Interesting article on this city I work in pressuring UP to relocate coil cars that have been parked for quite a while. I work across the street from where these have been parked. Interesting to me anyway that UP would give in. Wonder how many other cities across the US have done this.
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Since the RR is private property, I'm not really sure why UP didnt just tell them to pound sand. It'll be pretty funny if they move those 100 cars and drop off 100 rustier cars to replace them...
This was my thought. I would have figured UP would pull the big corp card and say too bad so sad. Interesting that they've had empty well cars and empty auto racks parked in the same spot for months on end and not a peep.
We have a similar situation down in the south metro here where the residents are complaining about strings of tank cars parked forever. CP owns the tracks (ex MN&S), but they are operated by Progressive Rail. Last I heard, they weren't budging.
Consider yourself lucky.
Roman posted:This was my thought. I would have figured UP would pull the big corp card and say too bad so sad. Interesting that they've had empty well cars and empty auto racks parked in the same spot for months on end and not a peep.
I didn't see a single well car or auto rack in that newscast, all I saw was a LOOONG line of Coil Cars, that have definitely seen better days.
Doug
Just drove past the Colton yard and didn't see anything above normal there (of course those coil cars could end up down here). Last time there was a big slowdown, there was a two-mile long stretch of parked locomotives next to the I-10 freeway.
Boilermaker1 posted:Since the RR is private property, I'm not really sure why UP didnt just tell them to pound sand. It'll be pretty funny if they move those 100 cars and drop off 100 rustier cars to replace them...
Because the cars block the beach view from the town, which is on the other side of the track. Residents of Grover live there - in part - because they have a view of the beach, ocean, Pacific sunset. It is a pleasant community, not a hangout for gangs or homeless people. SP always had a siding there and it was not a problem when it was just used for meets between trains. UPRR has over a thousand miles of desert railroad, and can find another place to store the cars that will not dramatically change the quality of life of nearby communities.
I'm with the Groverites.
When the ATSF started selling their fleet of ice reefers in the early 1970's (farmers on the south plains of TX and NM bought them for storage), there were 20+ parked on Keeton siding between Lubbock and Slaton. And they were completely blocking the visibility of my father's business from US highway 84. He called the ATSF freight agent and asked him to have the cars shoved back west so customers could see his business from the highway. The railroad quickly complied.
This type of situation is not unheard of, and railroads have been known to be understanding.
The fact that it's news probably means that the UP has been telling them to pound sand for some time.
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