Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 311, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1918 — LONGER TRAINS ARE HAULED [ARTICLE]

LONGER TRAINS ARE HAULED

Southern Pacific improves Service $12,000,000 Is Spent. In order to expedite service over the Sierras and care for the increased volume of traffic which war demands haVe , produced, the Southern Pacific railroad has instituted a program of extending every station passing track between Blue Canon and Truckee. This will enable the company to handle trains of 55 to 57 cars instead of 45 as at present, and will greatly facilitate the movement of perishable as well as ordinary freight. There has been spent on thd construction of second track from Rocklin to Colfax, Colfax to Blue Canon and Sparks to Truckee, over $12,000,000. The additional construction now announced will enable the company to secure greater efficiency on this expenditure by increasing the commercial train length over the Sierra Nevuda mountains. The capacity of the track for freight service between Blue Canon and Truckee will be increased about 27 per cent by this means.