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Western Railroad Discussion > Cleanup Tunnel 2Date: 12/05/18 17:44 Cleanup Tunnel 2 Author: crazybill On the Mojave sub near Caliente. UP is finally picking up the boxcars that derailed earlier this year.
It looks like they are all getting scrapped. -Bill-   Date: 12/05/18 17:59 Re: Cleanup Tunnel 2 Author: exhaustED Nice shots and thanks for the update.
Date: 12/05/18 18:18 Re: Cleanup Tunnel 2 Author: tomstp Eh, nuthing slow about them , huh!
Date: 12/05/18 19:02 Re: Cleanup Tunnel 2 Author: PHall Takes time to complete all of the paperwork, legal wrangling and insurance claims.
Date: 12/05/18 19:39 Re: Cleanup Tunnel 2 Author: TCnR Had to work it into the Precision Schedule.
D for derailment, C for Cleanup, had to go all the way around the Precision cycle. Date: 12/05/18 20:39 Re: Cleanup Tunnel 2 Author: MojaveBill Years ago when passenger trains ran over that line I recall looking out the windows at cars that had been down a steep canyon for a long, long time...
It's a matter of priorities and costs. Bill Deaver Tehachapi, CA Date: 12/06/18 00:05 Re: Cleanup Tunnel 2 Author: coach A shame to lose more boxcars, when there's a boxcar shortage nationwide!
Date: 12/06/18 09:28 Re: Cleanup Tunnel 2 Author: PHall coach Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > A shame to lose more boxcars, when there's a > boxcar shortage nationwide! Then why do I see long strings of them in storage? Date: 12/06/18 10:53 Re: Cleanup Tunnel 2 Author: cchan006 coach Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > A shame to lose more boxcars, when there's a > boxcar shortage nationwide! Just saw another string of brand new TBOX boxcars on the Sunset Route last month, while I was socializing at West Colton Yard (Pepper Ave.) while watching the freights go by. I gave you this reply before. "Boxcar shortage" is your own personal fake news! |