Western Railroad Discussion > UP Symbol Help

I'm hoping someone in the know could help out with symbols for three eastbound manifests on the UP ex-LA&SL route yesterday, July 6th.  Yermo appeared to be struggling to clear out their yard, after not running one of their two daily eastbound manifests the prior day.  I'm wondering if one of these was a second section, or an extra symbol.

UP 7413 leading a short 61 car manifest of mostly coil cars and tanks, 2x0 power configuration.  Through Caliente 11:09 PDT
UP 5571 leading a 109 car manifest, 2x0x1 power configuration. Through Caliente 14:49 PDT
UP 5258 leading a 131 car manifest, 4x0x1 power configuration. Through Caliente 15:45 PDT

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Sorry I can't help on the train symbols, but their train lengths were interesting (quite short by UP's modern day standards).

Does UP do link BNSF does on the Northern Transcon and only run the oversized trains one direction (and conversely trains that will fit in the sidings the other way)?

Duncan Wrote:
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> Sorry I can't help on the train symbols, but their
> train lengths were interesting (quite short by
> UP's modern day standards).
>
> Does UP do link BNSF does on the Northern Transcon
> and only run the oversized trains one direction
> (and conversely trains that will fit in the
> sidings the other way)?

This line is ran with the scheduled westbound trains running longer than siding lengths, so the eastbound trains are limited to 8,600 feet. The two scheduled eastbound manifests typically run up to ~130 cars in length.

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