Just this minute TV is showing a 2-track tressle afire in Sacramento.
I’m not able to give any technical data, except that I did not see a train, and did see timber burning and destroying two tracks.
Sorry to bring bad news.
John
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I have to say, some of those shots that have the entire trestle wreathed in flames are impressive. Anyone know which railroad owned that trestle?
That trestle is the part of the Southern Pacific Cal-P mainline between Roseville, CA and Oakland, CA. This could be really bad for UP, since that bridge has around 50 trains a day pass through it. I would not be surprised that UP completely rebuilds that trestle and the line will be out of service for at minimum two weeks.
Sees a lot of Amtrak use as well.
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That line is part of the SP Overland transcontinental route and also part of the I-5 north-south route. It could have very serious effects on railroad traffic in California until the bridge is rebuilt.
…I agree, railroads seem to have the ability to rebuild structures in such quick time…There will be a flood of activity probably before the hot spots cool down. Somebody {Complete crew}, is already in the planning and executing stage to start the work.
This is a main artery into the bay area.
Its out side of Sacramento, so it will be hard to reroute trains, unless their sent south a bit and brought in near fremont or somewhere over there. This will kill rail traffic into the bay for a while.
Fortunately, UP can still route the north-south trains using the former Western Pacific tracks through downtown Sacramento for now. Mind you, that could result in a lot of traffic delays through downtown as train traffic increases dramatically…
Would they create a fill instead of reconstructing the trestle?
Hey all im new here, im a conductor for UP I currently work on the mountain and the canyon. Im telling you that this is going to be a major hamper on freight. someone said above that they can re route through sacramento, on the sacramento sub. Fine and dandy, but the Sac sub is out of service. There is no rail road ties at all, south west of this. No way for freight to head to oakland, and no freight running south to fresno.
Now if I had a wooden structure that important, I’d put a fire supression/alarm system on it.
We’ve got some firefighters on this board. What’cha Think! Sprinkler System?
Like I’ve said before - Dispersed Redundancy is the best insurance policy when the cost of delays exceeds the cost of structural repair.
U just watched a news cast, via the internet site. I am guessin it was a 9 or 10 pm show. The news anchor commented that UP all ready had crews there waiting to get the word from the Fire Department t go. No word yet how it got started…
I disagree with hrbdizzie, The WP Feather river canyon route comes down through Oroville, to Richmond. There has to be an interchange with UP (SP) at Richmond, since they came into there also. Then down th SP tracks to Oakland. Also SP ran up through Marysville/Yuba City and through Oroville. There has to be a way to interchange somwhere along that route.
Urgh…I’m due through on the CZ on the 26th of next month. While I’m sure UP has no choice but to have it fixed well before then I’m glad my annual vacations moved from the end of March a few years ago. I’d be getting a call from Julie telling me of who knows what alternate arrangements.
your correct, somewhat. coming that way from Oroville down the Sacramento sub, they can take a right hand turn and head to oakland. or Left to Elvas Wye. But to continue down the WP Sac sub, is not an option it out of service From all the way to stockton. From Sacramento.