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Mar 27, 2007 | 11:55 am

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Union Pacific can get things done fast... when it involves their freight trains

http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/144707.html

First freight train rolls across rebuilt track
By Tony Bizjak - Bee Staff Writer

Published 10:01 am PDT Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Saying work went more smoothly than expected, Union Pacific rail officials early Tuesday reopened one of two tracks destroyed nearly two weeks ago in a dramatic trestle fire near downtown Sacramento. The first freight train traveled over the new line just before 2 a.m. Tuesday, UP spokesman Mark Davis said.

Officials said they expect to have the second track at the site open by April 3, nearly a month ahead of their earlier projections. UP is constructing the new bridge with pre-fabricated materials that were shipped via truck and train to the site, and assembled.

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