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<p>From the perspective of my favorite train watching spots, freight train movements on weekends and holidays seem to be fewer than during the week. Do the freight railroads reduce train movements on weekends and holidays? Or is it just my imagination?</p> <p>Alpine, TX is a crew change point for Amtrak and UP. Because the Sunset Limited is a three day a week train, it is possible that an El Paso to Alpiine crew can be stuck in Alpine for three nights before they can work Number 1 back to El Paso. </p> <p>Although I have not checked for a couple of years, at one time Amtrak would drive the crew back to El Paso and then return them to Alpine two days later so they could work Number 1.</p> <p>If the UP had an imbalance in freight train movements through Alpine, thereby resulting in too many crew members in Alpine, who might be there for three or four days, would the railroad drive them back to El Paso or San Antonio?</p>
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