Passenger Trains > Passing The Guad

Amtrak 11 slices through the late afternoon coastal haze to pass the Guadalupe hauler today at Seacliff.

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are those pet coke loads in the hoppers

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Yes, pet coke from the Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery. That's the place where they are seeking permission to expand spur tracks to handle up to five 80-car tank trains per week. The enviornmental documents have been finished and amended, and the ball is in the SLO County Planning Commission's court. It has been for a while now. They were supposed to decide in February. Now it's May and its still not on the agenda yet.

Here's a shot showing the hopper covers.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/02/15 11:17 by walstib.

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