Mike Brock wrote:

UP had a relatively small number of interchanges on its lines
west of central Nebraska. True, some coal may have been handed off to
both
SP at Ogden or D&RGW at SLC but that's about it until California.
Didn't consider coal from Utah. That's a long haul to Califormia for
that
time.

Well, the coke at Kaiser's Fontana plant was made from western
Colorado coal, courtesy of DRGW and Utah Coal Route, and was
supplemented with Wyoming coal, I assume off the UP.

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