Monday Mar 24 2008
On Saturday just before John and I shot Amtrak 821 that had obviously had problems, we photographed a southbound UP loaded rock train out of Chico on the Duncan Sub from the Northside Drive overpass.
This train with only two GP60’s and around 30 loads had problems of its own getting into town. It was delaying the departure of two northbound merchandise trains bound for the Duncan Sub that were waiting to the left on Choctaw Main One.
Comment by Brian Tindle
March 24, 2008 @ 9:56 pm
You just have to wonder if those poor GP60s are about worn out by UP.
I never understood why GPs are used in rock service. The are plently of UP SD60s and SD60Ms, and even C40-8s and C40-8Ws. The horsepower may be there with the GP60, but the tractive effort isnt.
I understand the isses with trackage turns up in Chco, but once a rock train is built Icant figure out why SD or C locomotives arent used.
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