UP’s WEYERHAEUSER LOCAL Springfield Oregon

[@matthewfriar4793]

Always love to see heritage units, especially a former Southern Pacific in a city like Eugene that was once a massive yard for them.

[@Never2late4U]

Great job on covering some of the areas interesting locals and industries 👍 Informative and well shot again! Keep up the good work🙂

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

I appreciate your feedback! Thank you for the comment!

[@evanschaefer3812]

Favorite video you’ve made so far. More UP industry set out and pickup videos like this please:)

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

Thank you Evan. I will be attempting more like this. Have a great day!

[@evanschaefer3812]

@@pacificrailproductions5281 awesome you too

[@peterblakeslee4040]

Greetings from Springfield, Massachusetts!

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

Right on!

[@SPSteve]

Love seeing locomotives still in SP/SSW paint! I wish UP would repaint these remaining locomotives back in their original colors when they eventually go to the paint shop.

[@robertlloyd7167]

Another cool video! Weyerhaeuser's paper mill was another of my stomping grounds when I hauled logs for the company's East Side operations out of Klamath Falls. We would occasionally load white fir culls out of the KF mill yard or out of decks north of Bly and deliver them to the Springfield mill. It was a nice change of pace!

[@arthurschipper8906]

I truck that region and am a railfan. Thanks for your video.

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

Thanks for watching!

[@stevek4153]

Great videography! Love the background details.

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

Glad you liked it!

[@tomroise9426]

Nice video Thank you for sharing Yes it’s amazing that not only Scarlett and Grey are still around but the words Cotton Belt! My favorite road Also fallen flags, SP car and BKTY is amazing to still be in use. All the way back to MKT !! Keep them coming….

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

Thanks as always! I appreciate it.

[@JohnnysTrainVideos]

Great video. Thanks for making and sharing..

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

Thanks for watching!

[@dhd951]

I live right by all of these tracks; it was great to understand how they are used. I hope they keep them working, and I know that International Paper is putting a lot of money into the old 42nd St. Weyerhaeuser Plant.

[@littlewingpsc27]

Interesting note about the lack of availability of center beam cars. With the summer construction season winding down, you would think plenty would be available. Another great video of local industrial switching. Your videos are just fine without the music if you are open to constructive feedback.

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

I appreciate the feedback! I will probably phase it out. I’m certainly open to opinions!

[@fridayjoefriday]

Maybe headed to Florida? Last trip to the coast, there were a lot of center beams from Mapleton, down to the last siding.

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

@@fridayjoefriday maybe, though the Springfield lumber mills have had a shortage now since 2020 or so. 81 track is the lumber storage yard track and it is empty. Anymore, the lumber cars are spot-on-arrival.

[@salvadormedinafeliciano6454]

Nice video my friend

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

Thank you 👍

[@richardreid6377]

I have watched many trains from that spot by Rosboro. (From the wide spot on the other side of the road.) That is NOT Belt Line the branch goes under; Its highway 126.

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

If I said Belt Line, that was a brain fart.

[@JohnnysTrainVideos]

I love the switching action.

[@StudioTemple]

It’s pretty rare to see a CSX locomotive in Oregon. They’re most common like Norfolk Southern locomotives in the eastern America states.

[@OregonCrow]

Watched trains in that very spot, close to home!

[@gdrriley420]

the GP60s look like they need a good rebuild given the youngest are 30. They could get brand new V12 710ECOs and be T3 or T4 if UP wanted them to be.

[@chrisclements1169]

The railroads should supply and pay small town Americans to paint over the big city trash painted on rail equipment.

[@Ottos_ScLm_Race_videos_2009_on]

SP GP-60 and UP and the Golden West Service SP car number 228624. Golden West is a story in it's self. Funny there are more and more of these cars showing up all over even back east in New York.

[@rbfishcs123]

I will say from my own personal experience when I was working on the bnsf, customers that struggled to get cars were typically, contractually, worth less in revenue than other customers who needed the same type of car. The railroad knows this and also knows that it is very difficult for customers to transition away from rail service as trucking goods out can be far more expensive. Thus, they preferred to supply cars to customers that pay more than those that don't. This isn't super uncommon these days. Great video BTW!

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

You’re absolutely right. It’s too bad for the smaller shippers at the mercy of the big carriers. Thanks a lot for your thoughts!

[@rbfishcs123]

@@pacificrailproductions5281 Thanks for the great video and commentary!

[@adam850]

How do you find out spur numbers and siding names?

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

I frequently work the job, and pretty much all the locals UP has in the Willamette valley. I like adding info like that for anyone who models and would like accurate representation on their layout. Some names are in the ZTS book and some are just known by the crews. Also the work order has them labeled.

[@portrail3305]

Thank you very enjoyable

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@electroscribe]

Great video! Can we do this without the music?

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

I suppose I can eliminate the music and post another one.

[@stephenswift5531]

Dang how many box cars do they have anyway for these businesses

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

It can give and take almost any number of boxcars up to about 30 a day if they’re busy.

[@stephenswift5531]

@@pacificrailproductions5281 I see

[@stephenswift5531]

@@pacificrailproductions5281 why are they still using the southern pacific engine

[@johnfreeman1189]

Good stuff, thanks.

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

A pleasure! Thank you!

[@johnclements8549]

Fantastic!

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

Many thanks!

[@Kelso2003]

ooh a ex-cotten belt! you don't see those everyday!

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

Yes sir! Thanks for watching!

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[@pacificrailproductions5281]

Thanks for the sub! Argentina? Very cool!

[@Oregontrailblazin]

That Track is horrible! And I live in Springfield!

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

Yeah there are some bad spots for sure.

[@loddon82]

It would be better without the music!

[@pacificrailproductions5281]

I’ll take it up with management. 😉