it's because of how CAD issues TWC authority in this type of situation. Most of the Coast is TWC.