I was up in Davenport this morning and saw Luis Mendez, Deputy Director for the SCCRTC and another gentlemen walking down the track in front of the Davenport Cemex Plant. I am guessing he was with a surveyor. The following is from the September 6th Agenda, which will explain what they were most likely discussing.

Northern Boundary

Previously RTC staff and consultants reported that there was significant discrepancy between where Union Pacific negotiators stated that milepost 31.39 (the northern boundary of the Branch Line purchase) is located and where RTC staff and consultants calculated milepost 31.39 to be located. Because different Union Pacific documents indicated the location of milepost 31.39 to be at different points along the Branch Line, staff calculated the location from the beginning of the Branch Line using the valuation maps of the property. On August 27, 2012, conversations with Union Pacific settled the location of milepost 31.39 very close to staff’s calculated location. The settled location is about 800 feet north of the Highway 1 crossing. RTC staff has already engaged a local firm to survey the location, generate a legal description for the grant deed and produce a survey map to be recorded. Union Pacific will review the work of the surveyor. The completion of the survey work should take about three weeks.

Hope the new survey shows the SCMB can use the entire yard for switching now.

I posted a few pictures of the Davenport ROW over on West Coast Rail Forums if anyone is interested.

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