Western Railroad Discussion > Modoc/Goose Lake 6-19-21

Hey Modoc fans!  As an addendum to Spider1319s’ posting:
 
I gave chase on Saturday and observed the following:
 
Alturas-32 covered hoppers in the main yard ( I am guessing empty so GOOS can feed off of these). On the north end lead were 10  empty chip cars and 2 covered hoppers ( bad ordered). These was no sign of UP which is “normal’ any more.
 
I headed north and caught the southbound Gooselake train with a monster 29 cars in tow (27 hoppers and two center-beams)! After grabbing some shots I continued up to Lakeview where at the main yard was the GP7 and all three of the Helms lease units still on site.( I’ll do a separate post about Red Rock Bio-Fuels) As usual there were a half dozen or so of mechanized MOW equipment.  From what I could see  of the mill there were 6 or 7 covered hoppers stashed throughout as well as what looked to be 4 center-beams being loaded. Nine empty chip cards were near the chip load out but none being loaded. At the perlite load out were approximately 18 hoppers scattered about.
 
#1   At Linville Creek
 
#2  XL Reservation north of Surprise Station
 
 

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Very cool!

Nice sized train,  Great power. 
UP probably giving bad service to Alturas , cause they couldnt reach agreement with GOOS on trackage rights.  Traditionally, the UP asks too much for everything.   and now seems  they are being A-holes about it.

Neat series.

Thanks

Thanks for post and update.I am glad they got the A frames.Bill Webb