2013

UP 8347 at Spring Garden

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Monday, June 17, 2013

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This week Donner was closed and Overland Route trains went via the FRC. This day we left Oroville and chased trains up to Portola.

Feather River Canyon

James

Siding 10:50 a.m.

UP DPUs at back of EB manifest train 5249 & 7300. Valley in background. - D600

Tobin

Near bridges

Sue used porta potty. - D600

12:55 p.m.

UP EB manifest with 8347, 4308, 5926 | DPUs 5249, 7300 two WBs met manifest east of Tobin, Rodger's Flat? We went back to Tobin.

1:28 p.m.

UP 4603 EMD SD70M

FRC Double stack
At 1:28 p.m. on June 17, 2013 a westbound Union Pacific stack train is in toplight at Tobin, CA with 4603, 4161, 4786. - F100, EB film

WB stack train 4603, 4161, 4786 - F100, EB film

1:45 p.m.

WB stack train 1+1 8717 | DPU 5577

Virgilia

At crossing - 3:10 p.m.

WB Stack met manifest noted above. Stack had 4383, 4647, 4659, 8633, 7910. - D600

UP 4383 EMD SD70M
A westbound stack train with 4383, 4647, 4659, 8633, 7910 is meeting a manifest at Virgilia, CA on June 17, 2013 at 3:10pm.

William's Loop

Hung out in folding chairs with Susie.

4:00 p.m.

UP EB manifest with 8347, 4308, 5926 | DPUs 5249, 7300 - D600

Spring Garden

4:15 p.m.

UP EB manifest with 8347, 4308, 5926 | DPUs 5249, 7300 - D600

UP 8347 EMD SD70ACe
A UP eastbound manifest with 8347, 4308, 5926 and DPUs 5249, 7300 blasts through Spring Garden at 4:15 p.m. on June 17, 2013.
6:00 p.m.

BNSF 4772 GE Dash 9-44CW

BNSF manifest at Spring Garden
A BNSF eastbound H-STOPVO manifest with 4772, 7210, 6541 blasts through Spring Garden, CA on the Union Pacific at 6:00 p.m. on June 17, 2013.
Ted Smith-Peterson said, "So pissed, we tried to set up this train to have a CN unit on the point, but when it arrived into STO we found out it had bad dynos so it couldn't be on point. So we built the power set and had the CN 3rd in consist. Later I found out it was overheating so they removed it completely from this train which I was looking forward to shooting, the M-STOPRV."
According to Andrew Roth on the BNSF this is the H-STOPVO and normally it is the QSTPVJ on the UP, but during the detours it is, or was the QRBPVJ. It's a trackage rights train to Provo.
6:30 p.m.

UP WB Cryo Reefers 5250, 4232, 4253 - D600

After this train Susie was getting tired so went to hotel.

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