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Texas Drought Affects Union Pacific Track Stability

http://www.railroad.net/texas-drought-affects-union-pacific-track-stability-212.html



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Who'da thunk it...

...the destabilization has been the rerouting of trains in a select number of cases. The issue has resulted in 175,000 tons of ballast being replaced on Union Pacific tracks and it is estimated that about 950 miles of track have been affected by the issue, which is 15% of the 6,3000 miles of track that Union Pacific operates in Texas. Union Pacific officials have not stated the exact cost of...

Seems the author has a numerical problem here. Misplacing his commas, etc.



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Is it 63,000 miles in Texas? That's more track than...well 2LARRCO's entire system! Damn that's one fuckin' big railroad ya work for Bob! Sixty-three thousand miles...in one state!

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moran alert ^^^

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Snippy wrote:

moran alert ^^^


 MARRCO is only 4' 8.5" wide in Orygun.



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Bullshit...!

This is UP's excuse for their shit track...The shit track that has been shitty for years...



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UP shit track...not a whole lot of stories on that.

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Screw the railroad, how about that puppy that fell into one of those cracks!

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MARRCO has horrible track. Thats why I run on 2LRRCO's dubbamayne.



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HogBob On REPORT: Reason? Bad attitude towards Uncle Warren's 2LARRCO



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Uke wrote:

HogBob On REPORT: Reason? Bad attitude towards Uncle Warren's 2LARRCO


 ?????????????  Looked to me like he was paying a compliment to Uncle Warren's streak o' rust.



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Doesn't matter, HogBob is on report anyway just because that is what happens here. PFWS prize count counts on it.

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Freddie Krueger wrote:

Doesn't matter, HogBob is on report anyway just because that is what happens here. PFWS prize count counts on it.


 Phreddie's drunk.



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Cy Valley wrote:
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HogBob On REPORT: Reason? Bad attitude towards Uncle Warren's 2LARRCO


 ?????????????  Looked to me like he was paying a compliment to Uncle Warren's streak o' rust.


 He was! Besides it gives HogBob more opportunity to blind the shit out of yellow and orange oncoming trains.



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Cy Valley wrote:
Uke wrote:

HogBob On REPORT: Reason? Bad attitude towards Uncle Warren's 2LARRCO


 ?????????????  Looked to me like he was paying a compliment to Uncle Warren's streak o' rust.


 He was! Besides it gives HogBob more opportunity to blind the shit out of yellow and orange oncoming trains.

 



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