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Re: Port of Redwood city private cars gone?
Author: Craig Tambo
Date: 05-27-2013 - 13:00

Topfuel Wrote:
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> Craig Tambo Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Wayne Yetter works on private cars (his as well
> as
> > others) on a spur in Salinas. With no yard job
> > there and UP local service only twice a week,
> it's
> > become quite a project for the Starlight to
> stop
> > there and switch his spur. The alternative is
> to
> > send the cars to/from Salinas in freight
> service,
> > but that is fraught with peril and delay.
>
>
> The Starlight does not switch Wayne's spur in
> Salinas. Private cars are cut off the Starlight
> during the regular Salinas station stop. The
> Starlight then departs, leaving the PV(s) on the
> main. A UP local is pre-arranged to arrive after
> the Starlight departs and take the PV(s) to his
> spur a few miles south of the former SP station.

Okay, I was misinformed on that point, but you must admit it's still not a very good arrangement. If that's not the regular local, the cost must be astronomical.

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Port of Redwood city private cars gone? Hutch 7.62 05-24-2013 - 23:04
  Re: Port of Redwood city private cars gone? Stash 05-24-2013 - 23:49
  Re: Port of Redwood city private cars gone? smitty195 05-25-2013 - 04:16
  Re: Port of Redwood city private cars gone? Hutch 7.62 05-25-2013 - 07:42
  Re: Port of Redwood city private cars gone? OPRRMS 05-25-2013 - 12:36
  Re: Port of Redwood city private cars gone? Craig Tambo 05-25-2013 - 20:06
  Re: Port of Redwood city private cars gone? Hutch 7.62 05-26-2013 - 13:34
  Re: Port of Redwood city private cars gone? Craig Tambo 05-26-2013 - 19:23
  Re: Port of Redwood city private cars gone? Topfuel 05-26-2013 - 19:30
  Re: Port of Redwood city private cars gone? Craig Tambo 05-27-2013 - 13:00
  Re: Port of Redwood city private cars gone? Hutch 7.62 05-27-2013 - 21:19
  Re: Port of Redwood city private cars gone? tender1294 05-27-2013 - 06:12
  Re: Port of Redwood city private cars gone? Steamfan 05-28-2013 - 12:48


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