Yes, some of us have been reading the discussion list about #844, but also knew about it from our Live Steam network connections in Utah who watched (and photographed) it on its way West!
Hugs, Vickie-Marie > Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:15:13 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [SSLiveSteam] Places to watch the UP #844 on its trip east on > Wednesday > > For those of you in the SF Bay area, here are two suggested places to > view the Union Pacific #844 in action soon after it leaves Oakland, > headed east Wednesday morning 4/22/09. There are many others, but the > following are two that I suggest if you are not familiar with the area. > Both are close to freeway exits. > > The #844 is supposed to leave Oakland at 9:00 am and arrive in Stockton > at 11:00 am Wednesday morning, so the following two locations should see > the #844 between 9:30 am and who knows when - this is a busy piece of > (mostly) single track UP mainline so problems with either freight > movements or the ACE commuter train could delay this schedule. > > 1. Hearst Siding (interesting history involving William Randolf Hearst > of Hearst castle/Hearst newspaper fame) parallel to the Pleasanton Sunol > Rd, between (of course) Sunol and Pleasanton. The Niles Canyon Railway > will have two of its steam locomotives there under steam to meet the > #844 as it goes through. UP told the NCRY folks that they would stop > for a photo op if their schedule permits, but may just blast on by if > they have a tight schedule. In either case, three steam whistles will > likely be blowing! The two NCRY locos will be the Southern Pacific > pacific-class #2472 and the Robert Dollar #3, a 2-6-2 tank loco. > > If you are using Mapquest or other mapping software, search for > Pleasanton Sunol Rd zip code 94566. Hearst Siding is south of Verona > Rd, where the NCRY crosses Pleasanton Sunol Rd. There is also a place > where the NCRY crosses Pleasanton Sunol Rd right at Verona Rd, so don't > get confused. > > If you are using Google Earth, see Lat 37.617422 Lon -121.878792. There > is an embedded pointer on Google Earth for Hearst Siding (little blue > square) but it is too far north, at least on my computer. > > 2. Uphill climb over Altamont Pass. The spot we have chosen is near > the intersection of Altamont Pass Rd and Goecken Rd. zip code 94551. > Goecken Rd crosses the UP mainline. GPS coordinates are Lat 37.725370 > Long -121.692247 for Google Earth reference. > > > > I suppose if you are a really insane railfan, you could try to get to > both places as the #844 will be limited to about 35 mph through > Pleasanton and Livermore since both towns have at-grade street > crossings. After the Hearst siding event, get back on Hwy 680 headed > north, drive like crazy to Hwy 580 and head east. get off at Greenville > Rd (last Livermore exit). Altamont Pass Rd intersects with Greenville > Rd on the north side of Hwy 580. > > I saw Tom King and Paul Gamlin at the UP yards near Jack London Sq in > Oakland this morning (Tuesday) checking out the #844 at rest so I know > that someone has been reading my emails to the Live Steam list! > > _______________________________________________ > SSLiveSteam mailing list > Send messages: [email protected] > Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam > Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://postfix.45mm.com/pipermail/sslivesteam/attachments/20090421/4d928155/attachment.html _______________________________________________ SSLiveSteam mailing list Send messages: [email protected] Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
