Union Pacific train OANPZ Chilcoot

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UP piggyback train symbol OANPZ Chilcoot

Train OANPZ will soon crest the Sierra Nevada Mountains at Chilcoot on July 8, 1989. It has engines 9309, 9026, and SP8288 pulling 49 loads at 3,200 tons. This train began in the 60s as Western Pacific and UP train CIX (California, Illinois Express) and CNW train 244. These trains became the AWPX (Advanced Western Pacific Manifest) in the 70s. CNW train 244 became piggyback train symbol OAWST (Oakland Wood Street Mail) in 1981.

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