Western Railroad Discussion > UP Sprint train?

Speaking of single engine trains, watching the Laramie cam and just saw at 13:58 camera time the UP 7252 roar past EB with 35 UPS trailers and 2 containers.   Anyone know what this was, symbol, etc?    Thx..

might be the z salt lake denver?

It was ZSCDVX.

Andrew

The ZLBDV usually does the pickup at SLC unless it's running late, hence the extra train being run to handle the UPS traffic to Denver. Funny seeing the single unit on there.

Thanks for the info guys..

The UP version of the Rio Grande's old Rail Blazer which ran between SLC and Denver?

SLC to DVR  difference in ttime via or drgw

Mike Root
Madras, OR

UP runs a UPS "Z" train between SLC and DEN???  Why not just run it on the D&RGW??  Straight shot, mostly empty rails, right?

LB double stacks too tall, this train could have think gone on the moffat!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/24 03:40 by dan.

coach Wrote:
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> UP runs a UPS "Z" train between SLC and DEN???
>  Why not just run it on the D&RGW??  Straight
> shot, mostly empty rails, right?

I believe the UP routing to Denver is faster.  Also, UP doesn't even run their SLC - Denver manifests over the DRGW anymore.  It's just a coal route, plus some BNSF and Amtrak traffic.  Almost forgot, the Rocky Mountaineer runs a few days a week now, but not the entire stretch.

Nathan

How much IM traffic moves between SLC and Denver ramps?

Mike Root
Madras, OR

shortlineboss Wrote:
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> How much IM traffic moves between SLC and Denver
> ramps?

You can gage it by watching the Laramie cam, if you have access.  The WB Z train DEN-SLC tends to go by the cam around 8-10am camera time, the EB counterpart somewhere between 2-5pm give or take.   It's a decent sized train but nowhere near the monsters they run elsewhere. 

coach Wrote:
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> UP runs a UPS "Z" train between SLC and DEN???
>  Why not just run it on the D&RGW??  Straight
> shot, mostly empty rails, right?

It might make the Moffat Route of value.

RR

could it be crews?  den-bond grand junction helper slc?  is that to many?

2 or 3 crews via wyo?

 

dan Wrote:
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> could it be crews?  den-bond grand junction
> helper slc?  is that to many?
>
> 2 or 3 crews via wyo?
>
>  

The old Rail Blazer used to do it with two crews each way. Crew change at Grand Junction both ways.

The DVSC is now a Long Beach train (DVLB), handling traffic for Denver-SLC, Denver to Long Beach, Chicago to Las Vegas (p/o SLCIT), and leftover SLC-Long beach. Think they run a separate SLC-Long Beach train a few hours earlier?

As stated above, if the Z-LBDV is running behind they will send an extra DVSC to protect the UPS traffic. Doesn't happen a lot, but it is frequent enough. 

 

> The old Rail Blazer used to do it with two crews
> each way. Crew change at Grand Junction both ways.

the biz train the other day rolled thru bond

dan Wrote:
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> > The old Rail Blazer used to do it with two
> crews
> > each way. Crew change at Grand Junction both
> ways.
>
> the biz train the other day rolled thru bond

Does the biz train ever change crews? Or do they carry their relief crew on the train like the Aussies do it?