Western Railroad Discussion > UP Passenger Special out of Oakland Early Tuesday morni

Rumor of a UP "SOAOA" (Special-Oakland to Oakland) on duty 0400 early Tuesday morning May 4. Consist, motive power and purpose are unknown. OLS special?

Heard on the radio tonight being made up SOAOA with the Silver Lariat. And there was a car coming up on 14 tonight as well. could be the same.

That does sound like a OLS "Catch'em" train... especially with the 0400 OD time.

Larry

Wait a sec. I saw 14 in Camarillo this morning with all Superliners, no specials. And just where is this train going? The original poster said Oakland to Oakland.

Thanks

Ditchlite

Not sure what equipment they are running but this train is a few hours away from being ready to make the short roundtrip move from Oakland to Emigrant Gap and back. Yup, strange train turn around spot but I guess this is a scheduled scenic train trying to get the best scenery out of Donner without getting hosed at the slow grade part of Donner (above Emigrant Gap).

Would appreciate any info on this train if spotted later today (hint hint Gobb!)

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SOAOA 04 S-customer Special

Dep. Oakland 04:00A, ETA Roseville 09:00A, Dep. Roseville 10:00A, ETA Em. Gap 13:08P, ETA Roseville 4:16P, Dep. Roseville 5:16P, ETA Oakland 10:16p

emission test train. UP 5678-PASSENGER CAR-UP 5060. passenger car is in the middle. GEVO unit plus one of the newer SD70M's

Thanks for the heads-up, all, but 5:30-7:30AM is precious sleep time for me...

If anyone is listening to the scanner and wants to post Roseville departure info for this evening, I can probably get over to the station to shoot it. Or email me, Gobbl3gook at yahoo.com

Ted in Davis

SOAOA 04 S-customer Special Thru Oakland, CA 0

Scheduled Events:
Event City/State Date/Time Loads Empties Gross
Weight
(tons) Length
(ft.)
Estimated
Call Oakland, CA 05/04/04 02:30 0 0 0 0
Scheduled
Departure Oakland, CA 05/04/04 04:00 0 0 0 0
Scheduled
Arrival Roseville, CA 05/04/04 09:00 0 0 0 0
Estimated
Call Roseville, CA 05/04/04 09:00 0 0 0 0
Scheduled
Departure Roseville, CA 05/04/04 10:00 0 0 0 0
Scheduled
Arrival Emigap, CA 05/04/04 13:08 0 0 0 0
Scheduled
Departure Emigap, CA 05/04/04 13:08 0 0 0 0
Scheduled
Arrival Roseville, CA 05/04/04 16:16 0 0 0 0
Scheduled
Departure Roseville, CA 05/04/04 17:16 0 0 0 0
Scheduled
Arrival Oakland, CA 05/04/04 22:16 0 0 0 0

> Scheduled
> Departure Roseville, CA 05/04/04 17:16 0 0 0 0
> Scheduled
> Arrival Oakland, CA 05/04/04 22:16 0 0 0 0

Again, if anyone hears detailed departure info, feel free to let me know. With 4 hours, 59 minutes to do the 2 hour Roseville-Oakland run, it will be hard to pinpoint an eta anowhere along the line.

Ted in Davis

The train was to have a GE C45ACCTE "Evolution" Tier 2 unit on one end and an EMD SD70M Tier 1 unit on the other, sandwiching the private dome, Silver Lariat. About 25 passengers were expected to ride.

The UP5060 and the Silver Lariat are coming into Oakland right now MINUS the GEVO C45 UP5698. Talk about an easy prototype passenger train to model! Looks like the GEVO unit got left in Roseville on the return trip back form Emigrant Gap. D-oh! Although it would have been trailing, it would have seen good sun between Richmond and Emeryville. Oh well...