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Posted by BaltACD on Friday, September 11, 2020 12:00 AM

mudchicken
 
tree68 
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I wonder if they'll bulldoze the hump and convert it to a flat switching yard... 

I think that's been the pattern.

Can't leave the hump there - someone might get the bright idea to put tracks back down and start using it again...  

The Saga of Pueblo Yard (and the story of big operating ego bubbas redux)

I can't count the millions of dollars that have been 'saved' by closing and reopening various rail yards over the years.  Normally one regime closes the yard and claims X millions in savings.  Next regime comes on the property and opens they yard and claims X millions of savings.  Rinse and repeat ad nauseum.

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Posted by mudchicken on Thursday, September 10, 2020 11:56 PM

tree68
 
Psychot
I wonder if they'll bulldoze the hump and convert it to a flat switching yard... 

I think that's been the pattern.

 

Can't leave the hump there - someone might get the bright idea to put tracks back down and start using it again... 

The Saga of Pueblo Yard (and the story of big operating ego bubbas redux)

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, September 10, 2020 11:18 PM

Psychot
I wonder if they'll bulldoze the hump and convert it to a flat switching yard...

I think that's been the pattern.

Can't leave the hump there - someone might get the bright idea to put tracks back down and start using it again...

 

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Bailey Eastbound Hump
Posted by Psychot on Thursday, September 10, 2020 8:20 PM

It appears the shutdown of Bailey Yard's eastbound hump has happened. There were just a few dozen hopper cars in the bowl last night, and this evening there are but two lonely cars among the sea of bowl tracks. Kinda sad.

I wonder if they'll bulldoze the hump and convert it to a flat switching yard...

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