Western Railroad Discussion > Oil Cans Already Down the Coast Early Wednesday Morning

D'oh!! - maybe they will come back north in the sunlight - of course this would only happen once the railines down south are opened up

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(from the headsupcoaastfans yahoo group)

.....The oil cans ,UP7017,9540,8260 left Lathrop at 20:30, due Oak
6:00, due WP 16:30 Wed. still shows 91 Mty's.
They are taxiing 2 crews to SJ, one for the cans and one for?? Maybe
they will send a train down to deliver/pickup from Guad. The SMA
industries need their refers and tank cars..."

The Soledad crew saw the cans go south around 6:00 through Salinas. No
info on movement to Guad.
Roger
MSVRR @ MP115 Coast Sub

Wow, thanks for the update. Shows how effective some of the old routes were for avoiding congestion or other traffic. Wait until somebody discovers the SP West Valley lines.