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    Seattle Sub - UP Trackage rights question

    Later it was certainly used to be able to run around an Olympian Hiawatha by a Bipolar, but as far as I know the original intent was to head north.
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    Seattle Sub - UP Trackage rights question

    Also, the very southern bit of the Seattle Transit Tunnel actually started out as a rail tunnel for UP and MILW to head north, Milwaukee of course already having assets up around Belingham and Everett, as well as on the Olympic Peninsula that were only accessible by rail barge. I actually find...
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    Seattle Sub - UP Trackage rights question

    What you saw over Stevens Pass was most likely a consist of UP units that BNSF is using to power a BNSF train. UP does not have trackage rights over Stevens Pass. UP does however have trackage rights from Portland to Tacoma on the BNSF, an arrangement that goes back to the NP/GN days. Between...
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    Krauss Maffei ML4000C'C' trucks have arrived in Californa

    Good Luck, Wiser Wise!
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    Krauss Maffei ML4000C'C' trucks have arrived in Californa

    Could you not fabricate a new cardan shaft?
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    C&O boiler explosion details?

    I see no link , but am interested in more about this...
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    Comment by 'thaddeusthudpucker' in media 'The Lights of 1008'

    Why is this train listed as 1008 and not 8? Just curious.
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    Comment by 'thaddeusthudpucker' in media 'MAX 410'

    No, just two cars there. Each "Car" is made up of three sections and it all bendy.
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