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Re: UP in Northern Idaho
Author: Erik H.
Date: 01-05-2014 - 09:18
Jim G Wrote:
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> I see 130 car CANPOTEX trains on the Spokane
> Subdivision. The CP is interchanging these cars
> w/ the UP @ Eastport, Idaho. Somebody please tell
> me where all this potash is headed. Export
> maybe?
Port of Portland Terminal 5 Potash Export Facility
All of this is in North Portland, where the Willamette River empties out into the Columbia River, so right on the Oregon/Washington border.
It's a very long building not unlike a U.S. Navy blimp hangar but longer. With the grain elevator just to the north there's a lot of unit trains, and a lot of big power around here. The grain elevator has its own GP9/slug/slug/slug/GP9 set, the potash facility to the best of my knowledge does not have its own locomotives. Evraz/Oregon Steel Mills, immediately to the south, has several SW- type switchers for their trains.
Terminal 6 is just to the upper right and includes the Hyundai and Honda docks, and the intermodal/container handling facilities. The land you see to the left of the Willamette River is Sauvie Island.
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> I see 130 car CANPOTEX trains on the Spokane
> Subdivision. The CP is interchanging these cars
> w/ the UP @ Eastport, Idaho. Somebody please tell
> me where all this potash is headed. Export
> maybe?
Port of Portland Terminal 5 Potash Export Facility
All of this is in North Portland, where the Willamette River empties out into the Columbia River, so right on the Oregon/Washington border.
It's a very long building not unlike a U.S. Navy blimp hangar but longer. With the grain elevator just to the north there's a lot of unit trains, and a lot of big power around here. The grain elevator has its own GP9/slug/slug/slug/GP9 set, the potash facility to the best of my knowledge does not have its own locomotives. Evraz/Oregon Steel Mills, immediately to the south, has several SW- type switchers for their trains.
Terminal 6 is just to the upper right and includes the Hyundai and Honda docks, and the intermodal/container handling facilities. The land you see to the left of the Willamette River is Sauvie Island.
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 UP in Northern Idaho
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Jim G | 01-04-2014 - 19:23 |
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Dan Hein | 01-04-2014 - 21:06 |
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Jim G. | 01-04-2014 - 22:29 |
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Bruce Kelly | 01-05-2014 - 09:56 |
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Re: UP in Northern Idaho
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Throttle Hogg | 01-04-2014 - 21:14 |
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Erik H. | 01-05-2014 - 09:18 |
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Re: UP in Northern Idaho
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Jim G. | 01-05-2014 - 18:30 |
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Re: UP in Northern Idaho
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Jim G. | 01-05-2014 - 18:43 |
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Google view - motive power
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Bruce Butler | 01-06-2014 - 07:56 |
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Re: Google view - motive power
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Erik H. | 01-07-2014 - 18:31 |
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Re: UP in Northern Idaho
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ble692 | 01-06-2014 - 15:10 |