Nostalgia & History > Pigs on the Reno Branch

Southbound north of Martin on the old WP , the UP Reno Local is returning from Portola with the pigs and other traffic for the Parr Avenue Yard.The Local is on duty at midnight so the late morning arrival was the norm.Parr is now closed and all intermodal has been transferred to Sparks.The branch is no longer a through route and is out of service on the north end.The date is 1998 and time is running out for this operation ,which is  but a few months away from ending.Bill Webb



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/25/20 17:11 by spider1319.

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Rolling right along at 7.9 mph.

Quite a contrast to see pigs on that line.

Greg Stadter
Phoenix, AZ

Very nice catch.
JB

E25 Wrote:
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> Rolling right along at 7.9 mph.
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> Quite a contrast to see pigs on that line.

It kept them off the SP and that was all that mattered.

Buddy of mine was the engineer on that run, was a great deal as long as it lasted.

Out 

One rare pic there, with pigs to boot! Love that line into Reno! I think EMD tested engines on those curves back in the day not sure!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/25/20 21:21 by Fiftyfooter.

Now that wuz real railroadin'.. I bet great memories..

Fiftyfooter Wrote:
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> One rare pic there, with pigs to boot! Love that
> line into Reno! I think EMD tested engines on
> those curves back in the day not sure!

Google maps show that it's 49 miles from Portola to Reno by road.  How long was it by rail ??

NiceHandTick Wrote:
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> Fiftyfooter Wrote:
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> > One rare pic there, with pigs to boot! Love
> that
> > line into Reno! I think EMD tested engines on
> > those curves back in the day not sure!
>
> Google maps show that it's 49 miles from Portola
> to Reno by road.  How long was it by rail ??

53.5 miles.