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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by UnionPacificRR6737</i> <br /><br />I've forgotten all about the Katy line that goes through Smithville and Lockhart, is that now owned by Union Pacific? I do know that they do have an Amtrak that goes from San Antonio to Taylor on the Mo-Pac line then the Amtrak cuts on the Katy to Temple and then the Amtrak cuts on the Santa Fe line all the way to Fort Worth and beyond. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />All of the Katy is owned by UP, since 1988. The Taylor-Smithville-Lockhart-San Marcos line is primarily for southbound, plus BNSF both ways (merger concession). There are exceptions, and UP does use the Austin line for southbound as well as northbound freight. The ex-Katy line is longer and slower. <br /> <br />From San Marcos to Ogden Jct. (north of San Antonio) the lines are parallel with some crossovers, and operate largely as double track. Below Ogden, SB is on the MP side and NB is on the MKT side. ATK 21/22 run on the MP south of San Marcos to Ogden. Below Ogden, ATK 21 is on the ex-MP and 22 is on the ex-MKT (necessitating a long backing move from Sunset Station west on the ex-SP to the old MKT crossing, then north (east) on the ex-MKT. All of this could be alleviated if they would put the connector in where the old SP crosses the Katy between East Yard and Kirby. ATK has refused to do so since the Reistrup days. <br /> <br />By the time ATK 21 (SB) makes it to Austin, I's only been on the Taylor-Austin line for about 30 miles, so it doesn't get stabbed much. The stabbing that you see by the time the train gets to Austin occurs north of Taylor, and even as far north as Missouri.
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