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[quote user="nanaimo73"] [quote user="eastside"]Are the sidings long enough?  How about refueling tracks? [/quote] Sidings should not be an issue on the former ATSF between Los Angeles and Argentine in KC because of all of the double track. Would the only fuel stop be at Clovis for the 1000 mile inspection ? [/quote] Sidings ARE an issue, in a roundabout way, because there's a lot of the time you don't have double track because one of the tracks is withdrawn for maintenance.  At a minimum you want to think about how much room you have between universal crossovers.  And if you want to do overtakes, then you need outside sidings or hope that traffic is so light that you can use 10 miles of main track between crossovers as a siding for the train being overtaken without gumming up the whole main line in the process.  The whole point of the triple track on UP between O'Fallons and Gibbon Junction was to be able to pull a track out of service for maintenance and still have double track. One fuel stop at Belen gets you between Los Angeles and Kansas City. S. Hadid
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