Western Railroad Discussion > News Item: 5 of 6 UP lines severed?

I run out of fingers at 5, but what are they counting, or I suppose, it makes a difference where you count? Using more the geographic routes out of the greater "basin", Coast, Soledad Canyon, Cajon Pass (2: Cut-off and BNSF), and Banning/Beaumont? Did I miss something?

In some cases you're looking too far outside the box (basin): UP through Rivercide still intact but SP through Kaiser not{2 lines}, Palmdale cut-off south of Devore (not sure if the other UPee pic is out on the high desert or not{with Silverwood counted 2 lines}, of course the Coast{1 line} ..... OK, I give up. I counted six but only 4 places out ...


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The wash out on the Mojave sub pictured is just south of Dike siding.

I'm not sure how there are five of six closed, unless something unreported has happened on Saugus or Tehachapi.

Open lines
UP LA to Riverside to ex SP Sunset Colton and east.
ex SP Saugus Line to Tehachapi

Closed lines
LA&SL (wash out in Meadow Valley Wash, north of Las Vegas)
ex SP Palmdale Cutoff (Cajon Pass, above washout)
ex SP Coast line
ex SP LA to West Colton (wash out at Kaiser)

"UPRR Has 5 out of 6 Lines Severed in LA Basin" was the header here.
"Union Pacific Corp. said late Tuesday that mudslides and deep water had closed five of its six rail lines out of the Los Angeles Basin," and was just wondering how they got to those figures. No question that there are outages and will be for a while.

I heard yesterday that the Saugus line was closed, which would be the fifth. Can anyone confirm?

AZSP Wrote:
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> I heard yesterday that the Saugus line was closed,
> which would be the fifth. Can anyone confirm?

Metrolink appears to be running to Lancaster ok.