Friday, November 7, 2014

The Trains: UP Rock and Coal





UP Rock Train
Symbol(s):  Description:
Locomotives: (2) GP60 UP/Cotton Belt
Cars: 40-52ft, (21) Ortner/Greeville Hoppers, Misc UP Heritage Gons

UP Coal 1
Symbol(s):  Description: LOADS
Locomotives: (2) AC4400, SD90MAC, SD40T-2
Cars: (18) Trainworx 50-ft bottom-dump quad hoppers, Atlas/M-T Triple Hoppers, all "UP Heritage" (DRGW, CNW, UP, MP, T&P, CTRN)

UP Coal 2
Symbol(s):  Description: LOADS
Locomotives: (2) AC4400, SD90MAC
Cars: (21) SATX (eventually CCTX?)
The City Public Service Board of San Antonio, Texas operates this fleet of coal gondolas from the Antelope and Cordero mines in Wyoming's Powder River Basin to San Antonio. On average, 53,000 car loads per year make this trip (enough to make SATX Cordero Mine's biggest single customer). That's between 9 and 10 trains per week of 108 cars each!
http://youtu.be/YX7lROmiV1w
http://youtu.be/9jX-m0HRxnw

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