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I had a weird sighting today here on the UP Sedalia Sub. As you might know form my other postings, the UP Sedalia Sub, at least my part, is in the Kansas City area, and is most generally directional traffic running westbound (geographically north). Most of the coal trains are empty, heading back to the mine, the only loaded coal trains are the ones going to Montrose, Missouri (one or two a week). The only other times there are loaded coal drags is when the River Sub is down.
Until today. Today, about 10:00 AM (1/31/12) I saw a loaded, westbound coal train. It was loaded for power with three AC4400CWs on the point, and two more in DPU. It had the UP and CMO coal cars. I have seen this train before, and this is first time I have seen it loaded, heading in the "wrong" direction. I am perplexed - and I am just curious what was going on. Did they "reject" the load, and it was being sent back to the mine, or did they decide to reroute the load somewhere else? Biggest question -- why would a loaded coal train be heading in the wrong direction in the first place?
Until today. Today, about 10:00 AM (1/31/12) I saw a loaded, westbound coal train. It was loaded for power with three AC4400CWs on the point, and two more in DPU. It had the UP and CMO coal cars. I have seen this train before, and this is first time I have seen it loaded, heading in the "wrong" direction. I am perplexed - and I am just curious what was going on. Did they "reject" the load, and it was being sent back to the mine, or did they decide to reroute the load somewhere else? Biggest question -- why would a loaded coal train be heading in the wrong direction in the first place?
