Western Railroad Discussion > BNSF Detour?

Trackside in Green River, WY today, 25 March, a friend and I saw three BNSF units and a train of BNSF covered hoppers, led by a UP unit.  Since we seldoom see such sights in Wyoming I am wondering if there is some problem causing BNSF to detour on the UP. Any thoughts?

moose Wrote:
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> Trackside in Green River, WY today, 25 March, a
> friend and I saw three BNSF units and a train of
> BNSF covered hoppers, led by a UP unit.  Since we
> seldoom see such sights in Wyoming I am wondering
> if there is some problem causing BNSF to detour on
> the UP. Any thoughts?

UP is accepting 1 BNSF empty grain detour a day running from the PNW to Nebraska and maybe Iowa, due to BNSF's congestion/weather issues. Was the lead unit UP4564? 


Allen



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/25/17 21:22 by bradleymckay.

Thanks for the information, Allen. The lead unit was already past us on our arrival so I didn't notice the number. The cars were indeed empty covered hoppers and they were eastbound, which I forgot to mention. Also , many were quite new and the number of tagged cars was fairly low.