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07-15-2022 - 11:30

John Sweetser

Dr Zarkoff Wrote: > A brief skim through this https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c89g5tqc/ indicates that land grants were Mojave to Needles (A&P, 1866), Donner (CP, 1867), Davis north to Ore
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12-28-2021 - 11:05

SP5103

2. Re: Many intermodal runs 250 to 350 miles? Really? You haven't actually identified one that you can verify?

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08-11-2021 - 19:16

kiemeo

3. Re: Delano transload facility

A very good website, worth watching, collecting and enjoying.Cairns local escorts
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08-06-2021 - 15:15

Jasper

4. Re: [Delano] Previously on AP

Well, I managed to miss all the posts from last year on this subject! Sometimes the brain just turns to tapioca! Thank you all for the replies!!! Jasper
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08-06-2021 - 12:57

An Observer

5. Re: [Delano] Previously on AP

I'm with cynically inclined, West Colton IM facility is next on the list of great ideas. There was zero chance that Delano was going to be a success. If a private company gives up there's a good chan
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08-06-2021 - 12:26

cynically inclined

6. Re: Delano transload facility

Casper Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Here; > > https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Union- > Pacific-shutters-former-Railex-operation-in-152648 > 35.ph
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08-06-2021 - 11:36

WebDigger

7. UP Shuts Down Cold Connect -- Railway Age, May 10, 2020

"Union Pacific on May 8, 2020 shut down its Cold Connect service for perishables traffic from the West Coast to the East Coast. Cold Connect began in January 2017 with the acquisition from Railex of t
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08-06-2021 - 11:26

WebDigger

8. [Delano] Previously on AP

Previous AP posts containing "Delano" -- http://www.altamontpress.com/discussion/search.php?1,search=Delano,page=1,match_type=ALL,match_dates=0,match_forum=ALL
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08-06-2021 - 11:23

Casper

9. Re: Delano transload facility

Here; https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Union-Pacific-shutters-former-Railex-operation-in-15264835.php
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08-06-2021 - 11:09

Jasper

10. Delano transload facility

I drove by the cold storage transload facility that UP had bought a few years ago from the original company (whose name escapes me at the moment) and saw that it is closed up. Is this a result of the
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06-15-2020 - 13:46

CCTGM

11. Re: UP Auctioning What's Left of Cold Connect Delano

Drive by there Sunday and then back Friday with a trip up north and there were no rail cars spotted and did not see the locomotives unless they were behind the building Looks like the packing facili
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06-15-2020 - 12:55

ble692

12. Re: UP Auctioning What's Left of Cold Connect Delano

Delano, CA http://www.adamsauctions.com//live/documents/1279/CA%20Flier.pdf Burbank (Wallula), WA http://www.adamsauctions.com//live/documents/1281/WA%20Flier.pdf Rotterdam, NY http://www.ada
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06-15-2020 - 12:03

Bruce Kelly

13. UP Auctioning What's Left of Cold Connect Delano

Everything from heavy equipment to desk phones will be available for purchase. https://www.bakersfield.com/delano-record/onsite-online-auction-for-union-pacific-cold-connect-warehouse-begins-thurs
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05-14-2020 - 13:02

Mr. Tibbs

14. Re: RIP UP Super Fruit and Salad Shooter

SP5103 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > UP's Cold Connect operations (former Railex) out > of Wallula, WA ("Super Fruit" train and Delano, CA > ("Salad Shooter") tr
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05-13-2020 - 21:57

SP5103

15. Re: RIP UP Super Fruit and Salad Shooter

UP awarded the switching contract to another company (who apparently leases their power) in the fall of 2018 at all three Cold Connect (former Railex) locations, so the power changed at at least Wallu
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05-13-2020 - 10:27

Matt C. Batryn-Rodriguez

16. Re: RIP UP Super Fruit and Salad Shooter

The faculty at Delano was just off the UP, and had their own on site switcher. Originally an SW10 (see below), and more recently a GP22ECO (I believe). The SW10 was moves to somewhere up in Washingt
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05-13-2020 - 08:32

Smoke gets in your eyeeeeee

17. The railroad way...

It will rot in place until a hobo bbq takes care of it, Flynn Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What will become of the big fairly new Plant at > Delfar (De
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05-12-2020 - 15:58

Flynn

18. Re: RIP UP Super Fruit and Salad Shooter

What will become of the big fairly new Plant at Delfar (Delano)? Wasn't this serviced by SJVR? SP5103 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > UP's Cold Connect operati
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05-11-2020 - 18:58

Jim Vena

19. Re: RIP UP Super Fruit and Salad Shooter

SP5103 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > UP's Cold Connect operations (former Railex) out > of Wallula, WA ("Super Fruit" train and Delano, CA > ("Salad Shooter") tr
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05-11-2020 - 08:14

SP5103

20. RIP UP Super Fruit and Salad Shooter

UP's Cold Connect operations (former Railex) out of Wallula, WA ("Super Fruit" train and Delano, CA ("Salad Shooter") trains combined at Green River, WY for eventual delivery to their Rotterdam, NY di
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05-10-2020 - 10:15

Tom Mueller

21. UP teminates Cold Connect Service

WOW-No More "Salad Bowl Express"!!!!!!!!!! Customers were notified early May 8 that Union Pacific was ceasing operations of its multimodal service Cold Connect, which offered end-to-end transportat
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11-18-2019 - 19:00

ron

22. Re: Cryo-trans refer w/ UP reporting mark ?

Matt C. Batryn-Rodriguez Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for the info. > > So with the GP22ECO now onsite at Delano, is the > old SW10 NREX 1204 still the
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11-18-2019 - 11:11

Matt C. Batryn-Rodriguez

23. Re: Cryo-trans refer w/ UP reporting mark ?

Thanks for the info. So with the GP22ECO now onsite at Delano, is the old SW10 NREX 1204 still there? Seems so many of the interesting old units in the San Joaquin Valley are disappearing, and bei
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11-17-2019 - 04:49

Berg

24. Re: Cryo-trans refer w/ UP reporting mark ?

The old operation was called "Railex". I wrote Railtex which it was not. The operation in Delano now has this switcher. Link : https://www.locophotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=169463 The "
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07-19-2019 - 14:32

John

25. Re: WWR/Frontier

Good info. So Nextrail only owns the Goose Lake Railway? SP5103 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Western Washington was always a partnership > between the prin
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07-18-2019 - 17:06

SP5103

26. Re: WWR/Frontier

Western Washington was always a partnership between the principles of Frontier Rail and Nexxtrail. Frontier bought the underlying track and shop at Western Jct from the City of Tacoma. It ended up tha
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07-15-2019 - 17:14

John

27. Re: Railex Delano Locomotive

Weren't they operating the former West Isle Branch from the ex Santa Fe to Alpaugh? Steve Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am not sure but, > > in case you do
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07-15-2019 - 08:44

Steve

28. Re: Railex Delano Locomotive

I am not sure but, in case you don't know UP bought the Railex operation. They have even changed the reporting marks on some Railex logoed Cryo-Trans reefers from CRYX to ARMN. UP might have a s
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07-15-2019 - 08:33

John Bruce

29. Re: Railex Delano Locomotive

So the photo of the NREX unit at Delano is from June 2018. Has it been replaced with something else?
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07-15-2019 - 05:24

Steve

30. Re: Railex Delano Locomotive

I found a photo of CP 1284. Link: http://www.mountainrailway.com/Roster%20Archive/CP%201200/CP%201284.htm CP found them to be too cranky so they only painted three of the group they leased.
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