Re: Speed restrictions on the UP (old SP)
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 05-16-2013 - 19:55
SP5103 Wrote:
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> > >The mileposts increase westward down the speed
> > chart.
> >
> > No, on the SP they decrease when going
> westward.
>
>
> Not always - Tillamook was backwards, maybe some
> of the other Oregon coast branches. The Modoc
> actually changed during its lifetime.
And SP's East Side Line on the Stockton Sub between Elvas and Fresno changed directions at Lathrop, with a corresponding change in mile post sequences. For example, there was a M.P. 100 near both Lodi and Calla.