The 8358 starts northward out of Dunsmuir, CA to tackle the heavy grade and sharp curves climbing out of the Sacramento river canyon with the 1st section of a Portland, OR bound manifest train on June 17, 2020. This train is known as the "splitter." The crew breaks it in half in Dunsmuir so that there is less chance of it string-lining on the tight curvature north of Dunsmuir. A helper crew is called in Dunsmuir with a separate set of engines to couple onto the rear half of the splitter which follows closely behind it for the 20 - 40 mile trip up to either Black Butte or Grass Lake Summit where both sections are reassembled into one for the run up the more gradual south slope of the Cascade mountains.
UP8358 (SD70ACe)
UP6178 (AC44CW; ex-SP #111)
UP4404 (SD70M)
UP4254 (SD70M)
UP5096 (SD70M)
+32 1st section cars

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