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What are the origin and destination of U-FYNFTE?

Tnx

TAW

From my notes, FYN = Fryburg, ND.  Not sure of FTE.  Corrections are welcomed.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/27/20 20:13 by RailFanAZ.

FTE: ancortes, wa (refinery?}

66

FYN - Fryburg, ND
FTE - Fidalgo, WA (Tesoro)

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yes, with Fidalgo WA being very near Anacortes.

Thanks. Trainorders and the folks who are here are a fabulous resource.

TAW

mt460 Wrote:
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> FYN - Fryburg, ND
> FTE - Fidalgo, WA (Tesoro)

Tesoro became Andeavor, which merged with Marathon Petroleum.  FTE= Fidalgo, WA (Marathon)- for now.

mapboy

anybody know the symbol for ancortes (since i sure don't!)?

thanks for any info...........

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goneon66 Wrote:
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> anybody know the symbol for ancortes (since i sure
> don't!)?
>
> thanks for any info...........
>
Fidalgo is the end of the line. The track beyond to Anacortes is a trail now. The media refers to the refinery as the Tesoro Anacortes refinery, but it is just outside fo the Anacortes city limits.

TAW

goneon66 Wrote:
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> anybody know the symbol for ancortes (since i sure
> don't!)?
> thanks for any info...........
> 66

FTE is Marathon Refinery, just outside the Anacortes city limits, on Fidalgo Bay, about daily for unit trains.
Nearby is Equilon (owned by Shell), with it's Fidalgo refinery up for sale.  AFAIK, it doesn't receive unit trains.
AWA is BP, used to be Arco, further north at Cherry Point, about daily for unit trains.  
FEP is Phillips 66 at Ferndale, a little south of BP.
FEB became FEP?
Also in Washington State are TAO unit trains to TrailStone (ex-U.S. Oil & Refining).
goneon66, I knew you'd want those symbols!

mapboy

ah, thanks for the symbol info.  much appreciated...........

66

mapboy Wrote:
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> FTE is Marathon Refinery, just outside the
> Anacortes city limits, on Fidalgo Bay, about daily
> for unit trains.

Which is currently known as Tesoro.


> Nearby is Equilon (owned by Shell), with it's
> Fidalgo refinery up for sale.  AFAIK, it doesn't
> receive unit trains.

Shell intended to run unit trains. There was an RFP for the environmental work. If I have understood it correctly, Shell's plan awoke a sleeping dragon. It seems that the current train volume because of Tesoro trains exceeds the limit in an agreement Great Northern made to obtain right of way across tribal land. That wound up making a lot of money for a lot of lawyers and when the smoke cleared, Shell bagged their plan for unit trains. I did not hear about outcome of the Tesoro trains part, but they're still running, last I heard.

TAW