Union Pacific Stack Train at Pleasanton Ridge


I was driving on I680 when I saw containers next to the freeway. Uuuuuuuh, shiny! A train!

Naturally, I had to get off the freeway and take a closer look. When I caught up with the train, it was slowly creeping to a stop for a red signal at CP FO38 at the south end of the siding from CP Hearst, just a couple miles north of Sunol.

UP 7791, an AC45CCTE, is hanging out in the sun.


There was a single mid-train helper: UP 7083, an AC44CW, mostly in the shade of lineside trees.




The train extends a couple cars beyond the turnout at CP Hearst. The siding is 4,175 ft long, which puts the train at about three quarters of a mile, or 1250 meters.


The maximum train length on most lines in Germany is 700 meters. Yes, those American trains are long ...

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