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Discussion about the Union Pacific operations past and present. Official site can be found here: UPRR.COM.

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 #683727  by TB Diamond
 
Received today some photos of a trestle fire on the line between Sharon Springs and Salina, KS. Was this incident recent? The story with the photos related that a journal had burned off a coal car and the affected car had stopped on a wood trestle which caught fire.
 #684946  by Encoder2002
 
It happened in 2006 I believe. I know the crew, and the managers downloaded the engines thinking the crew backed their train up onto the bridge to burn it down on purpose. I used to have alot of pictures of this, I must of deleted them.